It is over a year now since Blane started talking about a new direction with his new Hull designs.

The Hull designs originally came from the longer Ocean boards he was developing for Molokai and other Hawaiin ocean races.

Whilst developing the new hulls the boys found that certain designs surfed really well for their length. There are plenty of pics around of Austin hacking on one of the original prototypes.



This is one of the first videos of these longer 'hull' boards in action.



Being a surfer at heart, Blane dropped the 'race program' and focussed souly on making the new Hull designs work on shorter surfing boards. The Hull Rippers were born.

The circle is now complete and he has released the new Hull Ocean paddlers.



They come in both 12'6 and 14' in the new PVC Vac bagged construction.
12'6 x 29 3/4 x 5 3/4" 220L
14' x 29 x 5 3/4" 255 L

In both Red and White, we have a handful landing in a few weeks time.

Here the video of Blane talking about the new boards.



For those who want one board for recreational racing, ocean touring, down winders and surfing long fat walls, these boards could just be the ticket.

Stay tuned for updates