RCS: Ryan Conklin Shapes

05/20/2014

From design to resins to fins to glassing, roughly 15 hours revolved around what's underneath our feet.

02/13/2014

first love!

01/25/2014

Another little beauty out the door!

11/14/2013

Just a little more! US Blanks is the company Ryan Conklin uses to buy his blanks. The national guys did a sweet little shout out to RCS: Ryan Conklin Shapes on their website. Thanks for sharing Fluid Magazine with your national and international audience and giving Gorkin Cormican, Gorkin Surfboards some props! If you could only imagine what that means to a 13 year old! Pretty Cool!

13 year old Florida grom, Ryan Conklin has been shaping boards for the past year. He has a dozen under his belt and attributes Ricky Carroll and Matt Calvani as inspirations. Fluid Magazine interviewed Ryan and linked up with professional surfer Aaron Cormican to put one of Ryan’s boards through the...

11/04/2013

Trip to the factory! in the house!

11/02/2013

Check it out, page 28!
Big Shout out to Bryan Forand, A.J. Neste, Gorkin Cormican, Jamie Ridgewell and Fluid Magazine for hooking me up with my first real interview! So pumped! You guys are the best!! Thank you!!

FLUID Magazine

09/17/2013

Two stix ready for delivery!!

09/12/2013

I get all my boards from US Blanks! Thanks to my mom and dad who drive me ALL the way down there so I can hand pick them.

09/12/2013

Local NSB shaper Jay Smith of Clever Boards. I started on Jays boards. He's a great shaper.

09/12/2013

My brother and I pretty stoked to check out the Surf Expo and the Board Room.

09/12/2013

Did you know Ricky Carroll kills it on the drums? I had no idea.

09/12/2013

Love this guy! Ricky Carroll took this block of foam and created a wild old school stix. Check out the nose on that baby. Not only is this guy a legend, he's a really nice guy. He spent almost an hour with me the first time we met, giving me some shaping tips.