Dan Boehne

His father got him on the planer in 1988when he was eleven and his shaping career took off fast. By thirteen he was already shaping boards for guys like U.S. champ Mike Cruickshank, Pat O’connell, and Vince de la Pena.

In 1994 Surfing Magazine named Dan as one of the 30 best up and coming shapers. Wave Action Magazine called him a “shaping prodigy” in 1995 and in 1996 he was featured in a Surfing Magazine article titled “Shaping the Future, meet the Al Merricks of tomorrow”.

In 2005 Transworld Surf Magazine featured his Teahupoo gun design in the surfboard science article. He has also been featured in other publications such as Beach Happy, the Japanese magazines Fine, Warp, Free and Easy, and France’s Surfer’s Journal.

Dan’s talent as a surfer and background in science help him to create surfboard designs that surfers of all levels excel on. Shaping all of his personal boards since 11, Dan's shapes have taken him to 1st overall in PASL in 1993, winner of the Power Turn award in the 1995 Quiksilver Expression Session and 2nd overall for two consecutive years in NSSA in 1996 and 1997. He was the only shaper invited to surf in the 2005 VZ Teahupoo trials.  In 2000 Dan earned his Bachelors in Biological Sciences from UC Irvine and in 2004 he earned his Doctorate in Dental Surgery from UCLA. Dan's comprehensive understanding of surfboard design and attention to detail show in every surfboard he shapes.