Alana Shortboard Cover

A 14oz canvas shortboard cover, 5'6 to 7'0, with a 5mm padded nose. Cut and sewn in Ocean Grove, Victoria.

Soft white and pink check. Quiet on the rack, unmistakable on the sand.

Cut for a shortboard. Narrow through the nose and tail, 5'6 to 7'0. Ride a fish or a funboard and you want the Fish and Fun, which is cut wider.

Fits boards up to 53cm, which is 21in at the wide point. The cover is 22in laid flat. Full specs, sizing, warranty and shipping are in the tabs below.

Fabric

14oz canvas, woven from recycled plastic bottles

Coating

Wax and water resistant on both the inner and the outer face

UV

Blocks the sunlight that yellows a white deck and cracks the glass

Padding

5mm in the nose, where boards take the worst of it. The body is left unpadded, which keeps the cover light and quick to get on and off

Closure

Drawstring, drawn snug

Fin clearance

Cut with room for the fins, most glass ons included

Protects against

Nose dings, scratches, heat, UV, wax, sand and saltwater

Cut for

Shortboard outlines, 5'6 to 7'0

Fits boards up to

53cm (21in) wide at the wide point

Cover width

22in laid flat

Print

Drawn by an artist, not licensed from a pattern library

Made

Cut and sewn in Ocean Grove, Victoria. Australian Made certified

Warranty

Lifetime against manufacturing faults

Available 5'6 to 7'0. Order the size that matches your board.

A 6'7 board takes the 6'7. You do not size up for your fins and you do not size up for the nose. We cut that room in, which is what stock sizes made here buy you over brackets cut offshore.

Fins stay in on every size, glass ons included.

Ride a fish or a funboard and take the Fish and Fun instead, which is cut wider through the middle.

Board outside this range? Custom lengths are a separate product.

Your board, at its wide point

up to 53cm (21in)

This cover, laid flat

22in

Lengths available

5'6 to 7'0, plus custom

Two numbers, and they measure different things. The first is your board. The second is the cover. The cover is wider because it has to go on and off.

Full size guide

Does wax stick to the cover?

No. Both faces carry a wax and water resistant coating, which is the whole reason Boardsox exists. This is worth being precise about, because canvas on its own does not solve it. A polyester sock soaks wax up and hands it back to your car, and a plain cotton canvas cover does exactly the same thing. Ours is treated on the inside face and the outside face. Leave a waxed board in this on a 35 degree day and it comes out the way it went in, and your back seat stays clean.

What size should I order?

The size that matches your board. This cover runs 5'6 to 7'0. A 6'7 board takes the 6'7. If your board falls outside these sizes, we take custom orders as a separate product.

Will it fit a wide board?

Measure your board at its wide point. This cover takes boards up to 53cm, or 21in. The cover itself is 22in laid flat, and that extra is the room it needs to slide on and off. If your board is wider than that, the next cover up is the one you want.

Is this padded?

In the nose, yes. Every canvas cover we make has 5mm of padding over the nose, which is the end that goes into the boot first and comes back dinged. No other board sock on the market has any padding at all. The body is left unpadded on purpose, because that is what keeps the cover light enough to use every single day. If you are flying with a board, the zipperless range is padded throughout with 5mm high density foam and 3D rail protection.

How long will it last?

Longer than the polyester sock it replaces, which is the point. Looked after properly, one of these lasts twenty years. Rinse it in fresh water, dry it in the shade, store it dry. And if it ever does need fixing, we repair it free. We made it here, so the person repairing it is the person who sewed it.

Lifetime warranty against manufacturing faults on every canvas cover. A seam, the stitching, the drawstring: if it fails, we repair it, replace it or refund it, for as long as you own the cover.

Repairs are free. We cut and sew these in Ocean Grove, so a claim goes to the people who made your cover rather than to an importer waiting on the next container. We also run The Wetsuit Repair Shack out of the same building, so fixing gear instead of binning it is how we already work.

Thirty days to change your mind as well. Unused, original condition, no wax on the cover. Return postage is yours. Sale items are eligible for store credit or exchange.

Start a return, exchange or warranty claim through our support portal.

Dispatched from our workshop in Ocean Grove, Monday to Friday. Tracking is emailed the moment your parcel leaves us.

Australia: 5 to 10 business days. Express available at checkout.

International: 7 to 16 days depending on where you are.

Shipping is calculated at checkout on weight and destination.

Orders over $150 come with a free wax and fin bag.

Thirty days to send it back. Unused, original condition, no wax on covers. Return postage is the customer's responsibility. Sale items are eligible for store credit or exchange.