Otis starting building boards at
age 14, out of necessity, he
couldn't afford to buy one from
a store. Starting building
surfboards himself, friends and
his brothers.
Otis never went after board
building as a business or to
inflate his ego by hiring team
riders, he was doing it because
he loved to surf. He stayed away
from contests and the image
scene just shaping boards for
hardcore surfers. In 2005 he
began working
with Keegan Edwards who, with
Otis's shapes, got 5th in the
world longboard tour.
After shaping thousands of
surfboards Otis continues to
focus on the hardcore surfers,
he avoids the tour scene and
concentrates on shaping and his
music.
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