About The Shaper
Hi. I am Grant. I am a waterman. With that, the list of sports I do in the ocean we love extends from surfing of all disciplines, wind sports, and of course all the disciplines of hydro foiling. 270 Board Company started simply as a passion project. I was tired of production boards, failures in boxes, and poor construction. Being a larger stature rider (230 lb. in a wetsuit), board durability was important. In addition, efficiency in board design for bigger riders lacked. Boards for the small to medium size rider are easy to design, build, and perform on. But for a bigger rider? No one wants liters, and no one wants to ride a big board in fear of a lack of performance and additional weight.
I self-taught myself CAD using Shape 3D X and slowly began the journey of designing, cutting, and shaping out foil boards. Lamination was first done here in the mecca of surfboard building right in Oceanside, CA. Ultimately, the lamination process was brought to the Central Coast of California in Morro Bay where each board is now given attention by Corey Richmond during the build process. The surfboard industry has a variety of personalities, attitudes, and work ethic. All of which are difficult to achieve in high quality at times.
Through blood, sweat, some tears, trial, and error, 270 had an evolution process and has been ever so grateful for those supporting since the beginning. Being in “customer service” during my day job, I found it easy to interact and work with fellow riders to design a board for “them.” No ignoring, no price gouging, just straight up design, build, and a fair price for a custom hand-built board with the assistance of precision tools.
