Jon Garmendia did it again. The second time around winner of The Longboard Spanish Championship and winner of the expression session of the best-shared wave with Alex Knost at Vans Duct Tape Invitational. This young surfer keeps some secrets under his belt that we are going to unravel, starting by saying that he is not only a shaper and a perfect one at that but much more indeed.

Thirty hours to finish a surfboard 100% hand-shaped that demands care, attention to detail, and solely two pairs of hands that do the whole work from start to finish. Starting with the unique selection of stringers, shaping, glassing, sanding … And yes, only a pair of hands: Jon Garmendia’s. The man, the brand, and the wings behind the butterfly.

You could think about what kind of relationship a butterfly and a surfboard could have, and the answer has a name: Jon Garmendia.

Being passionate about single fins, twin fins, and longboards, he became interested in classic shapes after falling in love with the lines they drew. That was it. Even though it began as a hobby, an endless curiosity about this particular classical shape made him be on a mission: to shape the longboard he was longing for him that could not find anywhere.