When you think waves, you don’t think Mercedes, just like when you think roads, you don’t think Billabong. Here’s the thing, though: Surfboard technology is ramping up as waves get bigger and bigger, and there are plenty of people outside the surf industry that know a lot more about hydrodynamics and aerodynamics than the shaper down the street from you. So when Garrett McNamara had a Nazaré magic carpet shaped by Mercedes, it kind of made sense.
But you know what the guy behind the computer at the Mercedes Benz office doesn’t know? You. He’s not your local shaper. Mercedes doesn’t need your support.
