A NEW ALAIA IS BORN! ALOHA KEIKI HONU!

Welcome Keiki Honu! (Baby Turtle)

This new Alaia surfboard is 6'9 x 17.75" wide.

It is not finished, but almost ready for its first coat of tung oil that will make this several hundred years old wood really come alive. Stay tuned!

This beautiful Koa Wood plank is accented with a tail Bolivian Rose Wood, Padaulk, Red Heart, Ebony, and Snake Wood in the tailblock.

More Views of Honu Ala'ia

"Honu", the Sea Turtle, Petroglyph Surfboard 

Here is a view of the Bottom showing a 3/8" deep concave that starts about 12" from the nose end and runs throughout the planshape to the tail. Since the board has a convex shape on the deck, its net thickness is really averaging about 1/2 to 5/8" thick. This makes it flex under compression in turns, and a strong snap back to shape, giving you a surprising thrust out of the turn.

Sunset Magazine, July 1927, with modern bathing beauty riding an Alaia surfboard in Waikiki.