Albee Layer riding Sean’s 9′4″ Sprocket gun at Peʻahi, featured on the cover of SURFER.
Photo: Dooma / SURFERSean's reputation in big-wave surfing was built at Pe'ahi. Under his SOS Shapes label, he shapes guns for some of the most respected surfers at Jaws: Paige Alms, Jamie Mitchell, Nakoa Decoite, Albee Layer, and many more.
Sean's signature double concave deck lets him pinch the rails while keeping generous volume, so the board paddles in early and drives hard on rail when it matters most. His guns also go against the grain, with less nose entry and more tail kick than most big-wave boards.
Paige Alms won two WSL Big Wave World Titles and three Pe'ahi Challenges on Sean's boards, and was the first woman to paddle into a barrel at Jaws.
Even Kelly Slater wanted one; he paid $5,000 at a charity auction for an SOS gun that Albee snapped on a giant day.
Sean is usually in the channel on a ski during big swells, watching how his boards perform and taking what he learns back to the shaping room.
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