THE DK SURFBOARDS STORY

D.J. Kane, known as DK, has been dedicated to building high-quality surfboards for 20+ years.

DJ Kane shaping glass on a porch in Florida DK Surfboards About Us Story

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

Starting from humble beginnings building 100 boards on his parents screened-in porch in Florida, he made the jump 10 days after graduating high school and drove west to San Diego to pursue a career in surfboards.

DJ Kane shaping a surfboard in shop

TAKING SHAPE

After cutting his teeth working at some of the Premier glassing factories such as Moonlight Glassing, Diamond Glassing and Global Glassing, he found some shaping work apprenticing under Master Shaper, Rich Pavel. DK now has a rare shaping background, crossing over between the high-performance shortboard world and the high-end alternative board markets.  

DJ Kane working with Jon Pyzel on a custom design surfboard

BUILDING A SHAPING RÉSUMÉ

For the last 12 years, DK has been fortunate enough to learn from Jon Pyzel and work as his Head Shaper in mainland, USA building boards for some of the best surfers in the world.  DK was lucky to come into the industry at the right time and build his shaping résumé while previously doing stints working with Channel Islands, Chris Christenson, Steve Boysen, Tom Eberly and Michael Baron to name a few.

PRESENT DAY DK

In 2016, DK and Michael Baron decided to start their own glass shop named Harborside Glassing.  Starting with only two workers and a small industrial unit, it has now turned into an industry leading 4,800 sq ft factory, employing a world-class crew of 12 glassers.  In less than a decade, Harborside has cemented itself as one of the highest quality and most consistent glass shops in the business, regularly manufacturing over 7,000 boards a year as well as specializing in epoxy vacuum bagging technologies including Carbon Fiber, Innegra, Flax Fiber and numerous other exotic materials.

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  • ON THE CUTTING EDGE

    DK's skill set and understanding of both shaping and glassing gives him a unique edge in creating one of a kind high performance boards. 

OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE...BUILD QUALITY HIGH PERFORMANCE SURFBOARDS!

Whether it is an alternative design with modernized bottom contours, rails and rocker or your modern high performance shortboard, we want to be known as the leader in quality, performance and fun!         

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