Luis shapes for the surfer you are. Forty years in the water, twenty shaping by hand.
Every Watta is shaped by hand in Portugal, one at a time, and any board can be built to you. Pick a shape below, or design your own in the Shape Room.

A twin fish that blends the glide of a classic fish with the tight, vertical turning of a performance board. Turns everyday beach breaks into a playground.

The quad specialist. Built from the ground up as a dedicated four-fin, so the rails, foil and bottom all work with the quad for blinding speed and loose, controlled flow. Everyday performance.

Classic mid-length glide meets twin-fin speed. Four channels through the tail drive the water and hold your line through turns, so it carves long and clean without a centre fin. Early entry, easy paddle, sensitive enough to pivot in the pocket.

The heavy-water weapon. London Almida's competition design drawn out into a round-pin step-up for late drops, hollow barrels and serious swell. Advanced surfers only.

The daily driver. Real paddle power, instant acceleration and plenty of forgiveness, without losing the ability to surf sharp, critical turns when the wave lets you.

A leaner, thinner-railed step up from the all-round daily driver. Sharp, reactive and explosive off the top, with just enough forgiveness to keep flying through flatter sections.

More waves, more fun. Longboard paddle and stability with shortboard turning, built to catch everything in small to medium surf. The step-down or easy cruiser.

The small-wave cheat code. Short, wide and thick with hidden foam, an ultra-flat rocker that makes speed from the weakest ripple, and shortboard looseness. Catches everything.

Classic soul with modern control. Seventies glide, high-line speed and style, brought up to date with modern contours so it never feels stuck when you change direction.

For when the horizon turns black. A pulled-in round pin step-up built for late take-offs, critical drops and heavy barrels, with knife-like rails and total hold.

A faithful 1970s fish. Wide outline, deep swallow tail and a flat, fast rocker for effortless glide and that loose, skatey feel. Flies through weak, gutless surf.

The competition weapon. Shaped for pro surfer London Almida, born in Peniche and tuned for the contest stage. Razor-sharp, leaned-out and instant underfoot, for advanced surfers only.

Zé Carvalho's signature all-rounder. A modern swallow tail on a performance shortboard foil, effortless down-the-line speed that still pivots sharply. The one board for most days.

The speed machine. A futuristic performance shortboard with a sharp swallow tail, an engine under your feet for instant down-the-line speed and explosive release off the lip. Advanced surfers.

The bridge board. Twin-fin down-the-line speed with the pivot and drive of a thruster, on a winged swallow tail. Makes its own speed on weak faces, holds a line when it walls up.

The premium daily driver. Effortless down-the-line speed through slow sections, a sharp bite when you lean hard into a turn, and a forgiving foil so you can push turns without catching. The one-board quiver.

The performance twin. Twin-fin friction-free speed and flow with the holding security of a round pin tail, on a sharp modern foil. Speed without the slide, for progressive surfers.

The everyday performer with a touch more width and volume through the foil. Fast to paddle, strong through flat sections, forgiving enough to tolerate the odd missed step, without losing the sharpness you want in the pocket.

A modern take on the 1960s Pig. The wide point sits behind centre, so it pivots easily off the tail and holds you on the nose. A deep nose concave gives the lift for long, stable hang-fives and hang-tens, even in slow sections.

The quintessential traditional log. A parallel outline with the wide point dead centre spreads the volume evenly for stable trim, fast paddling and clean glide. Soft 50/50 rails, a subtle nose concave into a rolled vee tail, predictable and smooth for cross-stepping and round carves.
Design your own board from anywhere. Answer a few questions, let the volume calculator do the maths, and send the spec straight to Luis.
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Four to five days building your own board by hand alongside Luis at the coast. Lagoon-side stays and meals available. From €925.
See Shapecamp →Luis Brito shapes every Watta by hand at his workshop in Arelho, just outside Caldas da Rainha, for surfers across Foz do Arelho, Peniche and Nazaré. He is one of very few in Portugal building performance boards fully by hand, a master shaper with decades of experience across short boards, hybrids, mid lengths and long boards, every one built to the surfer.
A board has to suit the surfer, not the other way round.

The surfers riding Watta on this coast, alongside Professional Surf Coaching.
Board guides, swell notes and what's coming out of the shaping room.

Weight, ability and honesty. A plain guide to reading the numbers before you order.
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What a planer and a practised eye bring to a board, and why Luis shapes every one himself.
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Which board for which day on this stretch of coast, and when to leave it in the car.
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