BLEM Walnut Classic

An ambitious project with mixed results

Last year we set out to make a Classic like we never made before. We made the deck 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 they rode like dream. We were so proud of ourselves, and we sold all of our perfect boards in a private sale to previous Classic and Pinger customers, with a retail price of $999.99.

One Pristine = Too Many Blems

We will not be making any more of these boards.  The production process is too labor intensive and for every first quality board we get too many blems.

The problem is laquering brass is a very tricky and unless conditions are exactly right, small bubbles can appear as the lacquer cures. The bubbles on the stringer can be easily overlooked, but they are there and we aren't happy with it.

Our misfortune is your gain. Overall there are beautiful boards, but in good conscious we can't sell these as first quality. Therefore we have to sell them at the price of a blem. The deck is 6ft 2in long and 15in wide and comes with our latest generation of HST 2.0 trucks. Grab one now before we sell out. Once they are gone, they will be gone for good.


For reference, this photo shows the worst bubbling we’ve seen


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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