Finley was 5
years old when I was pushing him into tiny reforms on little alaia. I would watch him from
behind and I could see his head going towards shore. One whitewash reformed into a wave with
shape and I hoped he may angle across it. But, I just about had a heart attack as I saw the
shadow of his head through the wave go so fast that I thought he would for sure get hurt. I
wasn’t expecting that at all! Such is the speed of the prone alaia. Once I found how much fun
the short (at the time) 7’ alaia was to ride prone I was hooked. I could make impossibly long
sections at the points and I spent more time than ever in the tube. As the board evolved they
became shorter. Surfing with my wife and kids, we found the little alaia was super fun in
small surf as well.