BLEM Walnut Classic

An ambitious project that didn't quite work

Last year we set out to make a Classic like we never made before. We made the out of birch with walnut veneer on the top and bottom. To give it some bling we added a brass stringer inlaid along the center of both sides. Our first batch of boards looked fantastic and we were so proud of ourselves. We started testing them and they rode like dream.

But then the weather started getting colder and we realized that the brass and wood shrank and expanded at different rates and this caused the lacquer on the brass to develop some bubbles. This means we have to go back to the drawing board to make a super premium deck. The bubbles on the stringer are not very noticeable, but they are there and we aren't happy with it.

Our misfortune is your gain. We made a small batch of these boards to sell this spring and planned to charge $999.99 because they were so nice. However, now that we see the bubbles we will sell them for the price of a blem. 

The deck is 6ft 2in long and 15in wide so it truly gives you space for surfing footwork.  The board comes with our latest generation of HST 2.0 trucks. Grab one now before we sell out. We will not be making any more of these.





Dramatic Difference

Are you looking for a longboard to stand out from the crowd? This board will let you surf the streets in style. It has unmatched beauty and has been crafted with attention to detail. 

Each board has been personally inspected by Don Sandusky, the co-founder of Hamboards and designer of this deck. Every board is hand numbered and signed by Don to signify his approval.

What is it?

The Classic features a stunning hand-crafted deck with surfboard dynamics.  The patented 200mm HST Carving trucks with our strongest gold springs and massive 97mm cast polyurethane wheels offer a ride that is shockingly familiar to longboard surfers and longboard SUP Surfers alike. This truly the world’s finest longboard surf style board on wheels.   

This board will transport you straight back to the surfline and help you master pop ups, drop knee turns, toes over nose, cut backs, bottom turns and hanging heels (if you’re daring).  

For pole skating, this extra long and wide deck allows you to paddle prone, so you can switch arms without the need to switch feet.  

This board harkens back to the early days of surfing, when people rode hand carved hardwood boards. 

Mounted on massive 24 mm riser blocks are a pair of patented HST carving trucks with 40° pivot axis angle baseplates and 200mm axle hangers which give 30° degrees of board lean and allows the ultimate rail-to-rail flow, board lean and extreme carving angles.

On the road, the Hamboards signature chocolate brown 97mm cast polyurethane wheels are buttery smooth and literally kick-out small rocks before you can ride over them.

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