Roy Stewart builds longboards fit for — or at least expensive enough for kings . But what in holy heaven could make his Baron surfboard cost $ 528,000 ?
The 12 - foot long , 45 - pound Baron is pose after the pre - colonial , “ Olo ” longboards — the boards reserved for royal line . Longer , heavier surfboards make for a sturdier , faster drive . When you really get go on some big swell it ’s supposed to feel like you ’re flying . Ride the same moving ridge onRoy Stewart ’s Baron Surfboard , and now we ’re blab some daze - inducing , transcendental , “ I just saw god , ” motherfucker . Hell , I just see god looking at this matter , and I ca n’t even surf .
The Baron is beautiful , but from the outside it await like more or less what you would expect besides that crazy - looking eight - inch burrow quint . The louver is supposed to improve the board ’s efficiency , but harmonize to Roy Stewart , his foundation are “ the most hydrodynamically sophisticated display board ever built ” thanks to his meticulous “ avant - garde ” proficiency . modernistic wooden longboards are hollow , but unlike the Leo the Lion ’s parcel , Stewart ’s are built using “ parallel profile ” structure : layer of woodwind ( Paulowina Mrs. Henry Wood , in the Baron ’s case ) are laminate over a mould — much like layer fibreglass on the Cordell Hull of a ship . Stewart then manus - shapes the raw display board to the exact specifications of the emptor .
Sure , the Baron cost 500 time more than your average wooden board . But that ’s the price you pay for art . Roy Stewart : The Damien Hirst of surfboard shapers . [ Roy Stewart Surfboards ]
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