I was born in Italy in Rome, in a marine estate, where the family home was just in front
of the sea. This natural element has always fascinated me so much that it then became
part of my private and personal life.

Professionally speaking, I started shaping boards in 1980, I think it was a consequence of
my strong passion for the construction and for the surfing on a wave with any type of board.

I started windsurfing, which at that time I practised assiduously, as did many of my peers. Windsurfing was very popular in Italy at the time, and I started to produce my first models of wave performance boards to be used with sails.

Since then I have had the opportunity to work with professional athletes, for example
I produced for Pietro Pacitto, a windsurfing professional athlete, several boards for his use: in the wave Windsurfing World Cup and in national competitions.

In the mid 80s traditional surfing began to take hold in the place of windsurfing.
I surfed myself in those days when there was no wind but the sea waves formed.
It was really fun and exciting to be able to surf the Mediterranean waves without
sail but with my board only.

Those custom boards were already in fact surfboards and then I decided to put in all my efforts into the surfboard shaping, making it my profession.
I have worked for the last 38 years in close contact with national and international pro surfers and with top shapers abroad (France, Australia, United States and South Africa) to improve and refine my technical knowledge in the design and construction of high quality and performance surfboards.

Among the international athletes I remember the collaboration with the South African Clyde Martin who participated in several European Professional Championships in the 90s.

Of the national athletes on the other hand, the longest relationship was surely with the multichampion Emiliano Cataldi still in action on boards designed by me.

In recent years I have also collaborated with some athletes of the WSL circuit, and Ntando Msibi, a South African young athlete of remarkable skills. He and Emiliano are currently the ambassadors of my products overseas.
Today I am a freelancer and I devote myself mainly to the design,
research and development of the product.

I design models for 3 companies with international distributors,
as well as producing my limited series of unique and special boards,
100% made with the manual experience of a craftsman,
who has accumulated 40 years of continuous work in the sector.

I live in South Africa, but I often go back to Italy.
Moving in 2005 to one of the world’s top countries in surfing both
as a production and as well as a practitioner, was fundamental for me.

This new position has allowed me to increase and improve my professional experience
greatly, an objective that I could never have achieved if I was living in Italy.
Since 2020 I set up a new factory in Rome where I do my designs ,shaping and handcrafting

My deep connection with sea and sporting activity

All my boards are 100% hand shaped

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