The Alaia/finless movement
This is the final chapter in Tom Wegener’s journey into finless, paulownia board design. A journey which began back in 2005 and which took Tom across continents and borders of surf board design. Photos: Dane Peterson.
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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.
Suggested finless surfing criteria
Tom Wegener’s suggested alaia style surfing criteria for the new finless competitions.
So many boards
Shapers don’t talk to each other much. It’s a curious thing, and it seems to be a hangover from the dark ages of surfing (the late 1980s and 90s). Everybody made and rode a very small range of surfboards and the issue was cost more than quality. All boards were made from the same stuff, and the only real difference between them was the label.
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Noosa round-up
“We have just experienced the best Noosa Festival of Surfing ever!” That’s what Bob McTavish said as he watched Noosa’s first point peel perfectly for hundreds of metres during the Festival. It was as if Godly forces were at work, bringing in the swell of a lifetime to the points in time for the contest.
For Wegener Surfboards, the Festival was great fun and gave us lots of publicity. We caught up with hundreds of our best friends in our shack at surf city and revelled in the success of the finless surfing movement.
Tuna evolution
In this latest instalment, the riddle of the Tuna’s phenomenal speed is revealed and we return to foam…
Tuna time! [take 2]
I’m currently in Ireland, with my family and a big crew from the UK on a promotional surfing trip, working on this, the last blog entry of our Euro-summer. (Photos by Finley Wegener.)
The World Wood Bellyboard Contest
And so to the highlight of my European Tour…
It’s Tuesday morning and I am still in shock from the weekend’s series of events. Fortunately I am relaxing in the Brea Vean Surf House and have time to decompress.
