Jimmy Lewis

Jimmy Lewis is a surfer, sailor and surfboard shaper associated with Hawaii. Born in Newfoundland, Canada, he moved to Maui when his father was stationed in Hawaii, and he still lives on the island, where he looks after the research and development of his boards at a workshop in Haiku. He shaped his first surfboard at the age of fifteen and went on to develop projects across surfing, windsurfing, tow-in surfing, kitesurfing and later stand up paddle boards. In the early 1980s a custom windsurf board of his won the Aloha Classic for Mike Waltze, in 1982 and 1986 boards he made were used to break windsurf speed sailing records, and in 1986 he himself recorded 36.31 knots. In the 1990s he worked with Bic and Sailboards Maui, and from about 2005 he became a leading shaper of stand up paddle boards.