Channel Ten Story on Tom Wegener and the rebirth of Hawaiian Style Surfing

September 26, 2011

Last Friday, September 23 2011, Channel Ten did a story on the Seaglass Project and the 2011 Design Award. Tegan, the presenter did an amazing job researching the story and pulling lots of clips off the internet. Who said investigative journalism is dead? It is a good story please check it out. Just click on [...]

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Mini Simmons to Fish Comparison

September 14, 2011

In March, 2011, I started to make a line of foam boards with Noosa Longboards. The biggest challenge for me was the Mini Simmons. I wanted to make a board that was half way between a Seaglass and a fish. When the first batch of boards came back from the glassers the surf was pumping [...]

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Wood Bodyboards: English and Japanese

August 30, 2011

Some people may think that I have lost my mind with this post, but it is the opposite. This is fundamental wave enjoyment with a very complex board. Just wading out into the water and jumping on to little waves is really a lot of fun and the best way to share your surfing experience [...]

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Model A: Creation Plantation TV show 2

August 24, 2011

I have wanted to make a little Model a video like this for ten years. I made the first Model A in the year 2000 and couldn’t believe how easy it was to ride. It has been tested contunuously since then and the shape has definitely withstood the test of time. I took the design [...]

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Creation Plantation TV number 1: You Need To Get A Roundtoit!!!

August 18, 2011

I made a mistake a few weeks ago. Jack McCoy had given his favorite Alaia to a good friend in California and I said I would make him another just like it. He sent me the length which I wrote as 5 7 on the small chunk of wood which was serving as the order form. [...]

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2011 Australian International Best Design award for the Seaglass Project Tuna

July 26, 2011

  This award is significant.  The Australian International  Design Awards is recognized as Australia’s peak design endorsement scheme and maintains one of the most rigorous product assessment processes in the world. It is the  longest standing design awards program and it is thought very highly of in intellectual design circles.  The list of judges is extensive [...]

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Surfboards in Stock

July 14, 2011

   For the first time we have boards in stock. Please check out the Surfboards in stock page to the right ———–>>>> New bung for the planktons!!! For years I have been searching for the best way to attach the bung or drain plug to my boards so I do not loose them.  Now I have [...]

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New Blog: Overview and Looking Back

June 20, 2011

Christian Wach cuts back on a Plankton Noserider, Noosa 2009. Overview of Wegener Surfboards We have taken down the old website and started over with a new web story. The old website was a colossus with lots of information, but it was too static and hard to update. We are hoping to make a new [...]

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The Best of Times: The New Tom Wegener Surfboards Site

May 17, 2011

This is the most exciting time for surfboard shapes in surfing history.  Never has there been such a wide variety of surfcraft and materials to make them. I use mostly paulownia wood, but also a big mix of surfboard foam, plywood and EPS foam.  I see all the new shapes and materials complementing each other.  [...]

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