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August 4, 2005

Hydro Epic — World's most technologically advanced surfboard

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Pictured above, it consists of an aircraft aluminum honeycomb shell wrapped in carbon fiber and Kevlar.

The 6'2" stick, made by famed shaper Dick Brewer, weighs — are you ready for this? — just 6 lbs.

It's stronger, stiffer, more buoyant and less ding–prone than the "Old Europe" foam, fiberglass and polyester equivalents riding the waves alongside you.

$850 here.

[via Brian Lam and Wired magazine]

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