April 2016

29 Apr

The New “Corky” Surfboard

Tom Wegener

Finley on Corky #1: This board is 7’2 and slides with the elegance and speed of an alaia but is very buoyant. The Corky Surfboard: A long journey to custom flex and floatation It took one wave on the first alaia on March 5, 2005 to realise that there was another way of surfing. The flex of the wood...

27 Apr

Noosa Festival of Surfing Finless Division 2016

Tom Wegener

Adam Baldwin, Matt Williams, Fred Branger, Sterling Harper, Josh Woollett,Stuart Jaeys, Carl De Landre and Gus O'Malley The finless comp is the smallest division in the Noosa Festival, and nearly disappeared with GSI pulling out (after generously sponsoring it for four years). I felt honoured to...