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Flat Surf? Try One of These in the Meantime

September 07, 2012 1 min read

Flat Surf? Try a Hamboard.

Over the weekend we tried one of these Hamboards, and we have to say we're pretty stoked on them. Over the years, various skateboards have tried to capture that feeling of being on a wave.

Flat surf? Try a Hamboard. The Hamboard story revolves around the Hamborgs, a family of seven surfers from Huntington Beach, California. Over the years of living close to the beach, the five brothers would grow to love the ocean and become lifeguards or junior lifeguards. They would try new adventures: diving, spear fishing, bodysurfing the Wedge, and finding new ways to have fun in the ocean. With no intentions of designing a new style of skateboards or making a product, they simply wanted to make something that felt like they were riding a surfboard when they rode it.

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steve watts

Growing up in South Africa, Steve spent his youth dreaming of far off places. After spending eight years extensively traveling to many of the great surf destinations of the world getting dengue fever, having a near death experience from a falling coconut in mexico, Surviving a 15 foot drop on a handboard on a Nias bomb, jumping from every rock he could find without adequate health insurance. and comprehensively debunking the myth there are no waves in Thailand, even if they are small. He decided it was time for a a degree. Steve Graduated from Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in London with a degree in product design. He missed his graduation to go surfing in Californian, found a kindred spirit with Venice and never left

Flat Surf? Try One of These in the Meantime

steve watts

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