Solid piece of Houn pine (endemic Tasmanian timber) no longer used as a keel from an old sailing dinghy.
Now, sculptured into a Japanese bellyboard called an 'Itago-nori' meaning 'floorboard riding'.
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Dimensions: 1100 x 260 x 12mm
Huon pine windowsill was gifted from a friend, during a renovation of their suburban house in Hobart.
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Milled & sculptured into an Itago-nori, with the capillary groove still exposed.
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This piece was re-gifted.
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Dimensions: 1135 x 375 x 12mm
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Asymmetric twin fin with a thin Houn pine nose cap.
Fin design, based on a Peregrine Falcon's tucked wing during maximum speed.
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This board was donated to the 'Southwest Marine Debris Cleanup' team, an insane group of volunteers cleaning up Tasmania's remote coastline.
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Dimensions: 1750 x 540 x 18mm
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Gifting this board to our local surf community to strengthen connections & grow culture.
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To learn & understand these creations, is to be guided by the crafts ability to surf closer to the wave's energy, connecting on an entirely different level. As 'the surfer', great agility and focus is directed towards nose-tail & rail-rail flex, whilst intuitively feeling the fin flex. ​
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Dimensions: 1800 x 550 x 18mm