ABOUT
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Carlos Reyes: Surfer / Shaper / Artist / Musician
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A natural born artist with a background in street art and anime along with a graphics degree. Sports has always been a big part of my life too and when I learned how to surf in HS I decided to learn how to make surfboards from scratch. With over 30 years experience working on surfboards and the past 20 of them in Miami, I now reside in Palm Bay, Florida. This is my home away from home. I've been traveling up to Melbourne, FL from Miami for the entire time to buy my supplies for building surfboards. This is where I came to get stoked on surfboards. I just put together a new shaping room in my backyard and have teamed up with Larry Yepes from Aurora Glass to provide high quality custom surfboards that are made in the USA. I offer one-on-one design service where you can work with me on fine tuning your shapes as you progress in your surfing. I also provide professional ding repair service to give you close support so you don't miss any swells. I work primarily by appointments so drop me an email to ask questions or to get your next order going. Turnaround is approx 4 weeks on customs and I deliver all across the state.
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For orders, and more info email me: c@cshapes.com
The new shaping room | Palm Bay, FL | 04.2025
NEWS
It's April 2025. Finally, after a whole year of hard work with the move and getting situated I got around to finishing the new shaping room. This most recent one is my 7th shaping room during my 30+ years of working on surfboards. I went with a wine color this time with wood trim. I cleaned up and repainted my Y posts too in black. I wanted to make it as comfortable as possible with everything I need at hands reach. Very thankful to God, my family and all my customers for helping me get to this next chapter in the business. A huge thanks also to Danny from Kurt Werks and Larry Yepes from Aurora glassing for letting me work out of their shops while I got this going. You can also add in there JP from FOX surfboards USA for moving up to Melbourne too. He also got me thinking about settling up here in Brevard Co. This will be my second home away from home in sunny Miami.
Me shaping one at Larry's | Rockledge, FL | 01.2025
For me making surfboards not so much about the money, or becoming the next big thing. I just love surfing and making surfboards for people. It's a lot of fun to do and enjoyable to watch people surfing on my boards and their positive feedback keeps me going.
Me dropping in at South Beach
pic: Lou Lozada