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The feel was good but the materials were not right. The glassed, stringerless boards broke and lost their spring (li...",{"src":385,"alt":381},"\u002Fimages\u002Fmodels\u002Fnoserider-1.jpeg","longboards","Longboard · Single fin",{"src":389,"alt":381},"\u002Fimages\u002Fdesigns\u002Fboard-noserider.jpg","Longboard · 9'4\"",{"construction":376,"material":392,"finSetup":393,"price":394},"Paulownia + cork + XPS","Single fin","From $1,850 AUD",{"title":396,"path":397,"description":398,"image":399,"category":386,"seriesLabel":401,"listingOrder":231,"listingHidden":217,"listingImage":402,"listingTitle":396,"homeTitle":396,"homeKind":404,"specs":405,"body":-1},"Model A","\u002Fmodels\u002Fmodel","The Model A is the best Surfboard for learning how to surf. It is geared for catching waves easily and early, and then having control through the drop. This is the critical moment for the beginner to mid-level surfer - where it is make or break; “Am I going to keep surfing or is it too difficult?” The Model A makes the answer “surf” as the surfer glides toward the shoulder and finds trim. But i...",{"src":400,"alt":396},"\u002Fimages\u002Fmodels\u002Fmodel-1.jpg","Longboard · Pintail",{"src":403,"alt":396},"\u002Fimages\u002Fdesigns\u002Fboard-modela.jpg","Longboard · 9'2\"",{"construction":376,"material":377,"finSetup":378,"price":379},{"title":407,"path":408,"description":409,"image":410,"category":368,"seriesLabel":412,"listingOrder":413,"listingHidden":217,"listingImage":414,"listingTitle":-1,"homeTitle":-1,"homeKind":-1,"specs":416,"body":-1},"Hand Plane","\u002Fmodels\u002Fhand-plane","I spent several years trying different hand planes. Sometimes I went longer but found that they puller really hard in big surf. I once asked Mark Cunningham about his favorite hand plane and he said small, light with concave is best. I agree. I make them with just enough surface area to lift the top third of your body out of the water on takeoff. Yet, they are small enough to hold on to when ge...",{"src":411,"alt":407},"\u002Fimages\u002Fmodels\u002Fhand-plane-1.jpg","Handplane · Solid timber",8,{"src":415,"alt":407},"\u002Fimages\u002Fdesigns\u002Fmaterial-tools.jpg",{"construction":376,"material":377,"finSetup":378,"price":379},{"title":418,"path":419,"description":420,"image":421,"category":423,"seriesLabel":424,"listingOrder":234,"listingHidden":217,"listingImage":425,"listingTitle":427,"homeTitle":427,"homeKind":428,"specs":429,"body":-1},"Finless Corkys","\u002Fmodels\u002Ffinless-corkys","I use the analogy of driving a car to demonstrate the difference between finned and finless surfing. With a finned board all four wheels of the car are secure on the road when turning. With finless the four wheels are sliding as you drift around every corner and then accelerate out of the turn with a spring as the tires grab the road – or as the rails reengage with the wave. Top: Harrison Biden...",{"src":422,"alt":418},"\u002Fimages\u002Fmodels\u002Ffinless-corkys-1.jpg","finless-alternative","Finless · The Corky method",{"src":426,"alt":427},"\u002Fimages\u002Fdesigns\u002Fboard-corky.jpg","Finless Corky","Finless · Alternative",{"construction":376,"material":377,"finSetup":378,"price":379},{"title":431,"path":432,"description":433,"image":434,"category":386,"seriesLabel":436,"listingOrder":227,"listingHidden":217,"listingImage":437,"listingTitle":-1,"homeTitle":-1,"homeKind":-1,"specs":440,"body":-1},"12' Sunday Glider","\u002Fmodels\u002F12-sunday-glider","@keithhamlyn gliding on a Sunda. Photo by Uri Chen I have really spent a lot of time on 12 plus surfboards. This is going to sound silly, but I see the 12 footer as the very short end of the spectrum of longboards. Longboards are from 12 to 20 feet long. This is where my shapes are different from others. The aquadynamics come from a different paradigm. I pull the centre of volume back from the ...",{"src":435,"alt":431},"\u002Fimages\u002Fmodels\u002F12-sunday-glider-1.jpg","Longboard · Glider",{"src":438,"alt":439},"\u002Fimages\u002Fdesigns\u002Fboard-glider.jpg","12 foot Sunday Glider",{"construction":376,"material":377,"finSetup":378,"price":379},{"title":442,"path":443,"description":444,"image":445,"category":423,"seriesLabel":447,"listingOrder":238,"listingHidden":217,"listingImage":448,"listingTitle":-1,"homeTitle":-1,"homeKind":450,"specs":451,"body":-1},"Alaia","\u002Fmodels\u002Falaia","Please link full history of alaia here. Then, the bottom I will put prices.",{"src":446,"alt":442},"\u002Fimages\u002Fmodels\u002Falaia-1.jpg","Finless · Solid paulownia",{"src":449,"alt":442},"\u002Fimages\u002Fdesigns\u002Fboard-alaia.jpg","Finless · Heritage",{"construction":376,"material":377,"finSetup":378,"price":379},1788402832340]