Pat Rawson has been shaping surfboards since 1966, and manufacturing surfboards on the North Shore of Oahu since 1972.

Combining pre-proven, innovative custom designs with handcrafted experience, Rawson shapes and sells to 30 countries worldwide from 6 hi-tech manufacturing locations.

His acclaim ranges from his home-base on Sunset Beach; Oahu, to the shores of California, Europe, Central and South America, Japan, and Australia.

Over the last 3 years, Rawson has built North Shore custom quivers for his son, Ryan Rawson, as well as many of Ryan’s Pipe crew friends like Kala Alexander, Rico Jimenez, Tom Dosland, Stephan Koehne, Pancho Sullivan, Cru Suratt, and Michael and Mason Ho.

Other traveling Pro surfers include: Mick Fanning, Andy Irons, Dean Morrison, Tom Carroll, and Trent Munro along with European Pros: Patrick Beven, Aritz Aranburu, Tiago Pires, Hodei Collazo, Tim Boal, Eneko Acero and big wave master, Ibon Amatriain. From Brazil: Adriano de Sousa, Heitor Perriera, Junior Faria and big wave master, Carlos Burle. California pros include: Patrick, Dane and Tanner Gudauskas, Dane Ward, Geoff Brack, Darryl Goodrum and big wave master, Alan Sarlo.

Rawson is well known for his contributions to modern Gun development in the early 80’s and onward. Starting with his surfboard blank designs and gun rockers produced through Clark Foam, and validation through making pro quivers for half or more of the top 16 pro surfers visiting Hawaii for ten years in a row established Rawson’s title as the ”godfather of the Gun”. Noteably: Tom Carroll, Mark Richards, Tom Curren, Gary Elkerton, as well as Hawaiian pros: Derek Ho, Bobby Owens, Jon Damm, Sunny Garcia and later, Kalani Robb, Bruce Irons, and Ryan Rawson, were surfers that rode exclusively on Rawson’s boards in Hawaii.

Feeling the need to expand his niche into other areas worldwide: Rawson started traveling extensively in 1997 onward, to places like California, Australia and later Europe, Peru, Brazil, and Central America. In 1999, Rawson moved his California production to San Diego, California, where he was influenced by Fish gurus; Larry “Larmo” Mabile, Skip Frye, and others who were the developers of the early “post modern shortboard” Fish surfboard design movement there. That strong influence inspired Rawson into producing his own “S.U.V.” lineup, such as the San Diego Fish model, and his quads and other “alternative” board designs, for the Hawaiian local market, as well as his other worldwide markets around the surfing world.

Using the latest software and computer cutting technology in designing and shaping custom surfboards, Rawson takes his shaping experience, quality control, and long standing work with professional surfers worldwide, to earn him the title of “the BMW of modern surfboard design”.