The winter of 1975-1976 had a lot of powerful swells out of the Gulf of Alaska that kept the Santa Barbara coast consistent for weeks at a time! Here’s a photo of my brother Mark Wahl enjoying Santa Barbara’s coastline.
Mark is where the roots of Wahlboards started. He took me surfing when I was learning and taught me how to make surfboards. In those early years, he was my mentor…surfing and shaping/glassing boards together.
Tom Leman… On his 6’6 egg riding it as a five fin with a little knubster…
Matt Wahl finding waves to test drive his new board during springtime conditions.
Here is a board that I shaped for Eric Soderquist. He came to me with this idea for a surf trip he was taking to Europe. It has moderate rocker with a little extra flip in the tail, full thickness flow. The bottom is flat in nose to single, to double concave and V out the tail. This board is very user friendly and great for small to even a couple feet overhead surf. It is also a good air board.