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“Don’t look for that slidey shit at Sunset.”

Commenting on the decidedly anorexic surfboards of the Momentum Generation, former professional surfer-turned-cultural critic Dave Parmenter denounced this new, gymnastic style of riding (tailslides, reversals, aerials) as foiling the ergonomic essentials of power, speed and flow — speculating that that kind of surfing wouldn’t likely find favor in huge, powerful, open-ocean waves like Sunset or G-Land.
Nearly 20 years later, Parmenter’s prediction ...

If you put one 12’0 Brewer gun in the rack it makes everything else looks small.  That 12’0 gun has custom stringers, 1″ bass wood center and 1/2 bass wood outside stringers.  It also has Koa Wood single fin with a halo.

This board has been taped off and is ready to a color lamination bottom.  After the bottom is on it will have to be trimmed before it is complete hard.

A lot of tow boards going through lately.  This is two Brewer Balsa Tow Boards and one  PU from tow foam.

Without a doubt this is one of the most sic over-the-falls shots EVER!!! Both the The Brewer and Garrett survived to talk about it!

We have fresh batch of Chronic Bully boards getting finished today.  This stock batch ranges from 6’6 to 7’4.  The board pictured is a 6’10 x 23 x 3 1/8.

This is a retro board with a red tint and a resin bolt.  The board has been sanded the bolt added.  The next step is the gloss and this board will get polished tomorrow.

This is a custom nose rider shaped by Slick for Aloha Board Shop.  The deck patch is a fabric inlay with a black pin line.

This is a closer look at the fabric inlay on this custom nose rider by Slick.  We used to do a lot of fabric inlays in the late 90’s and early 2000’s.