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The foam boards are really quite good and half the price of the wood. It is like coming home. I know the shapes so well. Working with Noosa Longboards I have developed a very good range of models that are always in stock in their store at Hastings Street.\n\nIt has been a pleasure to work with Tim, Glen, Sam and the entire team at Noosa Longboards to make some new shapes as well as bring back my tried and true old friends like the Model A, the Joker Model, and The Bubble.\n\n![Noosa Longboards Tom Wegener Foam Boards](https:\u002F\u002Fa.storyblok.com\u002Ff\u002F294641482445311\u002Fd3e5c52b34\u002Fnoosa-longboards-tom-wegener-foam-boards-2.jpg)**Joker Model**: It is a versatile longboard that will ride big waves with confidence. It has a deep double concave and a chimed vacuum rail (like my Seaglass boards or a boogie board). This lets the rail engage in the wave and the board naturally lifts to the high-line across the face. The tip of the tail lifts like the Model A tail with lift to the deck. This tightens the turning radius dramatically.\n\nSo you turn from further up the board and work more off the rails than the fins. This gives far more control in a critical pocket and the board never bounces up and down on a big wave when going fast.\n\nI developed this board in the year 2000 and I have been getting great feedback for years from the first ones I made. I recently bought back Joker number 2 and I love it! The boards are lasting longer now because the materials have become so good and my glassing techniques so refined that a foam board can be surfed hard for 13 years and still be in very good condition.\n\n![Noosa Longboards Tom Wegener Foam Boards](https:\u002F\u002Fa.storyblok.com\u002Ff\u002F294641482445311\u002Fafa9574433\u002Fnoosa-longboards-tom-wegener-foam-boards-3.jpg)**Model A**: The Model A is the ultimate shape for learning the traditional 60’s surfing style. 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It does not lose speed in turns.\n\nI let the fin do its work without a down rail interfering in the tail. You get the smooth single fin feel and maintain speed in turns.\n\n![Noosa Longboards Tom Wegener Foam Boards](https:\u002F\u002Fa.storyblok.com\u002Ff\u002F294641482445311\u002Feef6b0c769\u002Fnoosa-longboards-tom-wegener-foam-boards-6.jpg)**Noseriders:** I have developed three versions of the Noserider for Noosa Longboards. They are in the photo above. The four stringer board is the First Point Model. The blue one is the Little Cove and the orange is the Johnson’s model. The noserider has become so refined that people really know the difference between boards. The wider nosed boards ride hang ten easier while the narrow noses ride deeper in the pocket and go faster.\n\nThin tails flex and give tight turns in the pocket and work in sucking hollow waves. Thicker tails give more lift and speed when hanging ten and drive through whitewash far better. We can take you where ever you want to go on a noserider.\n\n![Noosa Longboards Tom Wegener Foam Boards](https:\u002F\u002Fa.storyblok.com\u002Ff\u002F294641482445311\u002F8da204858f\u002Fnoosa-longboards-tom-wegener-foam-boards-7.jpg)\n\n![Noosa Longboards Tom Wegener Foam Boards](https:\u002F\u002Fa.storyblok.com\u002Ff\u002F294641482445311\u002F486e371408\u002Fnoosa-longboards-tom-wegener-foam-boards-8.jpg)\n\n![Noosa Longboards Tom Wegener Foam Boards](https:\u002F\u002Fa.storyblok.com\u002Ff\u002F294641482445311\u002Fbe9217f699\u002Fnoosa-longboards-tom-wegener-foam-boards-9.jpg)\n\n![Noosa Longboards Tom Wegener Foam Boards](https:\u002F\u002Fa.storyblok.com\u002Ff\u002F294641482445311\u002F44c8a96cf9\u002Fnoosa-longboards-tom-wegener-foam-boards-10.jpg)**The First Point Model**: This is a very traditional California shape with a 19” nose and 17” tail. It lets the rider get up on the nose easily and turns well. It is for someone who is after the 1960’s Malibu feel.\n\n**The Little Cove Model**: This is my favourite longboard to ride on the Noosa points. The nose is slightly pulled in and the rails and tail are a bit thicker. This gives the board more volume through the back half of the board. The wave pushes against the volume and puts more pressure on the fin to hold the board in the wave and it is this pressure  that squirts the board across the wave.\n\nThis board will ride further back in the pocket and through the whitewash better because of the thicker tail. I have put a slight concave all the way down the bottom of the board to the fin box. This lets the board plane easier and lets the board traverse further out on the shoulder. This is the most all around noserider. \n\n![Noosa Longboards Tom Wegener Foam Boards](https:\u002F\u002Fa.storyblok.com\u002Ff\u002F294641482445311\u002F48a2612413\u002Fnoosa-longboards-tom-wegener-foam-boards-11.jpg)Here are the three tails. 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","2016-04-29 00:00",{"src":403,"alt":110},"https:\u002F\u002Fa.storyblok.com\u002Ff\u002F294641482445311\u002F1200x900\u002F07e11dfa94\u002F2016-first-corky-copy.jpeg",[405],{"name":307},{"path":115,"uuid":407,"storyId":408,"fullSlug":116,"slug":409,"title":114,"description":410,"date":411,"image":412,"authors":414},"73e13b17-9b11-4549-b22e-9bcce0f82ddf",214855169107899,"noosa-festival-surfing-finless-division-2016","Finless surfing and a moment in the sun.","2016-04-27 00:00",{"src":413,"alt":114},"https:\u002F\u002Fa.storyblok.com\u002Ff\u002F294641482445311\u002F5540818119\u002Fnoosa-festival-surfing-finless-division-2016-1.jpg",[415],{"name":307},{"path":171,"uuid":417,"storyId":418,"fullSlug":172,"slug":419,"title":170,"description":420,"date":421,"image":422,"authors":424},"628aabec-6420-4982-8e18-6e49cdd59375",214855210436554,"super-custom-foam-longboards","The boards of the 1960’s were made to last and that durability has heavily influenced my shaping. 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Belly boarding the Surfie or the shorter alaias bring me back to my inner child and my first love of surfing.","2012-07-01 00:00",{"src":508,"alt":198},"https:\u002F\u002Fa.storyblok.com\u002Ff\u002F294641482445311\u002Fdde1db72f7\u002Fsurfie-bellyboards-5.jpg",[510],{"name":307},{"path":15,"uuid":512,"storyId":513,"fullSlug":16,"slug":514,"title":515,"description":516,"date":517,"image":518,"authors":521},"05a804fa-275a-4368-8b26-9d7e8f4956d9",214855096006562,"alaia-wins-living-smart-solutions-award-tom-wegener-surfboards-green-factory","Alaia wins Sunshine Coast Living Smart Solutions Award ","Tom Wegener Surfboards wins from a green factory! 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","1998-10-01 00:00",{"src":629,"alt":166},"https:\u002F\u002Fa.storyblok.com\u002Ff\u002F294641482445311\u002F500x716\u002F4cbd5bbd2c\u002Fhang-ten-by-potter-copy.jpg",[631],{"name":307},{"title":233,"description":633,"navigation":634,"archiveTitle":233,"archiveDescription":635,"periodLine":636,"wtcJournalLabel":637,"wtcJournalUrl":278,"ctaCardTitle":638,"ctaCardDescription":639,"ctaCardLinkLabel":640,"preFooterTitle":641,"preFooterCtaLabel":642,"sidebarIndexTitle":643,"sidebarIndexSubtitle":644,"sidebarIndexLinkLabel":645,"sidebarSingleTitle":646,"sidebarSingleSubtitle":647,"sidebarSingleLinkLabel":648},"Stories and updates from Tom Wegener Surfboards, 2011 to 2021. Newer articles on the WTC Journal.",{"label":233,"to":6,"icon":222,"order":234},"Stories, updates, and notes from the workshop, 2011 to 2021.","2011 to 2021","For new articles, visit the Wegener Tool Co. Journal","Looking for new articles?","This blog is closed to new posts as of 2026. For Tom's current writing — shaping notes, surf trips, and tool reviews — read on at the Wegener Tool Co. Journal.","Read the WTC Journal →","Shop surfboards, timber, and tools at Wegener Tool Co.","Shop WTC →","All posts","Blog home","View all posts →","Recent blog posts","From the archive","More →",1791341687696]