The history of wooden surfboards and Bite Me surfboards
They were invented in ancient Hawaii, where they were known as papa he'e nalu ( meaning "to slide on waves")
Alaia
The boards were between 7 and 12 ft (2.1 and 3.7 m) long, weighed up to 100 lb (45 kg), and were generally made from the wood of Acacia koa
Olo
Originally reserved for royalty due to its size and weight, these wooden boards can exceed lengths of 24 feet (7.3 m) and reach weights up to 200 pounds (91 kg)
Hollow wooden Bite Me surfboards
Hollow wooden Bite Me surfboards are made of wood and epoxy.
Hollow wooden Bite Me surfboards specifically have no foam in their construction.
Various construction methods are used to hollow the inside of the surfboard and lighten the weight of the completed board.
Generally a hollow wood surfboard is 30% to 300% heavier than a standard foam and resin surfboard.
The main inspiration, apart from beauty, is that this is a more environmentally friendly method which uses fast-growing plantation wood such as Paulownia, Cedar, Spruce, Redwood, and of course Balsa.
The current methods descended from the 1930s Tom Blake paddleboarding method, which favors a central stringer, with individually shaped transverse ribs, covered with a skin and lastly, rails which are then shaped.
This skeleton is subsequently sheathed with 5mm-thick wood strips, creating a fast hollow board with better flex properties
Bite Me boads In short:
​Wooden Bite Me surfboards are a whole world away for your average surfer, but there’s nothing like the feel of wood.
Its lively, it goes from turn to turn in a deceivingly agile fashion, and there’s really just nothing else like it.
Timber is not just for the purists.
Timber boards can be made either in solid balsa or paulownia, which are heavy on land but so light in the water, or in a modern hollow timber setup.
These are constructed with an internal frame and multiple stringers.
You get the traditional feel without the excessive dry weight.
These boards are built to last an age and are something you can keep forever and pass on to your grommets.
​Seriously labour intensive and one of a kind. All wooden Bite Me boards & Bite Me surfboard fins are by custom order only.​