Build The Board You'll Ride - with Insight and Craft
Choose the level of involvement that suits your time, curiosity, and experience.
Gold Coast of Australia.
Shape your own board alongside Scotty, a master craftsman.
Surfers regularly spend $3–7k on a surf trip remembered for a year.
This is a Surf Craft experience you ride for the next decade.
Limited to 2 spots per month.
Most surfers buy boards they hope will work. Picked off a rack.
Based on marketing. Shaped for “average”.
If you’ve surfed long enough, you already know:• two boards with the same dims can feel completely different
• what works for someone else often doesn’t work for you
• buying another board doesn’t fix that
Instead of choosing blindly, shape & glass your own.
Over a few focused days, you’ll:
• talk through how and where you surf
• learn how rocker, rails, volume, and outline effect feel
• shape a board designed for your body, your waves, your surfing
• a custom board you helped create• confidence every time you paddle out
• the knowledge to understand why it works
What the Experience Looks Like
• Hands-on shaping alongside Scotty
• Take home your finished custom board• Surf nearby breaks during your stay (Full Monty option)
This is part surf trip, part craft apprenticeship - without the noise.
Choose Your Experience:
ENTRY - Shape & Ride
$2,700 - $2,900 AUD
For surfers who want to build and understand a board's fundamentals.
• Your own custom surfboard built with you
• One-on-one design consultation throughout
• Hands-on shaping & glassing experience alongside Scotty of SJS Custom
• Clear understanding of design fundamentals: volume, rocker, rails, and how they affect feel and performance
Ideal for: experienced surfers that want the craft behind the ride.
"I want to build and understand a proper board".
PREMIUM - Eat Sleep Shape (Most Popular)
$3,300 - $3,900 AUD
For surfers wanting the full board-building experience, done properly.
• Fully immersive shaping experience
• Everything included in the above "Shape & Ride"
• A finished board, depth of real knowledge, and a story that stays with you
• 2-3 nights private caravan accommodation onsite & shared in-home facilities
• Fresh, simple, well-prepared meals each day (standard diet - designed to fuel shaping and surfing, not complicate it)
Ideal for: taking more time over each step to either learn deeper, or be more creative.
"I want depth of process knowledge, and enjoy some tint experimentation".
ULTIMATE - The Full Monty
$5,500 - $6,300 AUD
For surfers wanting everything taken care of from arrival to departure.
• 4–5 nights private accommodation
• Everything included in Eat Sleep Shape
• A full day dedicated purely to surfing nearby breaks
• Airport pick-up and drop-off (Gold Coast or Brisbane)
• Space to slow down, focus, and fully immerse in the craft and the coast
• Nourishing, well-balanced meals and snacks throughout the day (standard diet - generous, simple, and thoughtfully prepared)
Ideal for: those that want to step off the plane and have everything flow.
"I want to lock this build in. Arrive. Shape. Glass. Surf. Sorted".
This is NOT for you if:
• you expect instant gratification• you want the cheapest board available
• you just want something “good enough”
• you’re in a hurry and don’t want to slow down
• you don’t care why a board works - only that it does
• you’re looking for a surf lesson or a novelty experience
There are plenty of boards on racks for that.
This IS for surfers who:
• value craft, knowledge, and doing things properly
• want a board that fits your surfing - not the market
• have surfed long enough to know what you don’t want
If that’s you, you’ll get it immediately.
APPLY FOR A SPOT
(Availability and fit confirmed before booking)
FAQS
Shape & Ride
Eat Sleep Shape (most popular)
The Full Monty