Wegener Round Tail Hand Plane

Wegener Surfboards “Paulownia Handplane” designed and shaped by Jon Wegener.  HANDPLANES I have been bodysurfing most of my life. Swimming in the lineup, diving under waves, and riding to the shore is how you bodysurf and these skills are the basics to any wave riding vehicle. Bodysurfing is how I learned to pull into tubes, and how I learned to protect myself from getting slammed on the bottom. I have always considered bodysurfing fun, but did it when I was too hot on the beach and needed a cool down. I also bodysurf after my board a lot. I rarely use a leash, and have become an expert at chasing down my board. The last couple of years I have been making a lot of handplanes. Making the planes made me take bodysurfing more seriously, focusing on how to get better rides. Without a handplane, when the lip or white wash hits you, you get pushed down into the water and under the wave. The plane lifts a lot of your body out of the water and cuts down on the drag your head and shoulders ha