Neal Purchase Designs

We are getting excited to welcome Neal Purchase Jnr. into the shaping bay here on Grand St! The queue for custom orders will remain open until this coming Tuesday July 15th. For those ordering from New England–free pickup of completed boards will be available at Space Rock Glassing (@spacerockglassing) in Rhode Island. 

The first half of Neal’s surfing career was spent chasing competition results and later–traveling the world as a salaried free surfer. It wasn’t until 2005 that Neal took after the legacy of his father, Neal Purchase Snr., and began shaping surfboards. In the time since, Neal has shaped over 10,000 boards and has contributed significant leaps in design theory–namely, the introduction of the Duo concept, a board which combines the fluidity of a single fin and drive of a twin. Neal attests that he much prefers the low-production approach of his current board building practice to that of the commericialized worlds of competition and movie making. When reflecting on his pivotal departure from the cameras and the singlets in the early 2000s, Neal said that “For the first few weeks I just went straight–just to feel what the wave was doing and what the boards were doing. Just completely surfing for myself and feeling the energy of the wave.” Several decades later, it remains clear to any onlooker that Neal’s practice is driven by the same earnest and unadulterated fascination for boards, waves, and the feelings they provide. We’re thrilled to learn from and share his approach here in the Northeast this August.

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SOLD 6’11” Duo
$1,400



 

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