Got a new crop of handplanes shipping out. Look for them at Shelter, Thalia Street, and Wetsand surfshops.

In the interest of showing some of the experiments going on lately, I thought I would post this board I made a few months back. It’s made from polypropylene foam and oiled paulownia wood. That’s it. I wanted to make a board without fiberglass and thought a combination of boogie board and alaia would work well. It ended up being a little heavy and dead feeling. I like the concept though and I’m going to keep working on it. How did the maiden voyage on this one go? Let’s just say it didn’t go down so well. photo RT

Could be a handplane for bodysurfing, could be footwear. This handplane is made out of the scraps of paulownia left over from making alaias. Erin at Shelter Surf Shop prompted me to make these. I thought it was a pretty good idea, as the wood is so light and corky it feels like you hardly have anything strapped onto your hand. I’ll have one of these along with some other boards at the Thalia Surf/ Insight demo day this friday May 8th.