Case Study 04 Alex Lopez

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Welcome back to another Case Study where we take a deeper dive into the lives of the shapers we work with here at Daydream Surf Shop. In this episode, we get a sneak peek into the life and shaping career of Alex Lopez, one of the most down to earth and humble shapers we've ever had the pleasure of getting to know.

You might've noticed Alex's last name, Lopez, and yes he's the son of Mr. Pipeline himself, one of Daydream's favorite surfers, and surf history's most stylish, zen charger: Gerry Lopez. Alex is the last person that would bring up this relationship, it's as if he'd rather people not know that so that he can earn his own stripes as a surfer and shaper. Needless to say, Alex has carved out his own unique path in a way that's pretty unique.

Although he grew up on Maui, Alex moved to Oregon when was young and became infatuated with snowboarding. Snowboarding was (and still is) an outlet for enjoying nature; although Alex picked up a couple snowboarding sponsors and worked a little for Volcom along the way. He had always dabbled with surfing but it wasn't until he met his girlfriend, Leah Dawson that his surfing and shaping career really began to take off. Leah has her own incredible story as a professional surfer, activist, and entrepreneur... needless to say, she definitely deserves an entire Case Study episode of her own. Alex has been shaping her boards for over five years and during this time he's been able to hone in on specific models that she's helped refine to allow her to surf with the freedom that reflects her individualistic style. This constant conversation and empirical analysis revolving around refining his surfboard designs is what has accelerated his career into the projection that it's seeing today. Having a "team rider" that's also your partner is great but it really kicks it up a notch when that person shreds every board under the sun from big wave single fins on the North Shore of Oahu to logging micro waves here in Southern California and everything in between.

Alex and Leah now live in Oceanside, CA where Alex is surfing and shaping on a daily basis. You'll catch him with a pretty rad crowd of open minded and talented shredder-shapers such as Ryan Burch who's surfing Rocky Point on one of Alex's boards in the open part of this Case Study. Again, Alex is the last person to drop names like this as he flies under the radar with his ultra chill attitude. One thing that he can't hide is his ability to shape some incredible boards and we are so jazzed to be working with him.

Lucky for you, we just got a big batch of boards from Alex so swing by the shop and check them out, these things won't be on our racks for very long. If you miss your chance, we also offer some demos for you to surf through the Daydream Research Center.
https://daydreamsurfshop.com/collections/surfboards
https://daydreamsurfshop.com/pages/surf-club

Thanks to Jack Coleman for always making rad videos for us

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Assorted Rides — Devon Howard

 

This is a little project my friend Drew Miller made. It's comprised from a few sessions... A combo of the stuff I like to ride at some of my favorite breaks. After a few decades of goofing off in the surf, I’ve whittled down what I ride most into two distinct camps—both of which are an obvious extension of the waves, culture and characters where I’ve lived all these years. For the cruisey, under shoulder high days (which there are many), I find classic style single-fin longboards (9’9 to 10’) with a '66 Australian bent are hard to beat. When conditions finally push shoulder high on up to double overhead, my plan shapes dip down a few feet to a range of mostly egg-inspired outlines (6’10 - 7’2”), and the rails, bottom contours and fin set-ups take on a much more revved up form. I dig how these two design groupings allow an easy transition from one to the next (thank you low rocker and generous volume), but offer discernible shifts in speed, accessibility to different parts of the wave, and maximize the available space on the face. This film short by Florida's Drew Miller captures the back and forth pacing between long and mid sized equipment, the decisions for which are primarily driven by equal parts attitude and surf conditions. There is absolutely nothing new here in terms of a "horses for courses" approach (thank you Nat Young, Skip Frye, etc), but although well into my mid 40s, I’m still passionate about learning what works, what doesn’t, then plugging that back into the never ending design loop. The stoke for staying on the surf prowl explains why the boards and the ride itself just keeps getting better. Thank you for watching, - 6’10 & 7’0 CI Mid by @cisurfboards https://cisurfboards.com/products/ci-mid - 9’10 & 10’0 Keeper model by @thomassurfboards - 9’11 Hi-Pro Log by @thomassurfboards Cinematography by Drew Miller Water by Todd Glaser & Michael Townsend Color by Dustin Miller Song “Hey Moon" by John Maus follow @devon_howard - https://www.instagram.com/devon_howard/

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Bryce Baker - Loco Moco

 

Bryce Baker: charger, chef, stoker. The man sets the tone. Watch Bryce bake backdoor, then your mind. Radio Surfboards by Allan Gibbons Additional filming by Jack Coleman

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5’1 fish

 

filmed by Benjamin Parrrot @benp.film https://www.instagram.com/benp.film/ 5`1 fish 20 1/4 2 1/2 shaped by Koki Nakamura https://www.instagram.com/koki__nakam... Glassing by Enosan https://www.instagram.com/ednasurfboa...

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Joel Fitzgerald Surfboards: East Coast Autumn Edit

 

Joel Fitzgerald surfing his Dreamcatcher, Sea Gypsy and Space Hawk on the East Coast of Australia

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ROCKYS

 

Mostly lefts down at Rocky Point with a fun cast of surf characters:} In order of appearance: Dane Gudauskas, Mikey February, Harry Bryant, Nathan Fletcher, Holly Wawn, Tanner Gudauskas, Stephanie Gilmore, Laura Enever, Frankee Harrer, & Mason Ho. Music: Tony Allen - Secret Agent

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The California Twin by MR and Matt Biolos

 

Mark Richard's & Matt Biolos come together to bring you a modern Twin Fin + Trailer “Fish” with some unique tweaks to create a modern MR. MR’s classic lines, speed, and precision turns mixed with Mayhem’s small wave performance prowess.

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