These Christian Hosoi-shaped Hammerhead surfboards are so good
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Christian Hosoi's Hammerhead is one of the most iconic skateboard deck designs ever. When you think of 1980s skateboarding, Hosoi boosting a giant rocket air with a Hammerhead in his hand is one of the first images that comes to mind. Now the design is entering a new boardsport.
Southern California surf shop Univ partnered with Hosoi on limited edition run of Hammerhead surfboards. Hosoi shaped the 5'5", quad-fin boards himself and they are so awesome. Images of the boards popped up on social media a little while ago, but we're just now seeing how the boards perform in the surf. Pro surfers Benji Weatherly and Dylan Graves, took them out for a test ride and surfed the crap out of them.
Univ plans to release a few different sizes of the Hammerhead surfboards very soon. Count us in for one (or maybe three).
What do you think of the Hammerhead surfboard? Tell us in the Comments.
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Formula Drift drivers Chris Forsberg and Ryan Tuerck check in from Road Atlanta this week to answer questions from the forth episode of the new season of Drift Garage.
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