Tom Blake hollow board
The light, hollow surfboard that allowed surfing to spread.
The old Hawaiian boards of solid wood weighed more than 50 kilograms. Tom Blake built a board with a hollow hull that weighed half as much and was easier to carry and handle.
Blake sold the board through the Thomas Rogers Company in California. The board could be made in series and brought more people into surfing.
Materials: Thin boards of wood, glued into a hollow hull
Manufacture: Patented by Tom Blake in the USA in 1932 after experiments from the mid-1920s.
The closed, hollow hull.
The slim shape with a pointed nose.
Small vent holes that release the pressure.