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The Cuestonian

The Student News Site of Cuesta College

The Cuestonian

Shea Somma inside his shaping bay. Photo by Nico Mireles

Meet the Central Coast shaper behind Shea Somma Designs

Nick Mireles October 17, 2023

Shea Somma is an award winning surfboard shaper based out of San Luis Obispo, Calif., where he operates his business, Somma Special Designs. Before Somma ever reached for a hand planer, a tool used by...

Nick Wapner moments after a great white shark attack near Montaña de Oro. Photo by Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center ER nurse

A SLO town shark attack: 2 years later

Damon Quintard May 12, 2021

Two years following a brutal shark attack in Montaña de Oro, Nick Wapner, 21, a surfer and Cal Poly student, still pushes himself on a surfboard and has immense love for the ocean. In January, 2019,...

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