ABOUT
Carlos Reyes: Surfer / Shaper / Artist / Musician
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Been shaping since 1994. I began in my friend's backyard in Hialeah while in high school. All of my friends told me I was good at it and urged me to keep it going. I moved up to Daytona Beach for a couple years shortly after, then came back to Miami for college to earn a degree in Graphic Design. After a couple years working in graphics and printing I saved up enough money to get back into shaping. I incorporated in 2003 and have been making custom surfboards in Miami ever since.
During this time I managed to learn the entire board building process from shaping and painting, to glassing and sanding. I've also learned a few things from other local shapers here in Florida. My first 10 years in the biz was all hand shaping and then I moved up to Shape 3D and CNC shaping. Now with the move to Palm Bay I'm set up with the local glass shops to provide not only professional work, but world-class work by some of the best laminators and sanders in the business.
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For orders and info email me: c@cshapes.com
The new shaping room | Palm Bay, FL | 04.2025
NEWS
It's April 2025. Finally, after a whole year of hard work with the move and getting situated I got around to finishing the new shaping room. This most recent one is my 7th shaping room during my 30+ years of working on surfboards. I went with a wine color with wood trim. I cleaned up and repainted my Y posts too in black. I wanted to make it as comfortable as possible with everything I need at hands reach. Very thankful to God, my family and all my customers for helping me get to this next chapter in the business. A huge thanks also to Danny from Kurt Werks and Larry from Aurora glassing for letting me work out of their shops while I got this going. You can also add in there JP from FOX surfboards USA for moving up to Melbourne too. He also got me thinking about settling up here in Brevard Co. This will be my second home now away from sunny Miami.
