Ellis became known as a shaper after a long stay in Indonesia where he developed a whole range of single, fish and mid length shapes with DEUS inspired by Australian shapers of the 70's like his father Bruce Ericson, Michael Peterson and Bob McTavish. His Tracker and Matahari models quickly became popular all over the world. After some artistic projects around the shape with his friend Alex Knost, he continues to develop his models of fine single around stingers and meets the filmmaker, surfing documentary maker Andrew Kidman ("Glass Love" and "Litmus"). The two of them went to meet George Greenough and explore his particular shapes, the Edge Boards. Initially shaped by Greenough for his windsurfs, Ellis Ericson was convinced that the concept could be applied to surfing. He and Andrew Kidman embarked on a 3-year project to document their work with Edge Boards, releasing a film and book "On the Edge of the Green" and touring for several years.
Today Ellis Ericson pushes his Edge Board designs and shapes his unique boards that are true works of art to surf.
