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This type of board started showing up about a year ago in kite articles and advertisements. This article sheds light on where this trend originated:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/busin ... koj/t/yyYg

Tom Wegener 2009 shaper of the year
And for those that haven't watched this (part 1 of 4):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apNmUbiRiIU[/video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr1u-2BjbqM[/video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUGbtovX1fs[/video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYEMwySLE7I[/video]

The Seaglass Tuna is on closeout from GSI. I recommend having an alaia and a Tuna in your quiver, if you like a skatey, 4 wheel slide, feel. Recommend a full deck pad on the Tuna for kiting.

The two aussies are certainly not the "originator" of this trend. Just another example, Board Riding Maui have featured their own Alaia/Paipo's in all of their videos...

http://www.boardridingmaui.com/boards.html

Check out 1:32...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdzXtfPFusg#t=10

I like the idea of shaping my own...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RqZT_zh4-Q

Here's the $20 home depot version... No shape, no wax, no worries...
http://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kite ... rine-2099/

Dwayne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy7G5PigdLU[/video]

dwaynej wrote: Here's the $20 home depot version... No shape, no wax, no worries...
http://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kite ... rine-2099/

Dwayne

That is literally the best thing that's ever been done.