Joel Tudor is widely regarded as the patriarch of the traditional longboarding movement. His affinity for preserving a timeless aesthetic, and riding different equipment spawned an entire movement that has had ripple effects through to the recent notion that a board should match the conditions – from a 9’6″ log at Cardiff to a 7’0″ single fin down-railer at Pipe.
Alex Knost is a product of the same school of thought. One that seeks to look backward and pay homage to surfing’s historic roots just as much as it looks forward. And in honor of that legacy, Al decided to shape a board resembling what Joel was riding in the late ’90s early 2000s, especially from Thomas Campbell’s The Seedling.
In the video above, Knost also talks about the influence of Gerry Lopez and Russ Short, which inspired two other boards he shaped for RVCA’s Boardroom.
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