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Alaia Surf
La "Alaia" es un tipo de tabla antigua de Hawai "papa he’e nalu" utilizada sobre todo por los plebeyos (versus alii). Normalmente es de tamaño entre cinco y ocho pies de largo. La mayoría de la gente piensa de las antiguas tablas de surf hawaianas como gigantes, pesadas tablas de surf de ...
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Nuevo proyecto
valenciaplato — ... hacer unos indoboards y eso hemos hecho. Tres indoboards que van de lujo. Pero hemos pensado... tanta madera desaprovechada? porque no hacemos una alaia. Ya la tenemos cortada y hemos empezado a hacerle el concavo del bottom. Colgaremos todo el proceso de fabricación cuando la tengamos terminada. Pd. Nos sobra mucha madera y por supuesto a la basura no se va a ir. Ya estamos pensando en hacer unos bonitos Longskates. Para el que no sepa de que va esto de la alaia visitar esta pagina alaia-surf.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Por qué vuelve la madera (y no los maderos)
Surf Kultura — [image] ¿Qué es lo que ha impulsado al shaper Tom Wegener en su viaje por la recuperación de las Alaias ? Ved los 4 videos de la serie “ Wood is Good for you ” ( I , II , III y IV ) en los que Tom explica el proceso y juzgad vosotros mismos. Hasta hace poco nadie hablaba de la sostenibilidad en la industria del surf, ahora si . Hasta hace poco no existía una reflexión profunda sobre el coste oculto detrás de la palabra “barato” en la industria del surfing. Todos los recursos y la química que esa palabra lleva ...

Las alaia de Wegener estarán en el Festival de Salinas 2009
Surf desde Asturias, longboard y otros clásicos, tienda de surf. — ... se está convirtiendo en el pionero de una de las posibles vias por las que puede venir la siguiente evolución en las tablas de surf. Wegener Alaias y el Festival Internacional de Salinas han firmado un acuerdo de colaboración por medio de su distribuidor Kitewing por el que pondrán a disposición de los tabloneros que vengan este año una serie de modelos con el objetivo de dar a conocer estas tablas tan especiales. Direcciones de interés. http://www.longboardsalinas.com alaia-surf.blogspot.com Foto portada: Jacob Stuth www.onsurfari.com.au

Alaiaing.
The Critical Slide Society — Found this over on the Alaia Surf blog. In my opinion this is the best video ive seen of alaia riding that actually gives you a sense of the feeling you get on these slippery suckers. ...

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The Japanese boys are getting right into the Alaia
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oceanswavesbeaches.blogspot.com 7/22/2009 — The sport of surfing used to be so... straightforward. If you had a surfboard it was probably 6 feet something. It absolutely had three fins. It was probably too small and it probably held you back but at least you knew what to expect. Surfing used to ...
The Alaia piggy back
woodensurfboards.blogspot.com 7/25/2009 — Now here is a guy who is thinking outside the square. I only hope it's not going to catch on at crowded beaches.
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