Our popular ALBERT fish is a versatile design that works for kids and adults, with volume for the small waves but the ability to handle better waves well, as team rider & World Big Wave Champion Twiggy Baker has shown riding it in South Africa! The ALBERT is made with a focus on durability. Two marine wooden stringers are coated with an epoxy nano-coating to resist water absorption, then surrounded with a proprietary EPS foam and a color-fast UV resistant soft top layer. The soft top has a wide texture and doesnt require wax, although wax will improve grip. The entire board is heat laminated with no harmful dyes, glues, resins or toxins in the production process, and manufactured in a facility that uses collected rainwater.
Why the Sea Camo Stripes on the bottom? In 2013 University of Western Australia neurobiologist Nathan Hart & entrepreneur Hamish Jolly conducted research that indicated a zebra striped pattern was a deterrence to sharks & presented their results in a Ted Talk. The patterns disperse the shark’s ability to identify the item, and mimic non-food source items in their environment.
Care Tip: When not in the water, keep out of direct sunlight and heat, or leave on beach with soft top-side facing up.