The longboard is primarily a single finned surfboard with large rounded nose and length of 9 to 12 feet. Noseriders are a kind of longboards which enable the rider to walk to the tip and nose ride. Also called a “Mal”, which is a shortened version of Malibu the most popular longboard wave.

Longboards are the original, and very first variety of board used in standup surfing. Ever since the sixth-century the ancient Hawaiians have used 8-to-24-foot solid wooden boards when practicing their ancient art of he’e nalu. Surfing was brought to the Hawaiian Islands by Polynesians and has since become popular worldwide.

Rob Lion started shaping surf boards at the end of 2003, just making boards for friends, in a shed in the Bahamas. He had just moved back there after living in the US for 20 years, and in California for the last 8. In 2004 he moved to Brazil to work in a factory in Florianopolis. In 2006 he moved to Newcastle, UK, and have been working out of a small shop in the back of his house pretty steadily since.

At Phoresia.org they conducted an interview with him.

We contacted Rob Lion as part of our mission to document some of the exciting emerging shapers who are pushing themselves in terms of materials and design. Rob’s work is insane. He does everything from design, to making his own EPS blanks, to shaping and glassing and even colour work.

John Ashley from the Stand Up Paddle Surf-blog surfed for almost exactly an hour with the crew that’s in the great little film he posted in his blog.

I was amazed at the amount of surfing we did in that time period. An hour of surfing yielded forty clips each with one wave on it! And this was in pretty dismal, inconsistent conditions. Any way you look at it, that’s a lot of surfing for an hour. It just makes you think about what an advantage we’ve got over prone surfers, it’s the type of edge that we definitely should keep under control if we’re going to promote harmony out there.

I really enjoyed watching it.

The Twinzer has been designed to generate enormous amounts of speed and lift through its hull design and fin configuration. The unique fin configuration allows you to surf it as a twinzer for quick snappy turns or convert to a keel for a more carvey feel. This board is ideal in small wave conditions allowing you to make sections you thought were impossible.

Brownfish was asked to make a Twinzer shaped surfboard:

I was pretty stocked to shape him a board after listening about all the boards he has had in the past, and all the shapers, who you all know, he has gotten them from. So, after going back and forth about specs, we came up with this. 5′7 x 20.5″ x 2 3/8″. Ice-9 Cane blank. Sanded gloss. Front twinzer fins glassed in and LOKBOX in the rear. I personally like it alot, and was wondering how much shit I’d get in if I just didn’t ship it?

It looks awesome i’m impressed.

Johnson Big Stick was founded in 1990 by Ernie Johnson a finish carpenter by trade and avid surfer and long distance skater. J.B.S paddles and skateboards are handcrafted in San Clemente Ca, U.S.A.
They reflect beauty, strength and class. His paddles and Skate decks are proven to last, being tested in the surf, race events and 50mi .marathon skateboard /bike races. Being hand-shaped from beginning to finish, each one has it’s own unique quality and feel.

John Ashley from the stand up paddle surfing- blog had conducted an interview with Ernie Johnson and published the video in his blog.

I’m even more excited to get out and paddle the new blade that EJ sent home with me. Check back for a full review of the entry level JBS blade. Until then, check out this little clip I threw together and please forgive me for all the cliche, surfer talk- when I’m at the beach I revert back to my feral state of intrinsic stoke!