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Nigel Semmens and the Foam Asylum

April 30, 2010 | Words By:

foam_asylum Tim Stafford looks back with Nigel Semmens over his definitive surfing career, and considers his position as one of the finest shapers in the land.

Read our eighteen page encounter with Nigel here



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  1. “If I was a serious surfer, I would want to have a close working relationship with a shaper, but I don’t think there are a lot of guys in the UK that do that. They think the international shapers are better. But how many of them have even been to the UK and surfed? To me it’s just logical – if you’ve got people who surf the same breaks as you and also make boards, you buy those boards.

    well said…

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