Surfing Magazine, Sept. 1997 "Sister's Who Shape"

(Meet the absolute punkest women in our sport, those who
shape surfboards) this month: Shannon Payne-McIntyre

from: Santee, CA Years living: 22

months shaping:7

years surfing: 7

# of boards shaped: 10

label: Shannon Surfboards

Inspired to shape by: "My husband Shayne McIntyre
and Adam Gillespie."

clientele: "one of my friends I met in Sumbawa, and my brother. I also just got four boards in Water Girl surfshop, a women's surfshop."

short-term goals: "To become recognized as a shaper."

long-term goals: "To invite women to explore new avenues in surfing,
to venture out more and do the things they really want to do."

why shaping: "I'm an artist, and I was looking for a new medium that
would be more functional surfboards are a more functional canvas."

response from other craftsman: "I went to several different
shapers and showed them my boards and they got really stoked
and kept encouraging me to do it."

best thing about shaping your own boards: "Being able to ride on
of your won creations, it's so magical (riding) your own boards,
you did all the dimensions...and just the thing about designing a
board that works for you."

advice to budding grommet shapers of the world: "Find a good
shaper and just watch them and learn from them and ask a lot
of questions. Find someone who has enough time to help you-not
too many people give away their secrets...or, just try to find a job
roughing boards, like planing down the blanks for a shaper."

(She might be the best looking shaper on earth)

by, Skip Snead