As a follow-up to his $1.3 million Dragon surfboard, Roy Stuart has launched his newest creation, the Hotkurl, which after six months and 800 hours of labor was launched this summer. Stuart says the board—priced at $1.47 million—has a teardrop shape with a 9-inch cutaway spitfire fin, a 4-inch-diameter half-pipe vortex tunnel, and a hand-operated stainless steel vent. In layman’s terms, the board is designed to deliver unparalleled comfort as well as artistic design, as the hollowed, empress wood frame is itse…