Took longer than I expected, but this may be something I'll be picking up this fall.
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Akila Aipa's/Slater Designs' Twin release
- Thread starter ChaseTMP
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Since SD is more marketing/hype machine reliant than your traditional shaper I feel like they kind of missed an opportunity by taking a while to get it out. That said, I'm sure I'll be seeing 6'8" fun size versions bobbing in the line up in no time.
^True. I'm excited to throw a couple under the arm. I bought an Akila Twin through Varial (online) last year and it felt too foiled-out for it's stated dimensions for what I'd be riding it in, so I returned it. I would have kept it if I lived somewhere with some juice, which smallish South Bay (what I surf predominately ) lacks.
Can't wait to see one on Oahu craigslist after some military Officer blows $1000 at Hawaiian South Shore only to realize surfing a twin fin is harder than the Wavestorm 
Interesting article from Beach Grit:
beachgrit.com
Interesting article from Beach Grit:
Long read: The Miracle Coupling of Akila Aipa and Kelly Slater!
It ain’t a stretch to suggest that surfing’s genetic code, its great culture, has been weakened, maybe fatally maybe not, by the WSL’s VAL onslaught. Just as the modern man is an invertebrate who frets over his Twitter posts and binge-watches television series with a tub of ice-cream balanced on...
beachgrit.com
Haha, there's so many Pyzels from Military guys (no disrespect to the Military, I'm a military brat myself).
Pyzel is doing them dirty by selling them 6'6 Gremlins.
Pyzel is doing them dirty by selling them 6'6 Gremlins.
Like a rash on a lady of the night, @oeste858 is already all over it,
Tell us more...There are several models in several sizes
The paycheck is going to be very comfortable
Akila is the type that if the Firewire boards aren't exactly to spec, he'll shut it down. He honestly cares that much about each board. He'll text you a month after you picked up your custom and ask how it's going.
Yes he will. My wing twin has gone into the holy grail of keepers. Thank god I went epoxy over pu. I dont want to own a firewire. And @ChaseTMP , his foils belie the low end his boards have. Under arm, they're much faster than they feel like they will be, even in average waves.
