RUSTY

Hoy Runnels

Date of Birth: February 2nd, 1948
Home Town: San Diego, California
Started Surfing: 1961
Started Shaping: 1968
Shaping with Rusty Since: 1994
Approx. # of Boards Shaped: 40,000+
Best Surf Trip: San Carlos to go sailboarding, but there was no wind and the surf was going off!
Stance: Regular Foot
Hobbies: Antique collection and restoration (especially Tiki stuff)
Favorite Type of Board to Shape: Longboards
Least Favorite Board to Shape: Channels
Favorite Boards from the Past: Waterskate Bonzer
Favorite Local Wave: P.B. Point
Favorite Wave in the World: So Many...
Travels: Mexico, Africa
Future Travel Plans: Central America
Something Interesting: Used to shape boards for Rusty at G&S until 1971
Team Riders Shaped For: Jim Hogan, Charley Kuhn, Gary Keating, Rusty, Sam George, and others...
If I Wasn’t a Shaper: I would be a cabinet maker...