Christmas Eve Hart st, Mount Maunganui on the Earl wooden surfboard

Here the versatility of the Eearl 10-6 can be seen as it navigates lumpy onshore conditions on Christmas eve. at Hart st in Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty New Zealand. In spite of the fact that the weather was sunny, the surf was up and it was a holdiay in a surf town of over 100,000 people no one else was out taking advantage of the swell.