Lost The plankLost The plank


$785 AUD

This is the length/height of your new board (feet,inches)

Sometimes, when it's really small and mushy down at Trestles, I will ride a longboard. One day last summer I was doing so and tried a friends " Mini Simmons" twin keel, retro board shaped by one of the guys who shape these types of boards. It had a longboard nose, completely parallel rails, a massive square tail and some crazy, roll to vee to concave, bottom curves.

It caught waves and glided across sub knee high lumps like my 9'6". All though I needed to surf it gingerly, it could turn easily, at low speeds, on even the smallest, most gutless, waves. Months later, I had a "Green Foam" recycled foam, fish blank in my shape room and The New York Times came to do a story on "Green foam". I proceeded to shape the blank by hand (with my planer) while they filmed and shot photos for the story. Using no templates or measurements of any kind, I attacked the 6'0" blank like a high school sculpture project.... All the time thinking about that strange board I had ridden months prior.

The blank was pretty thin, so I left the deck flat. It's really wide, so I didn't want any concave. Looking for ridiculous glide, but demanding aggressive turning, I left it really straight rockered, but did a little flip out the back. I made it a strong bump, diamond tail. In place of the twin keels, and hoping for a positive, reliable feeling, I chose to make it a quad, and used a Future Fins, split keel, concept fin we have been playing with as the template. It sat in my room for months. Finally, I fine tuned it and got it glassed.

The board you see here is that board. It's about 6'0" x 22" x 2.5 full". I rode it only once. It's the easiest board I have ever ridden in waves I would normally only bother with on a long board. It catches anything and does full rail roundhouse cutbacks on 10" high lumps of water. I haven't made a second one yet. But if you like the way it looks, and want a truly unique and extreme small wave tool to keep you off that log, then think about custom ordering one of these. I guarantee you won't be let down.

BOARD SIZES COMING SOON

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!