Jon Pyzel didn’t begin shaping surfboards until he was 24, but his designs quickly caught a wave of approval from the pros. He focused on high-performance models and ones that could multitask. When ...

Jon Pyzel has been building surfboards for John John Florence for 28 years. To maintain a commitment relationship spanning almost three decades is an exceedingly rare feat in professional surfing and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John and Jon break down the story behind the Red Tiger that JJF rode to a third world title. Photo: YouTube//Screenshot John John ...

For quite a few years now, John John Florence and his long-time shaper Jon Pyzel have been creating a pretty incredible lineup of surfboards. The Ghost family are John’s shapes of choice, and since ...

How’s this for the state of today’s globalized surfboard market: The surfboard John John Florence rode to win his third world title last September wasn’t touched by his lifelong shaper. Instead, it ...

Hawaii pro surfer and world champion John John Florence, right, won his first Billabong Pipe Masters title on a board shaped by Santa Barbara native Jon Pyzel. (Courtesy photo) Surfing’s Billabong ...

Summer is pretty much here in the Northern Hemisphere. Depending on where you live, that means a few things: better weather, yes, but it can also mean a severe lack of waves. And for those on Oahu’s ...

Who knew Nic Von Rupp understood the intricacies of surfboard design as well as he does the ins and outs of a safety vest? Testing out six Pyzel freshies in some average Portugal surf, Nic doesn’t let ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jon Pyzel didn’t begin shaping surfboards until he was 24, but his designs quickly caught a wave of approval from the pros. He ...