 Longtime
surfer Malcolm Wilson takes
surfing’s grand
historical canvas and renders
it en miniature. Painstakingly
crafting small dioramas of
famous surfbreaks along with
the boards that rode them,
Malcom honors a vibrant piece
of surfing’s rich
history. His eye for detail is
unmatched. One of the boards
in the collection is accurate
down to over two hundred
miniscule brass rods that were
inserted into the deck to
replicate the original
model’s nail
construction.
The
diorama of the surfbreak is
assembled using topographical
maps and the U.S. Geological
Society as references.
Understandably, each piece is
made to order and takes a
month to make. Malcolm’s
gallery includes “Papa
HE’E NALU,” a
collection that documents the
evolution of Hawaiian
surfboards from the ancient
olo to the modern shortboard.
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