Bio: Kiernan Brtalik, Shaper
As a custom board builder I work closely with surfers to develop new shapes, grounding my ideas in popular models and movements in the surfing world. Apart from inspiration from other shaper's designs, I constantly break down wave conditions and characteristics to visualize what outlines, rockers, foam distributions, concaves/convexes, etc. would work well.
Travel has helped me become a better shaper. Meeting different people with unique abilities and ideas, has added direct and indirects critiques, thus building my base of knowledge. I have been working on my shapes for 6 years, and while I have made a few steps in progress, there is much more to learn in the art and craft of shaping.
My goal has been to make beautiful boards for people, designs I would want to ride and share with everyone. After recently rediscovering this reason, I believe in this motto more than ever!
I hope I will be able to continue creating new desings and projects with more surfers in the future, and hopefully travel as much as possible.