Lost Driver

THE DRIVER – Surfboard trends tend to move in circles. The last few years have been highlighted by a move toward shorter, wider, higher volume surfboards.Because of shapers melding these elements, with creative combinations of rocker, foil, bottom contours and fin clusters, the everyday surfer has benefitted dramatically. But what’s next? In the end, we feel it comes back to a user friendly, high performance, modern shortboard. A shortboard that isn’t impossible to jump onto after riding a stubby hybrid everyday for a month… doesn’t feel long or stiff, or paddle like an Alia. A short board that works in everything from 2’ mush to 6’ grinders. The Driver…Developed when one of the bigger, more powerful, yet still new school, surfers on tour came looking for something special for the California contest season. The design concept wasn’t new, but the resulting board is. Defined by a long, straight rocker through the middle of the board that then lifts to a healthy nose rocker (so the board redirects when put on a rail) and a low, but curvy tail rocker that’s moved way back under the rear foot (for quick turns in tight sections). The same goes for the outline: It’s long and straight through the middle (netting a wider than average nose and rear hip area, allowing it to be ridden close to traditional shortboard widths with a lot of curve from just in front of the fins, through the tail. The wide point is pushed further back, creating a turning fulcrum between the feet. These elements, combined with a flattish deck line, full rails and a thickness flow that holds volume into the tips, nets a board that glides through flats, holds long arcing carves and still snaps in the pocket. Unlike any other board in our line and is not only being quickly adopted by top team riders pros looking for something new, but we honestly feel that the Driver is the board that can get us all back onto a modern High Performance thruster shortboard. Recommended to be ridden close to typical shortboard dims, with higher volume than normal due to the design.

These numbers are optimum stock dims for the models, to ensure the flow between outline and rocker, but are not set in stone. This both a guide for deciding whether to choose a stock board or custom order one with your own dims; and also a guide for quiver building.

THE DRIVER SIZES -
5’8 18.50 2.18 (24.3cl)
5’10 18.75 2.25 (26.3cl)
5’11’ 18.88 2.32 (27.6cl)
6’0 19 2.38 (28.9cl)
6’1 19.25 2.50 (31.1cl)
6’2 19.38 2.56 (32.5cl)
6’3 19.50 2.56 (33.3cl)
6’4’ 19.75 2.63 (35.0cl)
6’6 20.00 2.75 (38.1cl)

Note- Boards are sized up by the shaper going on feedback from riders of all skill levels! Changes can be made by custom order or calling Willow on 0488 775 483. Boards that don't have [In Stock] next to them will take 2-4 weeks to be shipped to you!

NOTE- Board Lengths that have [In Stock] next to them are ready to ship the next business day. However the world is not a perfect place, and even TWS slips up from time to time. With the amount of stock that we have to try and keep track of there is a real chance that some boards with in stock next to them may have been spoken for already, in which case you are either able to switch to another model in stock or have the original model made for you! In extreme situations you may be offered a refund!