Shaper · Praia Grande
Edu Shapes
Eduardo Garcia shapes a full range out of Praia das Maçãs, from performance shortboards and mid-lengths to guns and tow boards tested at Nazaré. Custom only, more than twenty years in.
Edu Shapes is Eduardo Garcia's label, based at Praia das Maçãs on the Sintra coast. Garcia came up through factory work alongside international shapers before setting up on his own, and now shapes across the whole spectrum: performance shortboards, hybrids, mid-lengths, twins, fun shapes, longboards and big-wave guns.
He tests his own boards everywhere from small summer beach breaks to Nazaré, and the range reflects it. Custom orders through the website; showroom by arrangement, weekends included.
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Praia Grande
A wide, consistent beach break under the Sintra hills, with a powerful right-hand reef at its northern end that has hosted world-tour surf and bodyboard events. Something here for every level, depending on the day and where you paddle out.
All levelsAutumn to spring; summer smaller and good for learningPraia das Maçãs
A beach break tucked under the cliffs at the end of the Sintra tram line, a few minutes north of Praia Grande. Punchy and fun at low tide, tight and dumpy on the push.
IntermediatesAutumn to spring; softer in summer
Praia do Magoito
A wide, cliff-backed beach on the wild northern stretch of the Sintra coast, picking up groundswell that misses the bays further south. Quieter than Praia Grande, with nothing to hide behind when the north wind blows.
IntermediatesWinter has the most clean days