KEN HAS BEEN SHAPING SURFBOARDS FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS, NOT ONLY
MAKING SURFBOARDS UNDER HIS HIS OWN LABEL BUT ALSO SHAPING FOR
SOME OF AUSTRALIA'S  BIGGEST SURFBOARD LABELS.

IN 1976 AT THE AGE OF THIRTEEN HE FOUND SURFING AND A PASSION FOR
LEARNING THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SURFBOARD DESIGN. AFTER FINISHING
AN APPRENTISHIP AS A CABINET MAKER, HIS HOBBY OF MAKING SURFBOARDS
BECAME A PROFESSION WHICH STARTED AT TRIGGER BROTHERS SURFBOARDS.

"TRIGGER BROTHERS WHERE FANTASTIC, THEY INCOURAGED ME TO
EXPERIMENT WITH SHAPES AND FINS, WHICH IN TURN GAVE ME GROUNDING
OF BASIC DESIGN FUNCTIONS"

ANXIOUS TO TEST HIS EQUIPMENT IN DIFFERENT WATERS HE LEFT VICTORIA
AND MOVED TO THE GOLD COAST. HE STARTED HIS QUEENSLAND SOJOURN
SHAPING FOR NEV HYMAN, MAINLY SHAPING THE GLEN MINAMII LABEL
"BLUE HAWAII". FROM THERE HE SHAPED FOR THE KIRRA SURF LABEL
"LOCAL KNOWLEDGE" ALONG SIDE DARYL BULGER. HE THEN JOINED THE TEAM
OF PIPEDREAM SHAPERS WHICH INCLUDED MURRAY BURTON, DARREN HANDLEY 
AND LANCE MURPHY.

AFTER A TWELVE YEAR STINT WITH PIPE HE MET RONDNEY DAHLBERG AND
TRANSISTIONED INTO HIS FULL TIME GHOST SHAPER FOR THE NEXT SEVEN
YEARS, SHAPING MAINLY FOR JAPAN AND ROD'S AUSTRALIAN MARKET.

OVER THE YEARS OF WORKING FOR OTHER COMPANIES KEN HAS ALWAYS
MAINTAINED HIS OWN LABEL "KR SURFBOARDS". BUILDING A SOLID
UNDERGROUND CUSTOM ORDER BASE OF SATISFIED SURFERS. HE HAS MADE
BOARDS FOR MANY SURFERS OF ALL DIFFERENT WAVE CONDITIONS, NOT ONLY
FOR HIS LOCAL MARKET FROM QUEENSLAND TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA BUT ALSO
CREATING BOARDS FOR SURFERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

KEN HAS ALWAYS PERSUED THE QUEST FOR THE ULTIMATE BOARD AND IN
DOING SO HAS DEVELOPED HIS OWN TOOLS AND MACHINERY FOR CONSISTENT
PROGRESSION. FROM BASIC HAND TOOLS TO COMPUTER OPERATED SHAPING
SYSTEMS HE THRIVES ON THE CHALLENGE OF INVENTION.

HIS KNOWLEDGE OF SURFBOARD PERFORMANCE SPANS THE FULL QUIVER
OF SURFBOARD DESIGN. HE SHAPES AND RIDES DESIGNS OF ALL ERA'S, FROM
SHORTBOARDS TO STAND UP PADDLE BOARDS.

"SURFING TO ME IS A FEELING AND ALL DESIGNS HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUE
SENSATIONS WHEN RIDDING WAVES, A NATURAL BUZZ THAT IS HIGHLY
 ADDICTIVE AND ALWAYS SURPRISING"

TALK WITH KEN ABOUT  YOUR NEXT BOARD AND YOU WILL SOON RELIZE THAT HE
IS AS EXCITED ABOUT YOUR KNEW BOARD AS YOU ARE.