Steve Boehne (bay-knee) was 13 years old in 1960 when he learned to shape and glass in a neighbor's garage.They bought blanks from Wilshire Foam in Torrance, whose main product was foam for flower arrangements; consequently the blanks were either red or green. Boehne would chalk line the blanks, cut them and glue the stringers in with inner tube rubber bands. In 1967, Boehne got a job shaping for Gordie Surfboards in Huntington Beach. "Gordie" was known for his craftmanship with fancy stringers, nose blocks and tail blacks. He was tough to work for, but he was an excellent teacher."
Boehne started Infinity Surfboards in 1970. The first 20 years he personally shaped over 500 boards per year. Boehne still personally shapes 400+ boards per year beside 5 additional Infinity shapers. Steve and Barrie Boehne were tandem surfing stars for over 30 years. They won more contests than any other tandem team in history. Their wins include 6 Makaha International Titles, 8 Biarritz-European Championships, and 2 ASP World Titles. Boehne's tandem board shapes are prized the world over. Surfing, as well as foam dust are in Boehne's blood. He has a comprehensive understanding of surfboard design learned from his many years of riding and shaping such a wide variety of boards. He rides and makes everything from Stand Up Paddle boards, shortboards, longboards, tandem boards, guns, kneeboards, sailboards, paddleboards, wakeboards, to wave ski's.
Steve is truly one of the finest surfboard craftsmen of our time.
Dan Boehne
His father got him on the planer in 1988 when he was eleven and his shaping career took off fast. By thirteen he was already shaping boards for guys like U.S. champ Mike Cruickshank, Pat O’connell, and Vince de la Pena.
In 1994 Surfing Magazine named Dan as one of the 30 best up and coming shapers. Wave Action Magazine called him a “shaping prodigy” in 1995 and in 1996 he was featured in a Surfing Magazine article titled “Shaping the Future, meet the Al Merricks of tomorrow”.
In 2005 Transworld Surf Magazine featured his Teahupoo gun design in the surfboard science article. He has also been featured in other publications such as Beach Happy, the Japanese magazines Fine, Warp, Free and Easy, and France’s Surfer’s Journal.
Dan’s talent as a surfer and background in science help him to create surfboard designs that surfers of all levels excel on. Shaping all of his personal boards since 11, Dan's shapes have taken him to 1st overall in PASL in 1993, winner of the Power Turn award in the 1995 Quiksilver Expression Session and 2nd overall for two consecutive years in NSSA in 1996 and 1997. He was the only shaper invited to surf in the 2005 VZ Teahupoo trials. In 2000 Dan earned his Bachelors in Biological Sciences from UC Irvine and in 2004 he earned his Doctorate in Dental Surgery from UCLA. Dan's comprehensive understanding of surfboard design and attention to detail show in every surfboard he shapes.
Watch Dan put his shapes/designs to the test:
Dave Boehne
Older brother to Dan, Dave has been a designer as long as he can remember. Designing logos and artwork for Infinity before he was old enough to drive a car. Just like Dan, their father Steve taught Dave how to use a planer and hand shape boards from scratch. Dave has always been a fan of riding ALL types of surfboards from performance thrusters, twinnies, logs, singlefins, etc searching for the next "feel".
From the mid 1990's to the early 2000's Dave surfed and competed on Dan's shortboard shapes on the WQS tour both in shortboard and longboard divisions. Dave placed 1st in a handful of PLA Events (Professional Longboard Association) on his own shapes (at that time a twin fin longboard design which is an infinity staple called the "cluster") and reached the semi-finals in the US Open of Longboarding.
While Dan continued to shape full bore, Dave got side tracked and started working for some of the industry's biggest companies like ...Lost, etnies, OAM and Ezekiel managing the worlds best surfers like Jamie O'brien, the Malloys, Chris Ward, Taylor Knox, Benji Weatherley to name a few as a Surf Marketing Manager. This experience gave Dave the opportunity to travel the world and try different shapes in all types of waves with some of the worlds best surfers. Dave is now designing shapes in collaboration with Dan and in 2009 formed "theBoehneBros" surfboard collective. Fan favorites the "5F", "Slinger", and "Blurr" are some of Dave's latest creations.
His father got him on the planer in 1988 when he was eleven and his shaping career took off fast. By thirteen he was already shaping boards for guys like U.S. champ Mike Cruickshank, Pat O’connell, and Vince de la Pena.
From the mid 1990's to the early 2000's Dave surfed and competed on Dan's shortboard shapes on the WQS tour both in shortboard and longboard divisions. Dave placed 1st in a handful of PLA Events (Professional Longboard Association) on his own shapes (at that time a twin fin longboard design which is an infinity staple called the "cluster") and reached the semi-finals in the US Open of Longboarding.
While Dan continued to shape full bore, Dave got side tracked and started working for some of the industry's biggest companies like ...Lost, etnies, OAM and Ezekiel managing the worlds best surfers like Jamie O'brien, the Malloys, Chris Ward, Taylor Knox, Benji Weatherley to name a few as a Surf Marketing Manager. This experience gave Dave the opportunity to travel the world and try different shapes in all types of waves with some of the worlds best surfers. Dave is now designing shapes in collaboration with Dan and in 2009 formed "theBoehneBros" surfboard collective. Fan favorites the "5F", "Slinger", and "Blurr" are some of Dave's latest creations.