What is a Kahuna?

The Practice of Becoming a Kahuna of Surfboards: Feeling Sensations I honour the ancient Hawaiian surfboard artisans and I will go to my grave honouring this practice. I am not a Kahuna, but I will...

Lessons from Tom Blake

This is a warm personal piece by Tom Wegener about the pioneering waterman Tom Blake (1902–1994), written after receiving a biography of Blake as a gift from his father....

Surfing History in a Tiny Nutshell

Surfing — Ancient Roots, Modern Boom! Surfing is way older than California. Long before surf culture went global, people were riding waves everywhere — Japan, Tonga, India, China, Peru, and possibl...

You're Going to Need Tools

First, the mental tools. Curiosity, understanding the energy of a wave, basic elements of surfboard design; floatation and volume, flex and rigidity, dynamics of rail curves (how they pull and rele...

Let's Make Surfboards!

Simple to Complex Designs - but first, an introduction. Or how to become a Kahuna of surfboards. Slowly, I hope to introduce you to the principles of surfboard design. I have been making surfboards...