Rusty Preisendorfer

Date of Birth: June 13th, 1953

Home Town: San Diego

Started Surfing: 1966

Started Shaping: 1971

Previous Labels Shaped For: G&S, Music!, Sunset, Pure Fun, Kies, Barnfield, Green Lantern

Approx. # of Boards Shaped: 40,000+

Best Surf Trip: Aus in 1974, any Tavy Trip, any Boat Trip

Stance: Goofy Foot

How Did You Get Started Shaping? Went to Mitches and bought a blank...

Your Go-to Board: Quad

Hobbies: Art, fishing

Favorite Type of Board to Shape: Something new

Least Favorite Board to Shape: Something old

Favorite Boards from the Past: The ones that made people happy

Favorite Local Wave: Blacks

Favorite Wave in the World: one that is uncrowded, warm water, and a left

Team Riders Shaped For: Rabbit, PT, Ian, Horan, Occy, T.C., Shaun, Powell, Robb, Goods, Wardo, Kerr, JOB...

If I Wasn’t a Shaper: I would be doing art of some sort...