Every single surfboard we ride carries a crucial piece of DNA from designs long gone. That concave bottom? The three-stage rocker? The tucked-edge rail? It all comes from experimental designs from ...
HOBART surfboard designer Nick Stranger has made a lot of boards in his 44 years in the industry, but his latest creation is really turning heads. But none has been quite like the creation he has ...
Last blog, John Elwell, a friend of Bob Simmons during the last five or six years of his life, shared stories from this great innovator. Here is Elwell's discussion on the planing hull: Aspect ratio ...
Former Senior Designer at Apple, and the Co-founder and Chief Design Officer of Latch Thomas Meyerhoffer who is also a “master surfboard shaper”. Has unveiled a new modular surfboard he has created in ...
A young marine electric mobility specialist called LIND is delivering a fresh take on watersports by combining the art of surfboard design with sustainability. LIND’s flagship electric surfboard, ...
Courtesy of Andrew Shield/Channel Islands Surfboards A snarky remark by my friend Kevin changed everything I thought I knew about surfboards. After parking in front of his house by San Francisco’s ...
When it comes to surfboards, we surfriders dwell in a credulous Hobbit realm of myth and superstition. We gape in awe at things we can’t understand. If some element of our board is beyond our ...
A deep love of surfing and a haunting visit to a surfboard graveyard was the thrust entrepreneur and surfboard designer, Emile Theau needed to step out and create a new sustainable Aussie business. A ...