About Pyzel Surfboards
Jon Pyzel grew up in Santa Barbara, California, started surfing in junior high and quickly fell deep into a new found passion. Soon after, local SB shaper Matt Moore began shaping Jon’s boards and put him on his team of local surfers. Matt always helped explain the ideas and principles of surfboard design and let Jon watch him shape all his boards.
After traveling more for surf, Jon realized he wanted better waves and warmer water, making a permanent move to Oahu’s North Shore in 1992. There he found work fixing dings at Country Surfboards and quickly learned the ins and outs of the craft, soon working as a hot coater and laminator. He then connected with master shaper Jeff Bushman, who gave him guidance, input, and encouragement to grow. Eventually, Jeff gave Jon a job as his back-shaper and that was the beginning of his shaping career.
A defining moment came a few years later, in 1997. Alex Florence approached Jon about making a board for her oldest son John John, who was 5 at the time. From there forward, Jon and John John worked together to redefine what was possible for Grom surfing. Fast forward almost 20 years and John John Florence is 2X World Champ, widely considered the best surfer alive, all while riding Pyzel surfboards.
When we think about our company today, we consider JJF (John John Florence) as one of the cornerstones to our success, not just for his amazing surfing ability and priceless feedback, but also for his loyalty, his humble attitude, his gratitude, and his positive outlook on life.
We didn’t start this all to become a giant company, putting out as many “units” as we could, we started it because we love surfing and everything that goes with that – travel to new lands, great friendships, adventure. But most of all we started this because we love surfboards!
Today Pyzel Surfboards has grown to be an international business, but is still run by the family. Jon and his wife Dali live on the beach in Hawaii with their 2 daughters, and help run the Pyzel Surfboards factories on the North Shore and in Oceanside, CA. We take great pride in every board we build, and have do our very best to make sure that our customers are getting exactly the right board for what they want to do. We have trusted licensees building our boards on every continent, and Jon shapes in Australia, Europe, Brazil, Japan, Indonesia, South America and California.
