INTER-ISLAND SURF SHOP^® commissions and sells collectable, hand shaped and laminated surfboards from shapers such as Sparky, Jim Philips, Eric Maurus and others. Building on a legacy of 50 years of surfboard design and development, Inter-Island seeks to connect discriminating surfers with surfboards that represent the ultimate in the craft of surfboard building. Whether purchased for collections or for surfing, the owners of these boards honor and continue that legacy.

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INTER-ISLAND SURF SHOP^® was in operation in the Territory of Hawaii, Island of Oahu during the late 50's and opened at 620 Kakaako Street in Honolulu (by the old ironworks) in 1960.

• Mickey Lake
  --owner, manager, and shaper

• Joe Kuala
  (aka: Joe Kitchens)--first employee, shaper and glasser

• Sparky
  --shaper
  (who developed concave nose designs and the first solid fiberglass surfboard fins, the first modern speed fin, the textured deck, and light glassing. He also named the surf spot known as "Big Rights" and initiated the environmental group "Save Our Surf")
• John Kelly, Jr.
  --shaper
  (who developed the "Hydro" surfboard), author, and community activist.

INTER-ISLAND SUMMARY
(then and now)

OWNERS:
Mickey Lake
Barry Morrison...current

FACTORIES:
Honolulu, Hawaii (620 Kaka’ako St.)
Honolulu, Hawaii (website)

MODELS:
Sparky Nose Concave
John Kelly Hydroplane
Butch Van Artsdalen

BLANKS:
Walker
Clark
US Blanks...current

STRINGERS:
Redwood, balsa, T-band or multi-stringer

SHAPERS:
Mickey Lake
Joe Kuala (aka: Joe Kitchens)
Sparky
Mike Diffenderfer
Dick Brewer
All use Skill planers

SHAPES:
Hot dog, concaves, guns, semi guns

LOGOS:
Inter-Island Surf Shop - Custom - Hawaii

GLASSING:

FINS:
Solid, wood, laminated, or glass