7'6" Bluegill Style Board

7' 6" x 20" x 2.5" more or less.  EPS free blank from a friend with 4/6 top and bottom epoxy glass job, mahogany fins, cedar rails salvaged from my 1950's garage door frame.  I'm saving the clear western red cedar panels for use as skins for a future hollow board.

Ron's Alaia

I made this 5-11 alaia for a friend who had never ridden one but wanted one for the summer.  I tweaked my shape a little by widening the tail, narrowing the nose a bit and moving the wide point a little close to the mid point.  This one is cedar with three redwood stringers.

6-0 Thin Alaia

Here is the latest 6 foot, 5/8-inch thick alaia.  For  me, this is  the most succesful shape, as it paddles well and does not feel like you are trying to ride a 2x6. 

A deep single channel in the last 1/3 of  the board along with hard chined rails and some flat bottom sections work really well.  You almost forget that there is no fin!