Golden Days Festival – Green Day Out

November 21, 2011

It was an Alaia Bonanza at the recent Green Day Out, held in conjunction with the Golden Days Festival at Coolum Beach! Hosted by Sunshine Coast Surfrider Foundation for just a few gold coins donation you could surf an alaia from Tom Wegener’s extensive personal collection. This was the brilliant new fund raising event dreamed [...]

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Family Film

November 8, 2011

Our first day of filming a brand spanking new project with Sally Haxton – the Family Film. We have a pretty firm outline of where we want to go with this, sort of “a day in the life” of the family members, told from each our of four perspectives as everyday life unfolds… won’t say [...]

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Who wants an alaia for Christmas?

November 4, 2011

We are now taking custom orders for alaia surfboards that can be made in time for a Christmas delivery. Australian orders shouldn’t be a problem; we can ship Australia wide. Outside Australia, contact us quickly and we will see what we can do. This week I have had a great time making and shaping an [...]

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Wooden Surfboards and more…

October 31, 2011

1951 to 1971 vs. 1991 to 2011- Thoughts from the Byron Bay Surf Festival I recently spent the weekend at the Byron Bay Surf Festival with my son Finley and good friend Sandy Haynes. We piled up the van with a load of new wooden surfboards and alaias and hit the road south. The festival [...]

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Shaping Surfboards

October 19, 2011

This first video is simple with just me talking in the shed, but it has very profound ideas about surfboard design. The world of surfboard shapes is exciting and vast. It just keeps getting bigger and better. If you are interested in this video, please email me. I may try to get these videos strait [...]

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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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