The work of

Michel Barland

🇫🇷 France · Started in 1957

History

Michel Barland is known for inventing the first computerized surfboard-shaping machine in the late 1970s. Based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, he began shaping surfboards in 1957 and was an early adopter of polyurethane foam and polyester resin construction in 1959. He continues to operate today as an individual shaper.