Toothpick

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If I could have only two surfboards, one would be an alaia and one would be a toothpick. The toothpick glides across a swell better than any other board I have known. The finesse and elegance of sliding into a swell way outside the impact zone on a long hollow plywood board is surreal. You feel the energy of the open ocean swell as it slows as it feels the bottom and lifts. The surfing is technical as you are going fast, but have to slowly anticipate where the wave is going and set your line early.