Gato
Heroi
"Cat Hero" in Portuguese. An atelier of handmade surf fruits.
Allow nature to take the lead.
Speed, flow, and natural wave riding. Boards designed to unlock new possibilities over years of riding. Unique resin tints, polished finishes, volan glassing.
- Shaper
- Robin Kegel
- Based in
- California
- Est.
- Early 2000s
Handmade surf fruits.
25 models. Each hand-shaped by Robin Kegel. Resin-tinted, volan-glassed.
One at a time.
Cedar stringers. Pinlines hand-pulled in the bay. No two boards come out the same.
Resin tints.
Color mixed directly into the resin. A glow that deepens with age.
Gone when they're gone.
No production runs. No reorders. Each board is one of one.
The other half.
Twelve templates. Each designed for a specific board and wave.
Twelve templates.
C Fin. D Fin. T Fin. RK Rebel Kraft. Each paired to a specific board.
Hand-foiled.
Fibreglass, hand-shaped. Flex pattern matched to each board's rocker.
Built to ride.
From single fins to quad setups.
No two alike.
Custom resin tints on hand-foiled fibreglass.
Handmade in Portugal.
100% cotton. Two-tone colorways from the same 1960s palette Robin uses on his resin tints.
Same palette.
Colors pulled from the boards. Softens in water, dries quick.
Workshop tested.
If they survive the shaping bay, they'll survive anything.
Disappear.
Yamamoto neoprene. Minimal seams. Patterned for paddling.
