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And I'm glad she found a use for alaia flower, I'll have to keep experimenting with my little bottle of it, can't figure out how to use it, it's just so weird....
DSH Perfumes Part Two: Scents In Living Color Marina Geigert 2008
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Making an alaia involves little more than a jigsaw, a hand planer, sandpaper and the right piece of wood.
NYT > Home Page By JAMIE BRISICK 2010
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My surfcraft that day was an alaia (pronounced ah-LIE-ah), a replica of the thin, round-nosed, square-tailed boards ridden in pre-20th-century Hawaii.
NYT > Home Page By JAMIE BRISICK 2010
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REVIVING AN ART Chad Marshall rides a wave on his alaia surfboard in Venice, Calif.
NYT > Home Page By JAMIE BRISICK 2010
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Richard Kenvin, a former pro surfer from San Diego, credits the alaia with giving him
NYT > Home Page By JAMIE BRISICK 2010
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Also, love it or hate it, the alaia craze for traditional boards that's currently infecting surfers everywhere reaches new and jaw-dropping heights in the film.
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Making an alaia involves little more than a jigsaw, a hand planer, sandpaper and the right piece of wood.
NYT > Home Page By JAMIE BRISICK 2009
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Richard Kenvin, a former pro surfer from San Diego, credits the alaia with giving him
NYT > Home Page 2009
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Look & Sea: A Little Experimentation Never Hurt Nobody and even more alaia-madness. these are some guys who are experimenting with various different forms of wooden finless shapes. some of the longest and thickest boards i've ever seen. beautiful rides in this video.
Quality Peoples 2009
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The jazz duo The Mattson 2, whose music is featured in the film, will perform live at the screening, and a hand-shaped alaia surfboard will be raffled off at the event.
john commented on the word alaia
“My surfcraft that day was an alaia (pronounced ah-LIE-ah), a replica of the thin, round-nosed, square-tailed boards ridden in pre-20th-century Hawaii. The originals were 7 to 12 feet long, generally made of koa wood and could weigh up to 100 pounds. They resemble nothing so much as antique ironing boards, but their most distinctive feature compared with modern equipment is that they are finless.”
The New York Times, Ancient Surfboard Style Is Finding New Devotees, by Jamie Brisick, December 4, 2009
December 4, 2009