Andy WAllace

Traditional 7 foot ALAIA Fishtail:

Made from Chinese/Royal Empress (Paulownia tomentosa)

This timber is lightweight and yet strong and flexible. It is also impervious to salt water, which makes it ideal for building these boards. Finished with bees wax.

This board was created in collaboration with first Nations Artist, Andy Snelgar as a part of the Ocean Dreaming Collection.

“These turtles are carved to represent the journey and sharing of country that happens on the coast. Groups would come from far away to meet and share at different times of the year, the same as the ocean turtle.” Andy Snelgar