Gallery: Shaper's All-Natural Boards Bring Sustainability Back to Surfing
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*Danny Hess shows off one of his slick sustainable surfboards in the showroom of Woodshop, his San Francisco studio.*
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*Hess in his shop. He turns out about 150 surfboards a year.*
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*Hess preps a board for vacuum forming.*
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*The upstairs loft of the Woodshop where Hess works.*
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*Hess shaping the edges of a board. Hess strives to create heirloom surfboards that parents might pass on to their children.*
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*The interior frame of a Hess surfboard.*
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*Reclaimed and salvaged wood on the left. Hess, talking shop, on the right.*
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*Handcrafted fins, showing their grain.*
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*Hess' personal custom longboard (left) and Hess shaving the edges of a board in progress (right).*
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*Hess, inspecting his work. Before shaping surfboards, Hess studied sustainable architecture, built tree houses and worked as a contractor.*
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*Hess and his crew often skate to the beach to check surf conditions, a habit that prompted him to begin making skateboard decks. Here, an employee shapes a deck.*
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*Screen printing a logo onto a deck.*
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*A Danny Hess skateboard, ready to ride.*
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*Hess on one of his boards. “It really feels like you’re surfing," he says.*
