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Local shaper Brian Szymanski brings surfboard history to life in a stunning installation at Alila Marea Beach Resort The Shape of a Culture
f you were to visit the Alila Marea Beach Resort—the breathtaking hotel perched upon the bluff between Carlsbad and Encinitas—and walk into its poolside bar area known as The Pocket, you’d glimpse the history of surfboard design along the surrounding sapele mahogany–lined walls. Encircling the bar and the coastal-inspired lounge area are 17 hand-shaped, surfboard-esque wall panels—each over seven feet tall and nearly two feet wide—that pay homage to board design of the late ’50s and ’60s. Each panel boasts a different resin colorway—vintage reds, teals, whites, and so on—using pigments found during that era of shaping. I
BY ASHTYN DOUGLAS-ROSA
36 MAY 2023
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