Hoping to finish my alaia today. Not surprisingly, everyone who has stopped by while I was working on it has been perplexed beyond belief. Here are a few rad images of alaias being surfed the way they should. Let's just hope I can get into waves on mine...

photo: wegenersurfboards.com
machado, backlit trim. photo: wegenersurfboards.com
Christian Wach, pushing the known capabilities of his self-made alaia.
Cyrus Sutton, surfing an alaia as well as anyone I've seen...