After having half the tail of my sweet cedar topped hess 6'0 destroyed by somebody's errant longboard and then searching NYC for someone who repairs eps boards I found David Murphy and Imaginary Surf Co.
David is a shaper and he makes amazing, innovative surfboards in his studio in Bushwick. I met him there and my fears of trying a new repair shop (I live and surf in Oregon and am visiting NYC for work) were quickly put at ease. The boards he makes are super progressive and very well crafted, not to mention very eco-friendly. Our brief conversation about what the process of repair would require was exactly what I needed to hear. He projected two weeks for the work to be done.
Two weeks later the board was repaired. Tess, an employee there did the work. She matched every nuance of the left side of the tail. The edges were identical to the original side. She basically rebuilt and matched a very complex and responsive tail in two weeks. She also found and fixed a small ding that I hadn't noticed. I learned later that Tess is a sculptor, no surprise to me now, her detailed work is solid and exact.
The day I picked up the board was a Saturday and the surf was on. The board surfed like a champ and provided me with a full weekend of great waves. The board surfs the same as the day I bought it.
Thank you David and Tess!!! read more