EXPO INFO
SACRED CRAFT - The Consumer Surfboard Expo is bringing together all of us who love surfboards --and all things surfboard-- under one roof for a weekend long surfboard extravaganza in Del Mar. A large exposition hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds filled with the objects of our desire! If it has to do with the SURFBOARD it will be at SACRED CRAFT - The Consumer Surfboard Expo.
WHY?
Because it dawned on us that the surfboard makers needed a way to market
their wares, and the surfer needed a place they could go to talk surfboard design
with the people that make them, rather than some 17-year-old shop rat that
doesn't know...shoestrings. Most of you remember a time when you could go into a surfshop and talk to a shaper. They're still out there, thank God, but sadly they are a dying breed.
The year: 1977. The surfshop was Tony Staples' Progressive Design on Hwy 101 in Solana Beach next to Bob's Solana Barber shop and the old Solana pharmacy (now an upscale furniture store). Tony would be there everyday, flipping through mags or jawing it up with the local groms as they drooled over a beak nose winged pin. There was a great vibe in that shop. It was core. It is our hope that you will think of the SACRED CRAFT Consumer Surfboard Expo in the same light that we remember the old Tony Staples' shop. Core. Dependable. Real. A place to drool.
WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE:
- A sea of state-of-the-art surfboards, fins, & gear.
- The Tribute to the Masters Shape-off
a craftsman competition paying homage to Bill Caster; competing shapers replicate a classic CASTER. - Celebrity shaping including ROB MACHADO, JOEL TUDOR and others. These boards will be auctioned off and proceeds will benefit celebrity shapers charity of choice.
- Hands on shapers "experience". You too can get the "feel of the foam!"
- WETSUITS: This year we have invited wetsuit companies to display their latest offerings for winter!
- GREAT DEALS! Many exhibitors will be selling their wares: surfboards, traction, fins, racks, wax,
shaper tee-shirts (the only softgoods allowed) etc. Bring your pocket book for great deals. ATM available at DM Fairgrounds.; - Seminars by and from shapers and designers
SACRED CRAFT - The Consumer Surfboard Expo Don't miss it!
