Since I was 14 years old my life has been dedicated to surfing!

It was during my competitive career that I started to develop my keen interest in shaping which began when I was 17, in 1987.

Whilst I completed my Batchelor's degree at Uni, my ability to surf 2/3 times a day allowed my surfing and shaping to blossom.

Being a former 3x South African surfing champion and 3x national team member has allowed me to utilize my knowledge of performance surfing to produce functional shapes for surfers who need them.

After shaping over 25000 surfboards to date, I have honed my skills to design functional surf craft for a wide range of surfers, whilst establishing the brands like T&C /Nev /Geraghty and Surf Shapes in South Africa and now Geraghty Shapes here in Australia.

In 2012, I moved over to the beautiful Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Any spare time a have is taken up with free-surfing and designing custom boards designed on Shape 3D and then having them machine-cut and finished by hand down in my Gold Coast facility for locals on the Sunshine Coast and elsewhere around the world.

If you are passionate about your surfing, and you want to work with a shaper to develop your surfing further and ultimately Surf-Better, then contact me.

Until then Stay Stoked and see you in the water!

Cheers

Deano