CurtisCurtis Cromwell moved to Hatteras Island in 1993. Shortly thereafter, he met his wife and decided to make the island his permanent residence. Being an avid skateboarder all his life, moving to the beach opened up new board sport opportunities: surfing and skimming. After a few years of surfing and skimming, Curtis became interested in how the boards were built and perused a career in the board industry at Natural Art Surf Shop in Buxton. Starting out repairing surfboards under the guidance of Scott Busbey and Tom Hardee, he worked his way up to being the glasser for In The Eye surfboards. Through research and development, Curtis brought vacuum bagging technology to board building on the Outer Banks. Using this process, in 2008 he developed his own line of skimboards, Shortbus Skimboards.View all posts by Curtis →