Hidden Wood
Alaia trimming from France.
Tree to Sea
Here’s a short movie by Barry Mottershead showing the handcrafting of an Alaia board from Paulownia wood. You’ll usually find Barry crashing around on huge Irish waves, so here’s some more mellow radness. Music by Siskiyou – Twigs and Stones.
Rumbles from the woodshed
After being inspired by Tom Wegner’s hollow plywood alaia, dubbed the Tuna, Mark Roberts set about creating an alaia with his own unique board building method of wood laminated EPS foam. The plan was to create an alaia that paddled better and was more user friendly in slower breaking waves, which we often have here in the UK. Photos kindly donated by Dave Muir from the Sennen Surfing Centre
Tom Wegener’s design award
The Seaglass Project Tuna, a finless Alaia-style surfboard from Global Surf Industries (GSI), has been announced the winner of a prestigious Australian International Design Award (AIDA), receiving the Design Award™ for design excellence.
JOURNEY: The Wooden Movement
Journey Alaias are hand crafted in Bali and incorporate the high performance of finless surfing, along with the beautiful aesthetic of hand crafted wooden boards. Check ’em out here.
