570 - Eric Arakawa
Surf Splendor
David Lee Scales
4.8 • 669 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 76 minutes
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In today's show North Shore icon Eric Arakawa shares insights from 51 years of surfboard shaping, explains the invention of the Nose Guard, why it's essential to use money and love people but most people do the opposite, how to leverage burnout to fuel inspiration, recounts the chance encounter with one enigmatic shaper that changed both their lives, and explains the succession plan for Arakawa Surfboards that will allow him to utilize the next decade to invest in people. Enjoy!
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| 1:56.7 | surfboard shaping career, but mainly for the quality of his character, which has been |
| 2:01.6 | tested and proven for decades now, showcased through his treatment of employees, his business |
| 2:09.0 | partnerships, his commitment to family and to his friends. Born in Honolulu in 1960, |
| 2:16.0 | he began surfing at the age of 10 and then shaping at the age of 14. |
| 2:20.2 | He's made boards over the years for TNC, Lightning Bolt, Brewer, Surfing Hawaii, and Hawaiian Island Creations. |
| 2:27.6 | But for the last couple of decades, he's been mainly committed to his own surfboard label, Eric Arakawa. |
| 2:33.2 | Over those decades, he's made boards for Michael and Derek Ho, Mark Akalupo, Shane Beshin, |
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