HISTORY

Brian Bulkley has been living a surfing dream. At age 8, a near drowning delayed the charge. At 12 years old, with better instruction from his older brother Andy, Brian was ready to surf sun up till sundown every day. That was the beginning of a lifestyle that would eventually lead to living 15 years in Hawaii, traveling for two months in Central America at 19 years old, and shaping for many top companies in Hawaii, California, and European travel shaping for Lost Enterprises. Never been worried about chasing the dollar as much as making top of the line surfboards and enjoying the ride that life has to offer.

Brian was known to be in the Pipeline Underground. This was an elite group of top surfers that would surf Pipeline just for the fun of it. Inner glory was more important than ego and mag shots, which come with the territory, like it or not. He received recognition from storylines, mag shots , movie clips, surfing to a half dozen semi finals in the Pipeline Masters with 2 equal 7th place finishes , which was beneficial in building a surfer shaper reputation. Big wave guns became his specialty, but growing up in California and Hawaii gave an advantage to this learning curve in surfboard design.

Brian shaped for Local Motion, Island Classics, HIC, Lightning Bolt, Wayne Lynch, Lost Enterprises and others. Brian?s boards have been in over 50 stores and in many places around the globe. He shaped his first board at 13 years old and has surfed and shaped for 45 years, with serious professional shaping for over 30 years. Cort Gion from Santa Cruz was his shaping tutor and inspired him to turn to shaping as a career. Having been a boat carpenter out of high school must have helped to see clean lines in the shaping process. Because before long, pro?s of the 80?s were ordering quivers. Jeff Booth, Luke Egan, Matt Hoy, Damian Hardman, Shuji Kasuya #1 in Japan, and Pipeline Masters Champions, Joey Buran and Larry Blair and many others were riding boards by Brian. Now for many top surfers in Europe and Costa Rica, like Pablo Gutierez riding the new line of All Oceans designed and shaped by Brian. Mostly designed for export to Europe. The latest trips to Europe include La Santa Surf in the Canary Islands.

Quality first, using the best materials available with attention to detail, available for export.

Brian is known for versatility and quality shaping some of the best boards around the world. His real talent is being able to shape customs for each individual, beginner to the professional level, for whatever wave conditions. From 10 ft. redwood and balsa guns to wall hangers, funboards, tow boards, paddle boards, noseriders, semi guns, high performance short boards and even built snowboards. You name it, he can probably build it. From the kids first board, to the last board Dad will ever ride, it?s all for fun and Brian is still enjoying the ride of his life.

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