Jan 03 2007
Fianally we changed something on this site.
Oh yeah and new boards coming this summer! Stay Tuned!
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Mar 13 2006
Brian Anderson got back in the water today for his 1st surf session since he was attacked by a great white shark Christmas Eve 2005 just a few blocks from his Seaside, Oregon home.
Anderson’s response to today’s session. “It was fun, waves were small, but there were lots of them”. He said, “It was a great day to get back in the water”.
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Feb 11 2006
Brian was on the "Ellen" Show on Thursday Feb 16 to check your local time go to ellen.warnerbros.com. Here are a few showtimes and channels
Portland 4pm Koin 6
Seattle 11AM King/Kong 5
Colo Springs 3pm Koaa 5/30
Denver 3pm Kusa 9
Los Angeles 4pm KNBC 4
Orlando 4pm Wesh 2
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Brian Anderson was born in September of 1969 to John and Patricia Anderson. His mother insists that his love for the ocean
began during her pregnancy, as she would bury her belly in the sand during her frequent visits to the beach while John was
stationed in Pensacola, Fl. Brian says his love for surfing started when he was 15.  He spotted an old surfboard on his
way home from a baseball game and had to have it. He began surfing the icy waters of the Northern Pacific on that same
garage sale board. When that board fell apart, he began experimenting with shaping his own boards. He obviously was
successful as he has been shaping his own boards ever since.
In the fall of 1989, Brian moved to Vail, Colorado to work and ski for a season. It was there that he met his future wife Lynnet.
In her 20’s, newly divorced with two toddlers, Lynnet was looking to start a new life. Brian talked her in to moving out West.
They settled in Seattle, Wa. where Brian continued to shape boards and Lynnet began working in the apparel industry.
Surfing, snowboarding and waterskiing were a big part of the young couples life. In 1991, Lynnet's work took them to Northern
California, where they relocated to a  little beach town called Half Moon Bay south of San Francisco. It was there that the
lifestyle of surfing and shaping engulfed Brian’s life. For two years Brian’s mainstay was surfing and shaping.
In order to help pay the bills, friends introduced Brian to other ways to make a living and still continue to pursue his passion.
That is where Brian learned that painting houses and waiting tables paid decent money.
Both of which he still does to this day, as it leaves plenty of time and freedom for shaping and surf.
In the fall of 1993, Lynnet inherited a family business in Colorado Springs, Co., eager for the challenge they headed to the Rockies.
Although running a Health Food store, snowboarding and mountain biking kept them busy, they missed the beach!!
 Brian managed to meet a fellow surfer who was attending school in Colorado. He talked Brian in to shaping him a
board before he headed back home to California. Brian and Lynnet managed one beach vacation to Maui where they exchanged
vows and came home a married couple. A few months later they conceived a baby and realized that they wanted to raise their
new baby back in Seattle. They sold the business and moved the family back to Brian's hometown of Kirkland, Wa. in the spring of 1995.
It was not long after, that Brian started shaping boards again and made weekly trips to Westport and Port Angeles to surf.
He supplied boards to several local shops, but still it was not enough money to justify making a living in an expensive city.
Brian continued painting, property management and working as a waiter. They family kept busy waterskiing, snowboarding and
making several trips to the beach to keep them active.
It wasn’t until the fall of 2000 when Lynnet was offered a job in Cannon Beach, Oregon, that their dream of living at the
beach again became a reality. After just one year they bought a home a few blocks from the beach in Seaside.
Life became very busy, raising 3 boys, working and fixing up their 1940’s beach house. However, bound and determined to keep
shaping boards, Brian spent several hours a week working for a local shaper who was also interested in the Epoxy method of
board construction. Although there was little to no money involved, Brian’s passion drove him to keep moving forward and
learn as much as he could in order to perfect himself as a skilled surfboard designer and shaper. Brain also continued
painting and waiting tables in order to pay the mortgage. His dream of becoming a full time shaper was just beginning to
unfold as he planned to open his own manufacturing shop in January of 2006.
On the morning of December 24, 2005. Brian did what he loved to do!!! He went for a morning surf session, promising
Lynnet that he would be home in just a few hours to do the family Christmas Eve thing. It was that morning that changed Brian’s
life. He was attacked by a great white shark while waiting for his last set. Brian is extremely lucky that his life and all
his body parts remain in tact. Brian is currently healing and looking forward to getting back on his feet and yes, surfing again.
He is still moving forward on his dream of opening his own shop and eventually making enough boards to once and for all
consider it his lifetime career. Who knows where all this will eventually take Brian. You can’t help but wonder why this
happened to Brian. Will Brian’s Dreams prevail?
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