In 1990 I walked into Rick Broderson’s bodyboard factory in Auckland, New Zealand, and asked for an after school job. I was obsessed with bodyboarding and to find that a factory was just up the road from my house blew my mind. If you told me then that one day I’d shape for Mike Stewart, count Tom Morey as a friend and have my own board brand, I wouldn’t have believed you. Now 25 years in and counting, I’ve been fortunate to learn from the industries brightest minds in Buzz Morasca and Brian Peterson, and I’ve worked besides dedicated craftsmen including Dan Sivess, Todd Quigley, Jarrod Gibson and Mike Brum. Since day one I’ve been driven to design and shape the best bodyboards in the world. It’s a big statement I know, but it is my absolute focus and one that wouldn’t be achievable without the input of the worlds best riders such as Ben Player, Dave Winchester, Jake Stone, Jase Finlay, Eppo and Steve “Bullet” Mackenzie, . Seeing these guys win world tour events and world titles on my boards is hard to explain in words, but I get a similar stoke when I watch groms ride their first waves to the beach. I love what I do and hope you guys do too.
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- 3 of the best. Mez, Tom Morey and Brian Peterson.
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- Cutting the template in Hawaii.
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- Mez in his shaping bay @ 1997. Central Coast NSW, Australia .
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- Mez in his shaping bay @ 1997. Central Coast NSW, Australia .
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- Cheesy grin for the camera.
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- Mez trimming the slick in his Hawaiian shaping bay circa 1995.
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- Mez, Dan and Bintang. Java 2003.
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- Mitch Rawlins, Nelson Ross, MC, Mez and Dan Sivess. Java 2002.
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- BP and Mez. Shark Island Challenge 2011.
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- CNC Precision
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- Lunch time at Mez’s Indo factory.
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- Parabolic Prototypes
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- Hudson and Archie pro models 2013.
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- BP and Winny. Arica Chile 2013.
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- Shapers of the future. From left to right: Hudson Mesritz, Griffin Sivess, Archie Mesritz
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- Chris Rae, Dave Appleby, Mez, Eppo and Ray Cochrane. Beach Street Surf Scene promo circa 1994.
