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Ruth Aristondo
🌱 B O T A N I C A L | Pukas Surfboards x Local Artist Maddi Saez

🌱 B O T A N I C A L | Pukas Surfboards x Local Artist Maddi Saez

We want you to think hard on this question: did you ever, and we mean, ever, thought about having real plants on your surfboards? We didn’t either before Maddi Sáez, our loving designer, thought about giving it a try. Now you read about how these unique Botanical Pukas Surfboards x local artist Maddi Saez came to be based on the Original 69 by Axel Lorentz Pukas Surfboards. An overcome challenge by team effort.

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Ruth Aristondo
Tom Lowe [GR] with a Chris Christenson Gun at Nazaré a few years back

We Need to Talk … BIG! · Surfing BIG Waves

BIG …, enormous, gigantic, huge, hefty, immense, massive, tremendous, Xl, XXL … You name it, but all of them depict a colossal amount of water that you need to not only surf but conquer. Become the master of it in order to ride it.  BIG-Wave surfing is not easy and wether you're working on becoming a big-wave surfer or not, these lines are for you. Keep reading!

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Ruth Aristondo
Tomas Surfboards at Pukas Surf Shop

The Perfect Imperfection for Magic | Thomas Bexon

There was a 12 year-old Australian young boy who liked to spend school holidays and weekend trips with his uncle. He felt passionate about surfing, yes, but his heart and curiosity was strongly drawn by surfboard handcrafting. He conquered his mom’s garage and would try to do what he saw on surfing videos hoping that the resulted board would actually work … and it did! This curious and passionate kid is Thomas ‘Doc’ Bexon. Keep Reading!

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Ruth Aristondo
🌬 Breathing Life Into Surfboards

🌬 Breathing Life Into Surfboards

What has a plane, a car, or a boat have in common with a surfboard? Well, for the last 50 years they haven’t had much in common, but now, technology used in aerospace, civil engineering, military, motorsports or water-sports has been transfer to Surfboards and we have developed a technology that is exclusive to Pukas. Want to learn more? Keep reading! Traditional surfboards have been made of polyurethane (PU) foam covered with polyester resin. However, PU has an alternative to it that has come from other industries where lightness and toughness were key to performance of highly demanded environments. Now,...

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