312 - Akila Aipa - Surf Splendor

Surfboard shaper and youth mentor Akila Aipa is expanding on his family legacy by building solutions for our modern needs on principles honed by his father. Today he discusses how he’s embraced catharsis through missteps and how Kelly’s success on Akila’s boards will alter the next decade of his business and life. Enjoy!

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a few fotos from testing the other day @kellyslater along with the two boards, I designed two new twin fin templates, one with more rake and a performance keel. a lot of the feedback I have been getting is that my original twin template is upright or designed for pivotal maneuverability, with the raked and keel templates I am offering more stability through traction or control with more surface area and rake in both new fin templates. ? @surfshooterhawaii

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Check @akila_aipa insta & next week’s @surfsplendor podcast to hear his thinking behind this board…designed for sunset beach. Volume of an 8.0 squished into a 6.5 twin fin for high performance big wave surfing…like his father(Ben), Akila is one of the greatest board designers of our time

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It’s the tension between power, deftness, and speed that is unique to @kellyslater’s surfing. The Post-Script to the Corona Bali Protected just went live ?? ? @_jackbarripp_ #SurfSplendor #podcast @wsl

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