Raised in a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, Tim finished school and headed out west where he discovered a girl and through her, surfing. Tim's story is the classic start at the bottom and work your way up in the surf industry as he began as a sander and polisher for two of Santa Cruz California's most productive shapers, Bob Pearson and Michel Junod. With a degree in biology and a keen interest in ornithology, Tim started his own label, Migration Surf. He himself migrated back to Michigan with his wife and three children, where today he is the only shaper for half a continent with customers ranging from Minnesota to Toronto.