My friend and fellow shaper Axel Lorentz recently produced this “out of the box” proto of a finless surfboard. He and Paul (his glasser) had some fun glassing it… I thought you would enjoy the photos:
Maybe Axel will drop by and explain the concept behind this beautiful piece of sculpture…
Ooooops, sorry: Axel called this thing “The Enterprise”, hence the title…
Wow! Scuplture indeed. How’d he shape so flawlessly those 3mm thick points of foam without breaking them?? Incedible.
So cool lookin… Sick!
Incredible! I hope Derek Hynd checks out Swaylocks. Something tells me he'd be all over that one.
Super nice shape job on that beauty. Well done!
Wow! That’s incredible. “Engage!” Mike
Awesome sculptural board!, makes me want to shape something finless looks like fun to create!
can’t get enough of this combo runner-walled, channeled/concaved jaw-dropping beauty, how does it ride compared to alaias btw?
to the designers & shapers, kudos!
cheers,
Hi guys,
Really happy that you like "the enterprise", and thanks a lot for your compliments...
That was really fun and exiting to shape. It's my second attempt of finless surfboard and most of the ideas occurs during the shape. and how goes the first one really helped me for that one. I kept this idea of an extreme wing cause first one had good results and was pretty close of what i was expecting...So i pushed all the lines to the extreme...
Still not finished the board, glass is done but need now to sand it. For sure it will be done for next week end. Hope we'll got some good waves...
If you have any questions, it's a pleasure.
Axel
There is a lot of sense in that design.......transition from flat starts with roll from higher centre section then to rear outside concaves....& then engage the middle concave when further up on rail....each section having it's own purpose without being too long so that it can turn tighter.
Wonder if the centre section has enough float in it to allow it to tip to the side.
Maybe I'm just guessing :)
Beautiful job Axel
Welcome to sways, Axel. That's a beautiful piece of work! I'll bet glassers and sanders everywhere are cringing, though.
When wakeboards went ''finless'', I was involved in some design projects in that industry. We did a lot of similar stuff in the prototyping, but not that extended tail... I did some surfboards inspired by the wakeboards. I think Wes Laine still has one of them.
Have fun with it!
Any update on this? Would love to hear how it rides and to see more pics!
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Me too.
OK, I’m taking the liberty to post the latest photos that Axel posted on Facebook and I will tell him about your interest for his work. I hope he comes back to tell us more, but seeing how the weather is right now, I doubt that anyone has ridden it yet…
very cool.
Anxious to hear how it rides
Drew
Don’t want to be the one to sand it, but would love to see a video of in the surf. Cool logo. Looks like a squid in the last photo on the racks.
Cool looking board, but all those pointy bits give me the creeps .
How's it work?
Can you imagine catching a rail? Talk about Launched!! See you in orbit.
Well, i’m afraid that Axel might be a bit busy… It’s been raining a lot here since yesterday. For those who know the basque country, you know what raining can mean here, don’t you? Well, actually, it means this: (these are photos of Axel’s workshop which he shares with Michel Borel (PSM Surfboards), taken today:
This is the shop’s entrance…
This is the glassing-room…
Boards floating everywhere…
Axel and Paul (his glasser).
Paul, SUPing it out in the fields to look for lost boards…
Havoc outside…
That’s why Axel might be a bit busy right now. Will go and see if I can help tomorrow… I’m glad that MY shop is situated on a very sloppy piece of land. Water just flows down but doesn’t “pile up” and stagnate. Axel’s shop is very near l’Uhabia (local river) and on flat land… More news later…
How do you say F&CK!!!!, in french??!!!