We asked Devon Howard–whose egg-y Howard Special earned a cult following–to give us the long and short of the mid-length surfboard. A few days ago at Jaws, Billy Kemper scratched into the wave of the ...
In the last few years, mid-length surfboards have really started to come into their own. If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember when every surfer, no matter their skill level, was riding a ...
When it comes to assessing boards with more bulk than your standard shortboard, few do it better than Devon Howard. And it’s not just lip service. Yes, he’s articulate, but he speaks from decades of ...
When on a chilly January evening in 1993 I turned down the gravel driveway that led to Dave Parmenter’s modest ranch on the ...
Mid-lengths are very fun. A bit of knowledge about what makes them fun can go a long way in having more of it. Photo: YouTube//Screenshot Devon Howard is a man who knows his way around a mid-length ...
This shape is a Tolhurst/Firewire partnership. Its name, Mid6, refers to the design itself — it’s a mid-length with six channels — and it’s a signature model for two-time World Longboard Champion ...
DAKAR, May 1 (Reuters) - In a small beachside shack in Senegal's capital Dakar, Pape Diouf spends hours on each surfboard he makes, shaping its foam surface with an electric planer to create the ...