“I broke my board in Carcavelos and ordered a new one. I was so excited with my new board, a yellow retro fish, that I started to explain Afonso an idea that I had some time ago: the wax would get the board all dirty and would hide the whole design, and how cool it would be to have an alternative to that…
One year later Van der Waal was born.”
Surfboards with Van der Waal around the globe
Our journey

Martim

Testing grip levels

Van der Waal at WSL Ericeira

Applying Van der Waal

Van der Waal

Testing die cuts

Van der Waal at WSL Peniche
