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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":474,"alt":470},"\u002Fimages\u002Fmodels\u002F12-sunday-glider-1.jpg","Longboard · Glider",{"src":477,"alt":478},"\u002Fimages\u002Fdesigns\u002Fboard-glider.jpg","12 foot Sunday Glider",{"construction":352,"material":353,"finSetup":354,"price":355},{"title":481,"path":482,"description":483,"image":484,"category":424,"seriesLabel":486,"listingOrder":238,"listingHidden":217,"listingImage":487,"listingTitle":-1,"homeTitle":-1,"homeKind":488,"specs":489,"body":-1},"Alaia","\u002Fmodels\u002Falaia","Please link full history of alaia here. Then, the bottom I will put prices.",{"src":485,"alt":481},"\u002Fimages\u002Fmodels\u002Falaia-1.jpg","Finless · Solid paulownia",{"src":350,"alt":481},"Finless · Heritage",{"construction":352,"material":353,"finSetup":354,"price":355},1788402837441]