Here is a lighthearted look at one of the more unsung heroes of the surfing experience: the old dude who shapes your board. Shapers don’t get the credit or financial rewards that they surely deserve; instead, they usually get health issues associated with hazardous chemicals. Imagine where we’d be without our vehicles of surf.

This short film below by Crayfish Films, which has been entered in the 2012 London Surf Film Festival, attempts to give the old dudes a little credit.