Marco Rizzo, surfer and shaper of Dr. Ank Surfboard; born in Tuscany in 1973, surfer since 1990 and shaper since 1997.
He surfed the very first waves with an 80’s shortboard. For a couple of years he tried to learn the difficult art of modern surfing then, on a rainy day in October 1992, he found himself in the sea with very small glassy waves and in his hands a ’67 Bing 9.6 Light Weight Pin Tail.
Stoke at first glide and the clear sensation of having always known that long and somewhat heavy log led him to abandon the short board to devote himself completely to the art of longboarding.

Today, with the right swell, you can find him in the various breaks of Tuscany and Sardinia gliding the Italian waves even with shorter boards than the longboards of the early years.
The passion for longboards and retro boards is more evident than ever even if the immensity of variables inherent in shaping have led him to experiment a lot and to mix the classic with the modern.
Parameters that direct Doctor’s shapes are those of fluidity and functionality, fundamental elements to guarantee fun in the water, catalyzed by an irreplaceable and fundamental component, style. The care and dedication put into each board, is one of the reasons why the production times are often quite long.

Born in Varazze but turned away in a early age to chase his love for surfing and surfboards building.
Standing out for his style that mixes fresh outlines of performance surfboards with classic and retro concepts has been hosted in many shaping rooms.
Firstly in Australia, meeting point for best shapers that inspired CJ’s works, the California Republic came straight after.
The French coast of Hossegor and the Portuguese cold waters have been home for his evolution.

Born in Latina in 1973. Started shaping in 1997 at first repairing boards. Then thanks to a gift from a friend he started shaping among various difficulties, first of all the little knowledge and also the scarce availability of materials. In 2000 he moved to the Canary Islands, it is in Fuerteventura that he really started working seriously in other laboratories until he created his Wenzel Surfboards.
Wenzel is a shaper closely tied to handcrafted production and above all he loves to make custom focused surf crafts based on the customer’s personal ability and taste. Open to any type of shape from shorts to longboards.

Surfers and architect and designer he actively evolved his shaping on sustainable development, driven by the desire to protect the environment and profound lover of the sea and surfing. ERTHA is the bridge between his passions.