The Mentawai Islands are undoubtedly a contender for a surfer’s paradise. Filling a boat with group whose taste in waves, preferred board length, and desire to get barrelled ran the full range does present even the most experienced surf guide with a challenge however, when trying to ensure that everybody finds their slice of paradise.

The latest model to join the ranks of the Cord Surfboards range is a long fish, born from head shaper Markie Lascelles’ on-going enjoyment and experimentation with twin fins.

This year Cord Surfboards turns 60. Here, in his own words, is the Cord Surfboards origin story – as founder David Lascelles remembers it.