Gus Hamborg // Alaia

Gus stopped by a couple weeks ago to pick up an alaia blank... he wanted to see if his Hamboard experience crossed over to Alaia making... and frankly I'm quite impressed with the finished product. He even wood-burned a tree into the deck.

Alaias for Japan

3 Almond Alaias headed to Japan.

Obeche Wood Handplanes by Gully

Gully has been hard at work making some new obeche handplanes for summer. Get 'em while they last...

Tube Time

Cam Oden just finished his Cyrus-inspired double-handplane.

Tube Time.

Finishing Touches

Just put some logos and linseed on a few Alaias for Japan.

Almond Peanut

Wood-burning pen logo.

Alaia blanks available here.

Peanut-shaped Cashew by Almond

Griffin has been wanting to try shaping an alaia for a while (however we're still pretty far from getting him to try one)

So I gave him creative freedom to experiment with one of the Obeche wood blanks yesterday.

It resulted in a beautiful 5'10, peanut-inspired alaia that looks insanely fun.

Oden documented the process.

Obeche Wood Alaia Blanks

Obeche wood alaia blanks are now available here at the shop.

Obeche is native to Africa, and is infinitely better for making alaias than anything you'll find at your hardware store.

Perfect compliment to your copy of Tom's Creation Plantation

$180