Euroglass, Hossegor, France. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Many Kelly Slater winning jerserys line the walls. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Many blanks. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Getting up close and personal with a hand cut blank before being machine cut. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Stringer. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Loading up the machine. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Machine Operator Manu Dubourg showing me the CAD. A 3D surface of the surfboard is plotted, and the machine cuts the shape dictated. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.The machine at work. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Manu showed me the yellow outline which represnts the current blank, and the black line showing what's left after the machine's had its way with it. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Machine at work. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Shaper Christian Bradley hard at work with Eurgolass Manager Darren Broadbridge looking on. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Chrisitian was kind enough to talk me through the shaping process with an epoxy board. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Getting precise. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson. ...with machine. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.... by hand. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson....Christian told me that shaping epoxy was a fine art. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Colouring. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.The glassing room. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.The glassing room. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Moving on through the factory. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Packaging up for delivery. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.The Euroglass showroom. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.The Euroglass showroom. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.Euroglass, Hossegor, France. Photo by Harry Mitchell Thompson.
