Welcome to JD Shapes
My name is Johan Denker and I’m the founder and shaper at JD Shapes.
I’m from the south of Sweden, based in a small coastal town just outside Malmö and shaping and glassing out of a small shed next to my house.

My name is Johan Denker and I’m the founder and shaper at JD Shapes.
I’m from the south of Sweden, based in a small coastal town just outside Malmö and shaping and glassing out of a small shed next to my house.
I’ve always liked to create things and work with my hands.
Surfing mass produced boards with absolutely no soul never attracted me, so I started to shape boards for myself and friends and then it just spread by word of mouth it seems.
My mind seems to work best when I can focus on one thing, and ever since that first board I shaped it’s pretty much the only thing I think about!
I mostly shape longboards and a few mid lengths here and there. I shape what I mostly surf myself since that’s what I can relate to the most.
Every custom board has a story, the customer has something in their mind that I’m trying to create and deliver. I spend a lot of time on every board I make and nothing beats the feeling of handing over a board to a happy customer who later sends you a message raving about how well it worked and how much they love the board.
Every board is memorable in some way.