Northern Dawn Surfboards
🇬🇧 Chester-le-Street, United Kingdom
Northern Dawn Surfboards is a surfboard shaping workshop based in Chester-le-Street, United Kingdom. It mainly builds shortboard, longboard, fish, gun, mini-malibu, offering handmade custom boards for local and visiting surfers. There is one other shaper within 60 km that you can also find in the directory. Buying from a local shaper supports the craft, cuts the footprint of shipping mass-produced boards and gets you a board designed for your local waves.
How to contact Northern Dawn Surfboards
- Website: ndsurfboards.co.uk
- Location: Chester-le-Street, United Kingdom
To order a custom board, message the workshop with your weight, height, surfing level and the waves you usually surf: with that the shaper can suggest dimensions and volume. Bear in mind a custom board usually takes several weeks, especially in high season. How many litres do you need? Try the surfboard volume calculator.
What boards Northern Dawn Surfboards makes
- Shortboard: short, low-volume boards built to turn in powerful waves; aimed at intermediate and advanced surfers.
- Longboard: long boards (over 9 ft) with lots of float, ideal for small waves, beginners or classic noseriding.
- Fish: short, wide boards with a swallow tail; fast and easy to paddle in small to medium waves.
- Gun: long, narrow boards for big waves, where paddle speed and control matter most.
- Mini-malibu: a mini longboard (7–8 ft) with plenty of volume; the usual step up from a foam board.
- Eco: boards made with lower-impact materials (bio resins, recycled cores or certified wood).
- Custom: made-to-measure boards: the shaper adapts dimensions, volume and design to your weight, level and local waves.
Not sure which model suits you? See the visual guide to board types and how to choose a board for your weight and level (in Spanish).
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