Byzak Surfboards

Shaper: Hank Byzak

Location: Oceanside, CA

About: Hank Byzak has been surfing since 1961 and has been hand crafting custom surfboards in the old school manner since the late 1960's. The first Pure Fun Surf Shop started in Leucadia, Ca. in 1971. Hank continues his craft today in Oceanside, California, and has created 44 different surfboard designs and has shaped over 33,000 boards in his career!

Hall of Fame Master Surfboard Shaper and Owner of Pure Fun Longboards & Surfboards, Hank Byzak is the true "Old School Intellectual and Creative Source" of many of the boards that you might already know and ride, under other names.

Hank began shaping for Channin Precision Fiber-glassing in Encinitas California for seventeen years, and at last count, Byzak has designed and shaped over twenty-five brands of Surfboards, including: Weber Performers, Hansen Surfboards, Surfboards Hawaii, Chanin, Bear, Greg Noll, Joel Tudor...and the list goes on!