Step up from a mal?

Low Pockets

Just to be clear, I do know this bloke, he is a mate, he helped me a lot when I was doing this little project http://talesfromtheshed.wordpress.com/?p=6&preview=true
but I just thought a few people here might be interested in something like this. http://www.aorsurfboards.com/blog/?p=252
Just thought the board was nice and id spread the love. Support your local shaper in these hard times and all that lark.

cornbb

Wow, gorgeous work there.

Edmc

Very impressive

kodute

Amazing board. What is it like handling a 12ft board? How long did the project take start to finish?

Low Pockets

It's only 11 1/2

it's a very different experience. I generally ride logs any way and prefer them pretty flat so I knew what I was letting myself in for. In saying that the 1st session I probably had some of my biggest drops on it so far and spent a lot of time going over the front.

Taking anything on the head with it isn't fun and you need to he very aware of where other people are. If you bail a 8 ft board with a 6 ft leash you have to keep people let's be generous and say 18-20ft inside you in mind if I lose this it's 11.5ft+10ft of leash+stretch and then how ever far under water I'm being pulled, so more then once now iv gone over the falls giving it a bear hug.

But the benifits outway the hassle 10fold, I have never surfed anything as fast, by the time you realise there is a section it's gone past it. Al doesn't normally ride logs but we were out now a few times since and he's sent me off in his alaia just so he can surf it. So much so he's talking of getting in the cedar and foam to make one for himself.

I spose the best way to sum it up would along these lines. I like surfboards, I like them a lot and I own a few. Generally if I'm travelling I'd probably have a min of 3 with me. Recentely I met 2 buddies for a bit of camping and the 2 of them were taking the piss that I only had one board in the van....