I’m all fired up on handplanes. The beach below my house, Salt Creek, is madness in the summer and long stretches of it are blackballed from board surfing. A perfect alternative is bodysurfing using ...

Bodysurfing and hand-planing are making a huge resurgence. Especially when the surf conditions are kinda funky. Here in the UK, there’s always someone in the line-up with a hand-plane, and from that ...

Body surfers use handplanes to get more lift in the water, thereby generating more down-the-line speed and a greater opportunity for a surfer to make a wave. They come in various shapes and sizes, ...