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The first surfboards, Matt Warshaw writes in The History of Surfing, were “likely banged together . . . with no more godly thoughts than a woodcrafter making a door.” Over the hundreds of years since, boards have evolved from basic wooden logs to dynamic shapes with cork rails and affixed fins; today, polyurethane foam boards dominate the waves. In Dallas, four hours and change from the ocean, artist Gregory Ruppe is getting back to traditional surfers’ woodcraft. But with his emphasis on sustainable materials and punk-art design in his hand-built, hollow-core wooden boards, Ruppe has plenty of godly thoughts. Ruppe grew up skateboarding in Houston, but it wasn’t until high school that a crush got him to pick up a surfboard and transfer his balance skills to the…

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