Wood & Shape School
Okinawa
We have moved our shape room and workshop to Okinawa.
This space is becoming a school.
Keeping Craft Alive
This school exists to keep craft alive.
It’s about passing on real skills, honoring materials and tools, and learning ways of working with wood that come from hands-on experience, time, and shared knowledge.
Shaping, joinery, tool work, and material understanding are learned through practice, not instruction alone.
Learning by Doing
Here you learn by making.
The school runs different programs and workshops — from wooden surfboard shaping to Japanese joinery and tool sharpening. Teaching is guided by a lifelong surfer and shaper with deep experience in shaping, woodworking, and Japanese joinery practice and teaching.
At the heart of this school is learning together — through making, sharing, and practice.
A Living Workshop
This isn’t just a school — it’s a living workshop.
A place where surfers, shapers, woodworkers, and makers come together — from complete beginners to experienced craftspeople — through small group learning and one-on-one shaping experiences.
The goal is simple: more wooden boards in the water, more craft in the world, and more people connected to making things with care.
Make a Donation
This school is being built by hand — slowly and with care.
Support helps create a place where people can learn to shape, work with wood, care for tools, and pass these skills on.
A living space for craft, tradition, and making.
If this vision speaks to you, you’re welcome to be part of it.
