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Greg   Originally hailing from South Australia as one of that state’s most promising young surfers, Shaping Co owner Greg Webb began his shaping career over 30 years ago, with John Arnold in downtown Adelaide. From there he developed his shaping skills embracing the inherent knowledge and understanding of a talented surfer, working with Don Burford, now the country’s biggest producer of surfboard blanks. One of Greg’s first team riders was fellow SA Crow James ‘Chappy’ Jennings, the mischievous grommet who rose to fame in the legendary Hoole/McCoy production of Kong’s Island. At the age of 21, Greg followed his young sponsored rider Chappy to the Gold Coast where he continued his shaping evolution working under the tutelage of Pipedreams’ Murray Burton for several years. 
Aspiring to make his own mark on the surfing world, Greg moved out of Pipedreams and formed Shaping Co in 1983, setting up shop just across the road from the current showroom and factory on Machinery Drive at South Tweed. “You won’t last six months!” commented Muzza Burton at the time. Some 26 years later, Greg Webb and Shaping Co are cemented in local surfing folklore.
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