timber....

Earlier this year Nathan Oldfield and his beautiful family, Sage and myself traveled to NZ to test ride a range of historically accurate handcrafted timber boards by both Paul and Sage Joske. We took with us a range of fishes,a log,a hotcurl, 3 alaia's and a KiKo'o. The picture above was taken by Nathan Oldfield at Manu Bay, Ragland. this is me slipping into to a sneaky one on my 8'9 alaia, what a joy.....

Jack Lives Here

My good friend and Valla Teamrider Jack Lynch. Pics: Angela Raab

PJ Special

My friend Luke ordered a board off me recently and we based the board on an old single fin my father loved riding in 1970.

Paul Joske Circa 1970 at Mullawarra riding the original board.

I love searching through our stash of old templates. Anybody who knows my dad well know's how particular he is with documenting surfboard information.

Also found an old Stylar brand blue tint. Was really happy with the colour.

Luke with his new board, just before we slid into a few fun waves.

Who is this guy.......

I found this clip on you tube check it out...

check this out....

Our good friend Nathan Oldfield made this clip for valla surfboards a year ago.
It's a little insight to the valla surf boards thing.....

Valla Surfboards Promo from Nathan Oldfield on Vimeo.

AS EASY AS 123

AS EASY AS 123 from Jack Lynch on Vimeo.

Here's a little flick of Myself riding a
9'4 Log mowed by Sage Joske
videographed by Hugh Edawards

Calla!

This is Brett Caller hangin ten on his Valla log and blasting on his Valla "Volta" fish. Classic guy, love surfing with him!

Pics: ST Images

Work In Progress

Feedback

Sage Joske, getting a little bit of shaper's feedback through the soles of his feet, Many Bay, Raglan, New Zealand.

Valla Fish

Introducing the Valla Fish with model logos and colourways by Jim Mitchell and Ben Waters from TCSS.

Verity - Exploring the origins of the fish

Vibe - Traditional style fish for smooth riding

Volta - High performance, speedy and draws the longest lines.

Verve - High performance, fits in the pocket, draws shorter arcs.

The man behind it all.....

check out these cool picks of paul from the 70's

Trim Line

My father Paul Joske made me this alaia replica from one of the boards he saw in the Bishop Museum, Hawaii. It is 8'9" and made from a single slab of paulownia.

The underwater shots were taken by my friend Andrew Kidman and shows how the alaia moves through the water and how the rail interacts with the wave.

The joys of Byron bay.

A playground we enjoy every afternoon.

TCSS on Me Surf

Surf website "Me Surf" has just posted up a little article on the "Critical Slide Society" it has some cool images that Nathan Oldfield took of Sage Joske and Brett Caller from Valla Surfboards.
CLICK HERE to have a read.

Jack Lynch riding one of Valla's finest

Photo by Tom Woods

Paul.

Pic by angela Raab.