Noah Thornton the shaper of Lost Ark Surfboards cruised down to Lowers, Trestles to ride his 5’6″ Asymmetric Twinfin board. The surf was a fun a 4-7 foot faces from a good south swell in the water. After his surf session, that he was ripping on the board, he gave SLAWTV some background info on the board.
Noah said the Hobbits Foot he was riding is 5’6 x 18.25 x 2.5. He glassed it with a 6oz bottom and 2x4oz deck to make it a little heavier and stronger. Then did a colored hot coat to make it look more like a stressed piece a wood. Finished it off with a deep green resin pin line after he sanded it. Noah says, “She’s not the prettiest but was stoked on how it all came out.” He named it the Hobbits Foot to to show some love to Ryan Lovelace for the inspiration behind the finless aspect on his Rabbits Foot model.
“I have a more “mini simmons’ inspired model called the Wood Chip and wanted to make something like that to go finless as well as have the option to go as a twin fin. I know Ryan Lovelace has the Rabbits Foot model that is just so beautiful looking, but wanted mine to be different. I’ve seen Ryan Burch make some crazy cool asymmetrical and they seem a lot less wide and more “shortboardy”. So I used my Wood Chip model outline wise, but pulled it in an inch or so. Then kind of went crazy on the concaves, rail lines, rocker and pretty much everything else haha. Asymmetricals have been around for a good amount of time and have been really intrigued by the whole concept. Surprised more people don’t give them a try really.” says Noah.
Lost Ark Surfboards Surfing Video
About Noah Thornton:
He I never thought I’d be making surfboards for a living. Noah started doing ding repair at the Whitlocks in Carlsbad about 10 or so years ago. He was kind of struggling with cash flow and his friend Skyler Bullat brought me in to help out. Then he later brought me in to Hydroflex in Oside to do finning and hot coating. Thats when Noah started messing around with shaping and glassing. Pretty much got hooked and wanted to shape stuff that you don’t see much or have the means to try out.
“I’ve surfed beat up, hammy down shortboards my whole life and was just over the grind of it all. Once I had the option to make boards my self, I just started investing in that and I’m super happy with the outcome. There’s just so much variety surfboardwise, wavewise, finwise, etc. I think the curiosity is what keeps me motivated.” says Noah.
Lost Ark Surfboards Surfing Photos
