Tristan Mausse’s Fantastic Displacements of Perfection
13/09/2026 - 22:07
In our current issue’s “The Fantastic Displacements of Perfection,” author Dodge Weirath profiles French shaper and laminator Tristan Mausse. His label, Fantastic Acid, specializes in meticulously crafted displacement-style designs with hand-foiled fins and custom glass jobs.
“Fragments. Fractures. Ideas left behind,” Weirath writes. “When Mausse looks at surf history, he doesn’t see a smooth, lifting curve. He doesn’t even see history per se. He sees a forever-expanding field of mitosis.”
The feature’s photographer, Thomas Lodin, has shot and edited the above short film as a companion to Mausse’s print profile. Act I features a workshop conversation between Mausse and his mentor, 70-year-old French shaper and artist Joel Roux. Act II features Mausse surfing his designs, scored by fellow French surfer Clovis Donizetti.