Mike Stewart : photo courtesy Legendary Surfers Surf Culture Legendary Surfers explores old Hawaii with Alaia shape Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 23 July, 2008 : - - Over the past three years or so, I have been in contact with and a whole lot envious of Tom Wegener, in Noosa, Australia. Tom's been shaping and riding wooden boards, the templates of which are based on the plan shapes of the few Hawaiian traditional surfboards still in existence. Tom has a newsletter tomwegenersurfboards.com that he puts out periodically and I recommend it. Here's an excerpt from his latest, writing a little bit about what they're learning about how the alaia actually rides: "A long time ago I competed in the longboard contests in Southern California... turned to making surf movies to enjoy surfing and try to make a livelihood from it... but...
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