Roger Hall in New Zealand has been chipping away at one of his long held loves and that is the Hot Curl design. He has now built a number of them for himself to experiment with and loves the glide and hold that they have .The frictionless no fin feel is quite different and to a a board builder and designer such as Roger it certainly holds an intrigue for him. As you can see he has created quite a quiver for himself and has included some of his wonderful wood work in some of them. Adding significant tail block as a weight to hold the tail in the pocket where you want it.
That is quite a selection of species he has gathered for the solid tail block.
Some of Roger's thoughts " With the current interest in Finless boards that is swirling through the
surfing world, I thought it would be fun to try and bring back the Hot
Curl from its extinction (brought on by the invention of the fin)
The Hot Curl was once the most advanced surfboard shape in the world!
I find it very intriguing then, that this design has been buried under
the landslide of surfboard evolution for so long.."
Check out some of Rogers other passions at :
www.surfline.co.nz
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