Surfing is difficult enough during the day when you can actually see the waves (and sharks) coming. To do it at night, you need a big brass pair like professional surfer Aritz Aranburu and a self-illuminating surfboard.
Shot at Mundaka in Northern Spain, this Pukas board is one of only four currently in existence. Its LED strips and receiver are installed before the glassing process when the board is laminated and waterproofed. They’re controlled by a remote that also selects the LED colour — red, green or blue. [PukaSurf]
Here’s Juan Mari Indo, the board’s inventor, discussing how his inspiration for the project:
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Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 10:18 AMguarantee it would attract fish – anyone here ever been light fishing? Lets hope it doesn’t attract something bigger as well.
Ash
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 9:27 AMThe only thing that board is missing are solar panels. Charge the LED battery via solar power during the day, surf in LED glory at night.