Saturday August 14, 2010, while watching shaper Larry Mabile shaping away inside a plexiglass box in what we thought was one of strangest parts of the surfboard fetish show Sacred Craft, we realized that Lost’s Matt Biolos was standing right next to us.
“Wouldn’t that be kind of weird to be working in a clear plastic box with all these people watching?” we asked.
“I’m going to be in there tomorrow,” Matt said. Then he explained the contest to us. Shapers were given an hour in a half to copy some one else’s shape. In this contest it was the thruster that Simon Anderson’s surfed to victory at Bell Beach in 1981.
Not only did Matt show up, he showed the rest of the field who was boss by winning the event and a $1,000 check signed by Scott Bass, according to a story on Global Surf News.
“This is a bit of redemption for me, as I am sometimes pegged as a guy who is only known for his marketing expertise, and maybe I don’t get credit for my shaping ability,” said Biolos in front of a large crowd on Sunday at Sacred Craft. “It is real honor to win this event, as Simon Anderson is a true legend.”
A gracious Biolos reportedly offered the prize money to a local charity. Kind of bummed we didn’t get to see it all go down live. Follow the jump for video of the entire contest.
[Link: Global Surf News]
