Ericeira, since 2011
Two people, one bay,a lot of foam dust.
Saltline started as a repair bench behind a bakery and grew into a shaping room with a rental shed attached. We still do both: everything in the quiver was made here, and every board that comes back with a ding gets fixed here too.
How a board gets made here
Roughly ten days from blank to water, depending on the weather and how the resin behaves. We do not take on more than four customs a month — the rental quiver comes first.
- 01
The blank
A block of EPS or polyurethane arrives on the pallet. We draw the outline in pencil, by hand, straight onto the foam — no shaping machine, no file to send off.
- 02
Plane and screen
Bottom contours and rail bands come off with a hand plane, then a screen to blend the tuck. This is the part that decides how the board turns, and it takes as long as it takes.
- 03
Glass
Two layers of cloth on the deck, one on the bottom, laminated in the back room. Resin is mixed by weight, not by eye. Cedar stringers are cut and glued in the jig.
- 04
Sand and water
Sanded to 400, hot-coated, then ridden by whoever shaped it. Nothing joins the rental quiver until one of us has had a proper session on it.
Who you will meet
Founder, head shaper
Marco Reis
Fifteen years at the bay. Shapes everything over 7 feet and anything with a keel.
Shaper
Inês Salgado
Came to Ericeira for one winter in 2019 and never went home. Runs the shortboard program.
Opening hours
- MondayClosed
- Tuesday09:00 – 19:00
- Wednesday09:00 – 19:00
- Thursday09:00 – 19:00
- Friday09:00 – 19:00
- Saturday09:00 – 19:00
- Sunday10:00 – 16:00
The shed
Rua Prudêncio Franco da Trindade 142655-344 Ericeira, PortugalOpen in Maps
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Boards shaped since 2011
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Years at the bay
Rent a board
Twelve boards in the shed, all built here. Book online and collect from the blue gate — bring the deposit and a photo ID, nothing has been charged.