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ABOUT JEDA
Built From a Lifetime of Surfing.
JEDA Surfboards was born from decades of surfing, shaping and building boards in El Salvador.
OUR STORY
A Passion That Started
With Surfing.
At the center of JEDA Surfboards is Salvadoran surfer and shaper Jaime “Papaya” Delgado.
Papaya began shaping surfboards at just 16 years old, during a time when boards were extremely difficult to find in El Salvador. Broken and oversized boards were stripped down, reshaped and laminated again simply to create something that could be surfed.
What started out of necessity quickly became a lifelong passion.
Over the years, his experience took him beyond El Salvador, including periods building boards in Guatemala and working in China, while continuing to shape, repair and develop surfboards locally.
Today, that experience lives inside every JEDA board.
JEDA stands for Jaime Ernesto Delgado Aguilar — a name built from a lifetime in surfing.
Jaime “Papaya” Delgado
Founder / Shaper — JEDA Surfboards
Playa El Tunco, El Salvador
BUILT IN EL SALVADOR
Every Board Has a Purpose.
From the first design line to the final finish, every JEDA is developed with a clear objective: build a surfboard that performs where and how it is meant to be surfed.
Our approach combines local surfing knowledge, modern digital design, precision shaping and hands-on craftsmanship. Every model is developed around specific conditions, surfing styles and performance goals rather than simply following a generic formula.
From volume distribution and rocker to rails, bottom contours, tail design and fin setup, each element is considered as part of the complete board.
The result is a surfboard developed with intention, built locally in El Salvador and finished with the same attention we would expect from a board we surf ourselves.
BUILT BY SURFERS. FOR SURFERS.
Inside the JEDA Factory
A look inside our surfboard manufacturing process in El Salvador — from shaping and preparation to the hands-on work behind every finished board.
