Patented shapes and construction.

Slyde Handboards® or handplanes patented shapes and construction are initially hand shaped and crafted by a team of professionals with years of experience. All of our standard shapes are roughed out on by a human- not a computer. Marius Joubert has been shaping for 24 years. He has shaped for various top brands and currently works for Bilt surfboards in Durban, South Africa. Marius shaped both the Double Swallow Tail Thruster and the Pin Tail Long Board Polyurethane prototype.

Jason Hoffman is the owner of Hoffman Surfboards out of Long beach, California .He is a talented epoxy shaper with years of experience in surfboard design and construction. Jason shaped the epoxy Double Swallow Tail.

The Slyde handboards mold process assures that therocker and outline are exact. Every board ends up with the shape our test riders have carefully refined through continuous Handboarder/shaper communication and teamwork. Finish shapers then fine-tune the bottom, rail’s and rocker for optimum performance and flow. The layers of fiberglass and epoxy are then applied, and lastly the board’s Graphics are applied, The Handboards are then hand finished and buffed to produce the piece of candy you see before you. All that is left to do is go - and ride it like you stole it, and as we always say get shacked cuz.

Our introductory shape into the market has been the swallow tail or what we call the double swallow tail, Because of the wings higher up the rail more or less where the front fins sit. The shape can also be commonly referred to as the "wing" shape of the swallow tail family of boards and commonly used on the fish surfboard. However it is becoming more and more popular on short board designs.

The Swallow tail is closely related to the squash tail by that we mean that the tail provides more water surface area between the rails, this gives the rider exactly what they want in more planning speed and lift out of the water. The tail curves down and forms a V-shape cutout where it would have been a squash box has now been removed to create two points these two points of the swallow tail give the board more control and hold on tight turns.

The swallow tail combines a rail drive of the squaretail and the sensitivity of the Pintail. Our version allows an increased drive into smaller dumpier waves and the wings or double swallow allows for extra control on steeper face where you really need it. We intentionally included a wider Tail to allow for that little bit of extra hand coverage. We found with smaller hand planes/Handboards there wasn't the control we were looking for.