When Torren Martyn and Aiyana Powell put out the message that they might need an experienced hand to guide the 35ft sailing boat ‘Calypte’ up the Malacca Strait and around to Sumatra, sailor and filmmaker Kelly Foote offered to help. While showing Torren and Aiyana the ropes, Kelly started filming and a story emerged.
Surfboard shaper Simon Jones and Torren had been developing a performance-focused twin fin that would work at challenging shallow reef passes and atolls. As the voyage progressed Torren and Simon devised a radically different-looking take on a tried and true shape.
‘The Ugly Duckling’, a Not by Chance Film by Kelly Foote, gives insight into how genuine surfboard design occurs when there’s a deep connection between surfer and shaper.
