The contemporary longboard swings between two poles: radical manoeuvres and a return to purely traditional glide, centred on the noseride. Three signatures embody that richness.
Thomas Bexon, style first
Iconic Australian shaper Thomas Bexon draws classic noseride boards built to glide with elegance: very round 50/50 rails, pronounced spoons under the nose for maximum lift in critical sections. The longboard as an art of placement.
Beau Young and Higher State, performance
The influence of Beau Young, two-time longboard world champion, brings a vision where control and flowing lines come first, through high-performance transition shapes.
That quest peaks with Kai Ellice-Flint, 2025 WSL world champion, whose Higher State Surfboards label conceives boards as cultural art objects — 1960s heritage with modern hydrodynamic tuning. His collection includes models refined in competition, like the Frission used in his US Open victory.
The UWL school
In parallel, the workshop expresses this expertise through its own high-performance models: a universal All Around longboard, a lively Challenger, a Low Ride with low rails cut for noseriding in small conditions. Boards to discover through our shapers, and to choose according to your level and your waves.
Find these longboards shaped by the UWL workshop, where the tradition of style meets the demands of performance.