Alaia Surf

Rabbits Foot, Ari Browne

2012-04-25T22:26:00.000+02:00

Rabbits Foot | Ari Browne from Ryan Lovelace on Vimeo.

In the segment of Rabbit's Foot-ery, Byron Bay local Ari Browne puts it down it on the 6th version of the Rabbit's Foot at a quick sunrise session before the day's responsibilities set in. In this one, the nineteen year old Mr.Browne is surfing at Lennox Head after no more than 8 sessions in varied conditions over two weeks...Stoking!

Ari is one of the coolest and most potential-ridden people I've met in my travels and rides this design beautifully. I'm really pleased that he now owns this board, as they seem to have a pretty solid connection from the go!

Derek Hynd A DEEPER SHADE OF BLUE

2012-04-25T21:18:00.000+02:00

Alaia Shaping time lapse.

2012-03-23T01:43:00.000+01:00

Taylor Jensen and Brent Russell sliding alaias

2012-03-23T01:07:00.001+01:00

In this virgin chapter of the new mini series, "A Short Alaia Surfing Webisode", Taylor Jensen and Brent Russell enjoy sliding paulownia wood alaias, constructed of 100% organic materials, in some fun, sunny and not so sunny southern California surf. A B.R.A.P. production 2010.

Seaglass Pro Finless at the Noosa Festival of Surfing Round 1

2012-03-20T13:01:00.000+01:00

Alaias y Lycras...

The Rabbits Foot by Ryan Lovelace

2012-03-15T22:05:00.001+01:00

Rabbits Foot v.2 from Ryan Lovelace on Vimeo.

World Bellyboard Championships. Cornwall, UK. Margie was there.

2012-02-06T22:38:00.000+01:00

World Bellyboard Championships. Cornwall, UK

2012-02-06T22:27:00.002+01:00

Slide-Ways

2012-01-12T10:42:00.000+01:00

slide-ways(altered) from Image^ on Vimeo.
sliding on a thomas bexon alaia in Mexico.
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Derechita buena para Nacho, Luigi y Mikel.

Seaglass Project Albacore Love

2012-01-06T23:10:00.000+01:00

Tom Wegener es un maestro visionario, punto y final. :)

Paipo trip

2011-12-18T11:12:00.000+01:00

Day one
Start of the trip and a new spot. This board was made by Chris Garrett on specifications supplied by Larry Goddard, the creator of the design. The board is based on Larry's Makaha Master design. Although designed as a twin fin it is being ridden finless. Footage taken by John Kovar.
Day two
Surfing includes David Guy and John Kovar on malaroo made by John. BG is riding a Galera nofin paipo. Fun can be had even on real small days.
Day three
Biggest and cleanest day. The board being ridden is a Nofin paipo made by John Galera of Hawaii. Footage taken by John Kovar.

Pierre Louis Costes

2011-12-18T10:27:00.002+01:00

Pierre Louis Costes Hawaii

Jokin Argote en Marruecos

2011-12-06T06:59:00.001+01:00

Jokin Argote en Marruecos con una Tom Wegener alaia.

Nando Arostegi en la Salvaje

2011-10-21T12:50:00.000+02:00

Nando Arostegi en la Salvaje con una Alaia de Salvador Artaza.

Fotos Roke.

Jon Amiano en la Salvaje

2011-10-02T00:00:00.000+02:00

Jon Amiano en la Salvaje con una Alaia Peanut de Salvador Artaza.

Luis Tejerina Mairlot en la Salvaje.

2011-10-01T23:56:00.000+02:00

Luis Tejerina Mairlot en la Salvaje con una Alaia Peanut de Salvador Artaza.

David Rastovich; alaia, twin, quad, timber fish.

2011-09-26T00:55:00.000+02:00

Hawaiian traditional surfing

2011-09-25T23:15:00.001+02:00

Hawaiian traditional surfing from Jonathan Clay on Vimeo.

Hawaiian surf-pro Tom Pohaku-Stone surfs a traditional wooden surfboard that he himself shaped.
This is a sequence from the "Oceans" episode of the BBC's documentary series "Human Planet".
Note to moderators: this sequence was filmed by myself for the BBC.

Alaia by Hydrodinamica

2011-09-22T00:00:00.001+02:00

Alaia from Hydrodynamica on Vimeo.

The alaia was the high performance surfboard of ancient Hawaii. While smaller paipo-type boards were common throughout Oceana, they were rarely large enough to stand up on and were usually surfed prone or while kneeling. Riding while standing set Hawaiian surfing apart, and the alaia was the board that allowed for the most expressive and creative stand up surfing. A true Hawaiian alaia would be made under traditional Hawaiian ritual in Hawaii. The boards used in the Hydrodynamica Project are alaia-inspired, they are not true Hawaiian alaias. That being said, these alaia-inspired boards, built and designed by Jon Wegener, illustrate the amazing performance capabilities of this ancient Hawaiian design.

Remi Petersen at JB

2011-08-15T16:21:00.000+02:00

Alaia & Remi in Jbay from remedia on Vimeo.

A weekend with Remi surfing his alaia

A Paipo Interview with Tom Wegener by Bob Green

2011-06-30T18:53:00.003+02:00

A Paipo Interview with Tom Wegener
Relearning ancient wisdom
May 1, 2010 - Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia.
Questions and telephone interview by Bob Green.

Tom enjoying a Noosa righthander lying down.

Photo courtesy Tom Wegener.

When and where did you start surfing?

In 1976, when I was 9 or 10 years old at Palos Verdes Cove. Palos Verdes is a little quiet town just out of Los Angeles, but it does have PaddleBoard Cove which was very famous in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, as it was the top surf spot even before Malibu became famous. The Cove has gentle rolling waves and it is the closest thing to Waikiki that California has to offer. So all the surfers would go there in the 1930s and 1940s. Tom Blake was there, Doc Ball was there. That’s where they surfed and that’s where they took those photos of these guys riding planks (the cover of the book, Time of the Terrace Land). That’s what enamoured me with surfing, just the thought, the smile and the energy of these old black and white photos.

You described still being haunted by this photo of people on planks.
To me that was what surfing was all about. That’s what surfing was to me. None of the competitiveness and aggression, just the sliding into a gentle swell. I was really young. Getting into the wave early was really important then, it still is. Before the swell breaks the wave moves faster in the open ocean. You can see a swell drag along the bottom and slow down as it breaks. The earlier you catch the swell, the faster you are going and you are really moving across it when it breaks.

It all comes back to speed.

I love speed. Speed is everything.

Tom with a 5' x 20" paulownia bellyboard made for Bob Green.

Tom tubed at King Isand Photo by Sean Davey

Tom bottom turning at King Island Photo by Sean Davey.

........ Full article at mypaipoboards

Fred and Aurelie Branger, from Nalu Association, riding the 16 foot toothpick

2011-06-27T00:38:00.000+02:00

Tom Wegener 16 ft Toothpick

2011-06-27T00:27:00.000+02:00

La Oficina de hechos por Jon Amiano

2011-06-09T20:46:00.001+02:00

Video grabado y editado por Jon Amiano, Musica de Unai Azkune... Luis surfeando la alaia , conocida como "la trece", Nacho estiloso en su blon... pasen y vean!!!

oficina de hechos from caballo salvaje on Vimeo.
Una semana con la oficina de

hechos; últimos preparativos de esa

mortadela fina con la que trabajan.

Pero siempre sacando tiempo para

lo que mas les gusta: dibujar las

olas, igual que sus tazas, sin una

pincelada fuera de lugar.

14 pies de Tuna!!!

2011-06-09T00:37:00.000+02:00

Tom wegener 14 ft tuna. yep! from matt williams on Vimeo.
This is Tom wegener on his 14 foot tuna at noosa heads QLD. notice how fast he is going on 6 inch wave. the boards is a finless hollow 14 foot tuna with a concave from the tail to about 3/4 of the way up the board. it can and will make every section you throw at it..!
Tom Wegener surfeando un Tuna de 14 pies!!!