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“Flow is the art of connecting major maneuvers seamlessly throughout your ride.” — taylorjensen

Noserides, turns, cross steps, trim. Learning the maneuvers is one thing. Learning how to connect them is where longboarding really starts to come together.

In Episode 6 of Beginner’s Guide To Longboarding, Taylor breaks down the timing, positioning and patience behind great flow, and why you can’t force what the wave isn’t giving you.

Watch the full episode now on YouTube.

The dropknee turn didn’t start with style. It started with function.

Back at Birds Surf Shed, Taylor Jensen and Bird Huffman dig into how surfers began using the move to get more leverage over bigger boards, better control their positioning, and go where they wanted to go on the wave. Over time, function became style, and the dropknee became one of longboarding’s defining power moves.

Episode 5 of Beginner’s Guide to Longboarding: The Dropknee Turn, is now playing at our link in bio.

Head to your local surf shop to check out Taylor Jensen’s longboard designs he rides throughout the series.

Inspired by ’s personal quiver.

’s first longboard design created with his daughter , the Macy-Boo, is a traditional style log drawing inspiration from his personal quiver of surfboards, short to long, from Donald Takayama’s “Model T” that he rode in ’s Sprout to Skype Frye’s gliders, and an old photo of  Macy’s grandfather with a classic Australian log. Featuring a rolled belly through the middle feeding into vee through the back section, and a flipped tail rocker for nose riding, pair this log with the Machado Macy-Boo 10” Single Fin for the best performance.

Available at your local surf shop.

A user-friendly log on the thinner side. 

Introducing the Macy-Boo, ’s first longboard design created with his daughter, . Rob’s been making logs for Macy for quite a few years now, drawing inspiration from his personal quiver of surfboards, short to long, from Donald Takayama’s “Model T” to Skype Frye’s gliders, and an old photo of  Macy’s grandfather with a classic Australian log. This traditional style log has single concave under the nose, a rolled belly through the middle feeding into vee through the back section, and a flipped tail rocker for nose riding. Pair with the Machado Macy-Boo 10” Single Fin for the best experience, designed specifically for the Macy-Boo.
“Logs have been in my life from way back. I live right in front of Cardiff Reef and I’m surrounded by some of the best loggers in the world. Tudor, Burch...I’m blessed to be surrounded by such amazing surfboard builders that have inspired me to ride all different types of surfboards and experience an abundance of feelings wave riding.” -

Tap into our link in bio to watch the full video, then head to your local surf shop to check one out today.

Refreshing. Cleansing. Reviving. 🌀

A relationship with the ocean, passed from one generation to the next.

Meet your new favorite longboard by x , available 09.10.26.

How the magic happens. 👨‍🔬 🧬

Watch 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, now playing on our YouTube channel, and learn about how our boards get made and get a comprehensive breakdown on our entire range of surfboard constructions straight from our GM of Product, Brett Savage (Brett Savage). Recalling our technological history all the way back from Nev Hyman’s Future Shape Technology (FST), to our patented I-Bolic 2.0 Technology, to our latest construction and pinnacle of performance, Proflex Technology, this video will help you choose the right technology for your quiver and learn why we created each one for a specific reason and performance characteristics.

Head to our link in bio to watch the full video.

Ever wanted to learn more about our technology? 👨‍🔬 🧬

Watch 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, now playing on our YouTube channel, and get a comprehensive breakdown on our entire range of surfboard constructions straight from our GM of Product, Brett Savage (Brett Savage). Recalling our technological history all the way back from Nev Hyman’s Future Shape Technology (FST), to our patented I-Bolic 2.0 Technology, to our latest construction and pinnacle of performance, Proflex Technology, this video will help you choose the right technology for your quiver and learn why we created each one for a specific reason and performance characteristics.

Tap into our link in bio to watch the full video.

The secret to nose riding? Let the wave do the work.

Episode 4 of Beginner’s Guide To Longboarding with Taylor Jensen: The Nose Ride is now playing on our YouTube channel.

In this episode, Taylor breaks down what it takes to get to the nose and stay there. From reading the wave and setting your board in the pocket, to foot placement, inside rail pressure, hanging five and ten, and finding that feeling where the wave starts doing the work for you.

Tap the link in bio to watch the full episode, then head to your local surf shop to throw one of Taylor’s designs under your arm.

“𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜.” – Taylor Jensen

Episode 4 of Beginner’s Guide To Longboarding with Taylor Jensen: The Nose Ride is now playing on our YouTube channel.

In this episode, Taylor breaks down what it takes to get to the nose and stay there. From reading the wave and setting your board in the pocket, to foot placement, inside rail pressure, hanging five and ten, and finding that feeling where the wave starts doing the work for you.

Taylor also catches up with Dan Mann to talk through the board design side of nose riding, including nose concave, rocker, rails, fin placement and the little details that help the tail lock into the wave and create lift up front.

Tap the link in bio to watch the full episode, then head to your local surf shop to throw one of our longboard designs under your arm.