Jon Wegener let me borrow this groovy little machine, it's called the Blue Gil. It's a kind of a surfboard/alaia hybrid.
I rode it first at Glen Sakamoto's Paipo Stoke Fest thingy last month and got intrigued.
Rode it is this morning in small glassy surf. It's a trip, paddling and take off are easier than I anticipated. The super hard edge really holds and it hooks into trim lickety split. I felt a little lost after that, wasn't sure what to do so I just went straight down the line and occasionally got slidey slidey sideways.
I tried to conjure up visions of Derek Hynd finless at J-Bay while attempting to squeeze into Leucadia micro-barrels.
Feeling pretty stoked after the experience, thanks Jon!
Here are a couple of videos of Jon riding his:
Sounds fun I have always wanted to try one
ReplyDeleteone of my favorite boards of all time. I have a 6'6" and can't wait to order another shorter one.
ReplyDeletethey might be fun but that clip was not enticing me in any way to want one, straight line trim can be done on many machines, the turns were painful
ReplyDeleteJust added a second video.
DeleteOh yeah the music really helped! Now I want one really bad. :/
Deletedo they come in firewire technology?
DeleteTom or Jon
ReplyDeleteHipsters!!!
ReplyDeletelooks fun. nice post.
ReplyDeletePlease everyone get alaias and send your other boards to the incinerator. Cut your leashes and wetsuits up and surf only in Okanuis. Learn to play Pink Floyd standards on a ukelele.
ReplyDeleteI'll stick to my foam board, looks fun in away just slip sliding away. Peace, taco's & olas.Doug
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