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...
FEATURED BOARD ~ TDWART
The T-Dwart is a narrower thinner version of the original Dwart, coupling a performance rail and slightly more rocker. In addition, the double wing round tail produces a quicker more agile surfboard. The board works perfect in the smaller and more challenging conditions, and is easy to whip around. Most ride the T-Dwart 3-6 inches shorter then their standard shortboard.
For more information or to check out all the shapes visit our surfboards section by clicking here.
TEST RIDE ~ RUSTY DEMOS
Come try out the latest Rusty shapes and designs Thursday May 2nd with HSS Surf Shop in Huntington Beach, and Friday May 3rd with Ventura Surf Shop in Ventura. The Rusty crew will be on hand with stickers, gear, and prizes, as well as a grip of new sticks for you to shred!
FEATURED BOARD ~ THE KERROSOVER
Part of the Kerrection series, this is Josh’s go to competition board. Built for conditions the World over, from point breaks to beach breaks and everything in between. The Kerrosover has a single concave bottom, a performance rail, and Kerr’s performance rocker. We have added volume under the chest for extra paddle power, as well as a little width overall so Josh can execute his arsenal of maneuvers. Derived from the Jokerr DNA the Kerrosover is built to go!
LAHINALUNA WINS 19th ANNUAL MAUI SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 19th Annual HI-TECH Maui Interscholastic Championships went down this past weekend at Ho'okipa beach park, with the Lahinaluna surf team taking first place and edging out Baldwin in the finals. The Rusty crew was on hand creating custom hats, hanging with the kids and contestants, and hooking up the crowd that came down to cheer on their teams with prizes and gear!
This is the 19th year that HI-TECH Surf Sports and Rusty have held the event together for Maui's high schools teams to compete for the title. Team members with a 3.5 GPA or higher were also awarded at the event with special Rusty gear and recognition from the crowd. Tasha Jahrmarkt was awarded with a certificate for a brand new Rusty Surfboard for her outstanding GPA and participation with the team.
Lahainaluna High School led the eight-team field with 196 points, Baldwin High School was second (187), followed by King Kekaulike High School (181).
Kain Daly, of Kihei Charter, won the boys shortboard, His winning wave included a completed backside reverse to take the win for the day.
Thanks to: HI-TECH, Hula Grill, Leilani's, and Kimo's

The 19th annual HI-TECH Maui Scholastic Championships presented by Rusty will be taking place this Saturday April 20th 2013 at Ho'okipa Beach Park in Maui Hawaii. The event brings some of Maui's top young surfing talent to the Ho'okipa lineup for their chance to take home the first place spot, and the scholastic championship title.
The event is celebrating it's 19th anniversary this year and promises to bring fun and action to all the spectators and contestants who make it down to the beach. The Rusty crew will be on hand from 8 am - 5 pm Saturday with games, prizes, and giveaways including your chance to win a brand new Rusty Surfboard from HI-TECH surf shop!
The 19th annual Maui Scholastic Championships are sponsored by:
HI-TECH, Rusty, Hula Grill, Leilani's, and Kimo's
SAM OROZCO ~ SQUARE ONE
Square One from Sam orozco on Vimeo.
Check out this film and edit by Jacob Vanderwork featuring Rusty team rider Sam Orozco, and friends Jacob Davis, and Jonah Carter tearing through their local hoods and lineups getting some southern California surf during spring break. The edit features some killer clips of the boys taking advantage of some great conditions in California this past month.
Check it out and enjoy!
COREY HOWELL ~ PUERTO RICO
Check out the clips of Rusty team rider Corey Howell ripping and shredding his way through Puerto Rico earlier this past year. Corey kicked 2013 off right and took off on a mission to find some fun and warm water waves in Puerto Rico. He found both as witnessed in the footage! Check it out and be sure to visit his team page here.
FEATURED ~ SURFBOARDS
Looking for that new Rusty shred sled now that the spring and summer surf season is upon us? Look no further, we have the line up you need to elevate your game in the lineup!
Visit our featured surfboards page here and check out some of our new and classic favorite including the Happy Shovel, The Neil Diamond, the Kerrosover, and the Slayer.
RIGHT COAST RELIEF ~ SURFBOARD GIVEAWAY

In the continuing efforts to help our east coast retailers and communities rebuild, Rusty is working to keep raising money, and spirits, by giving away two "Right Coast Relief" custom made surfboards at the New Jersey based surf shops Brave New World and Farias.
All Brave New World and Farias locations will be selling raffle tickets for $5 ea. that enters you into a drawing/shop party that will be held over the Memorial day weekend at both shops, in which a winner will be chosen. There is no limit on how many tickets you can buy, as a matter of fact we hope you buy as many as you possibly can, we are donating all the proceeds from the raffle to the efforts to rebuild those areas affected by hurricane Sandy, and we want to raise as much as possible!
Stop by one of the Brave New World or Farias locations to support the cause and pick up your ticket for a chance to win. The more raffle tickets you buy, the better the chances of you winning a one of a kind Rusty surfboard, and the bigger the donation amount gets to help bring back the shore!
For more information contact the shops below online or just stop by any of the locations below:
www.fariassurf.com
www.bravesurf.com
Farias Surf & Sport : Ship Bottom
28th Street and Long Beach Blvd
Ship Bottom, NJ 08008
609.494.7368
Farias Surf & Sport : Beach Haven
Taylor and Bay Avenue
Beach Haven, NJ 08008
609.492.0200
Farias Surf & Sport : Surf City
5th Street and Long Beach Blvd
Surf City, NJ 08008
609.494.8616
Brave New World- Point Pleasant
1208 Richmond Avenue (Route 35 South),
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
732-899-8220
Brave New World- Toms River Store
1272 Hooper Avenue (Route 549),
Toms River, NJ 08753
732-505-3600
Brave New World- Little Silver
61 Oceanport Avenue,
Little Silver, NJ 07739
TRANSWORLD SURF ~ HOW TO: ALLEY OOPS
Check out the feature on Transworld Surf with Rusty team rider Josh Kerr showing and explaining the step by step moves to stomping Alley Oops. Kerrzy is an air master and there are few professional surfers who can pull these off as smooth and gracefully as he does. Check out the photos on transworldsurf.com, then get in the water and keep hucking until you get it!
WEEKEND ~ UPDATE
Congrats to Rusty team riders Mikey Ciaramella and Jack Brandon for blowing up at the NSSA contests on both coasts!

Mikey Ciaramella pushed his way through to make the final and take the win at the NSSA College Men's state Championships this weekend in HB, taking down a list of talented surfers to take home the trophy! This is one of the biggest wins of Mikey's surfing career and we're stoked everyone got to see what Mikey can put together during a heat.

photo: Chandler Hatch
Jack Brandon also flared up in the water over the weekend taking a 1st place, and 3rd place win in his respective divisions at the NSSA contest in Florida. Jack spent the day battling weak surf and the blazing sun to take home the win. He was able to link enough together to get the points and make it through, look for him to keep the results showing up into the Easterns coming up in 2 weeks!
SAM OROZCO ~ SQUARE ONE
Square One from Sam orozco on Vimeo.
Check out this film and edit by Jacob Vanderwork featuring Rusty team rider Sam Orozco, and friends Jacob Davis, and Jonah Carter tearing through their local hoods and lineups getting some southern California surf during spring break. The edit features some killer clips of the boys taking advantage of some great conditions in California this past month.
Check it out and enjoy!
COREY HOWELL ~ PUERTO RICO
Check out the clips of Rusty team rider Corey Howell ripping and shredding his way through Puerto Rico earlier this past year. Corey kicked 2013 off right and took off on a mission to find some fun and warm water waves in Puerto Rico. He found both as witnessed in the footage! Check it out and be sure to visit his team page here.
COREY HOWELL ~ STOKE2 EP.1
Check out the newly released kick off to Season 2 of the web series STOKE featuring Rusty team rider Corey Howell and friends shredding through Puerto Rico. The crew of adventurers included local rippers Marley Puglielli, Roger Torres and Carlos "Chispa" Andres trekking around Puerto scoring some perfect surf, and a night of fun in San Juan to see Deadmau5 live!
Be sure to click the like button and subscribe to see episode 2 due out soon!
MIKEY CIARAMELLA ~ SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Check out these sweet clips from Rusty team rider Mikey Ciaramella from his recent south of the border adventure in Baja Mexico. Mikey grew up chasing hurricane surf in Jersey, but is currently living in San Diego California, and is enjoying taking full advantage of being able to make the trek passed the border for some uncrowded point break waves, and authentic baja tacos!
Enjoy and get amped....
SAY HELLO TO ~ THE HAPPY SHOVEL
Looking for a new shape to bring some fun back into your session and put a smile on your face? Say hello to The Happy Shovel from Rusty!
Introducing the newest edition to the quiver, this small wave board is ideal for that knee to shoulder high day. Its limits are yet to be determined. Think low volume but high surface area.
The Happy Shovel paddles and planes with ease, combining a double-barrel concave and short board rails, the board allows you to whip it around on a dime! We designed it with the five fin setup for even more versatility so you can ride it as a quad or a thruster.
Our team riders across the globe have been giving the Happy Shovel two thumbs up… a fun board to surf!
For more info visit the surfboards section here...
JAY DAVIES ~ GOLD COAST
Check out the latest webisode from Elsegoodproductions.com featuring Rusty team rider Jay Davies ripping around South Africa titled "Gold Coast". Jay is joined by Noa Deane for a couple of windy lofty airs as well.
If you haven't had the pleasure yet visit Elsegoodproductions.com to see more clips to get you frothing!
MIKEY C ~ HAWAII CLIPS
Check out this collection of clips from Rusty east coast team rider Mikey Ciaramella charging spots all over the North Shore this past 2012-2013 season. It even shows him taking a digger closeout at Pipe, cutting open his melon, getting it wrapped up, and throwing on a helmet so he can get back out in the lineup and pull into some more heaving pits! Yewww!
From paying his dues to getting some sick clips, Mikey's edit will get you frothing for some crystal clear, warm water tubes.
PIPELINE SESSIONS ~ PART II
Pure Pipeline Madness as a pumping swell hits the North Shore during the final days of 2012. The clips will make you froth and include Rusty team rider Mikey Ciaramella as well as a slew of other chargers getting shacked out of their heads. Courtesy: Surfline.com
Hawaiian Diaries ep4
Jay Davies spent some time with our man R DOT & shaped up a single fin, which he is currently SLAYING in Hawaii right this very moment. "THING GOES MAD" - Jay
THE SINGLE LIFE
A clip featuring the rusty team in bali going looney on their single fins shaped by rusty preisendorfer.














