Entropy Resins & Sports

Hess Lola Quad in Super Sap Epoxy Resin

2010-03-03T00:36:00.000-08:00

Danny's Lola Quad model, glassed in Entropy's Super Sap bio-epoxy resin. Bamboo glass on fins hand foiled by Larry Allison from ProBox Hawaii. Danny's boards are hand built in San Francisco, CA. and made from Poplar, Cork, reclaimed Cedar and Redwood, with an EPS foam core. This board is a 6'4" and came out at 8.5 lbs w/ fins.

Surf Sap - High Gloss Polish

2009-11-08T23:30:00.000-08:00

Our latest in sustainable epoxy systems, Surf Sap. Ideal for surfboard production and other wet layup applications requiring low color, fast, ambient cure, and easy workabilty. Also polishes to a high gloss finish.

12' SUPs for Kukio

2009-10-30T15:27:00.000-07:00

We built these behemoth paddleboards for the Kukio Club on the Big Island of Hawaii. 12' x 31" x 4 5/8". Features: Bamboo & FSC certified Maple Deck Veneers, Entropy's Super Sap Epoxy (Pine based Bio-Epoxy) Lamination. Vent plugs and handles.

Biolos bio-epoxy board for Jeremy Sherwin

2009-10-09T23:50:00.001-07:00

A 6'0" Wardo shaped by Matt Biolos for Jeremy Sherwin. A special experimental bio-epoxy resin & glassing by Entropy. Pro-Box fins.

Glen Kennedy / Entropy Collab

2009-07-30T23:31:00.000-07:00

Veteran Shaper, and all-around nice guy, Glen Kennedy shaped this 9'4" performance noserider for our friend, Greg Horwitz. We did the bioboard bamboo treatment to the deck and glassed it in our latest version of the bio-epoxy, specifically geared toward production glassing.......

Bioboard review from ZSS's Kai Sanson

2009-06-10T16:00:00.000-07:00

Stoked to have built this 9'0" whip for "LA's best Surf Instructor" (by LA weekly), Kai Sanson of Zuma Surf and Swim Training. Lucky for us the board surfed really well for Kai. Here's some of the nice things he had to say:

http://www.zsstraining.com/files/c1860ffbb559d86f3f6aac03bb039df6-16.html

Thanks Kai!

Introducing the Alaia Lite - By Gary Young

2009-05-21T23:10:00.000-07:00

Okay, so maybe Alaias are the new SUP. Yet another hawaiian wave sliding form has been adapted and evolved to fit modern surfing. Tom Wegener was announced Shaper of the Year for 2009 by Surfing Magazine, for his reintroduction of the ancient hawaiian board. You Tube videos of pros and everyday surfers ripping on these 1" thick planks are now populating the internet faster than Starbucks in a strip mall. But how hard is it to surf one of these, let alone paddle into a wave?

Actually, it's kinda hard.

Enter the "Alaia-Lite". Our friend and shaper from the Big Island, Gary Young, came up with this version of an eco-tech, high-performance Alaia. Gary, aka the godfather of compsand construction, has been building sandwich construction boards long before Surftech created the "Tuflite". The Alaia-Lite has a foam core, wood sandwich construction, made of locally harvested and reclaimed wood from Hawaii. No fiberglass is used whatsoever. All-in, a 6'6" weighs as little as 6 lbs, shedding much weight from its solid wood cousins.

The goal here was to make an Alaia that would actually float, making paddling and wave catching a little easier. Alaias open up a whole new approach to surfing. They're finless, which means you can go really fast, making sections and surfing in shallows. Surf it laying down, standing up.....crappy beach breaks, super fast points, small lake waves. You'll have fun no matter what the condition.

Entropy is stoked to offer Gary's Alaia-Lites here in California. Get in touch, and we'll hook you up, or let you demo one.

Carve Designs / Title 9 Contest Board

2009-05-21T22:38:00.000-07:00

Here's a handshape we did for our friends at Carve Designs and Title Nine for a special online contest. 7'4" x 20" x 2 3/4". Custom fabric inlay from their swimsuits came out looking killer.

Thanks Ladies!

Feedback from Dave Rastovich

2008-11-21T07:04:00.000-08:00

Just to recap: legendary free surfer, Dave Rastovich was generous enough to test a "Nomad" shape bioboard in Indo. Back in July of this past summer, we drove down to meet Dave in the dark moonlit parking lot of a local mexican restaurant in Leucadia, CA. We talked shop for a couple hours with Dave about boards, materials, and shared construction ideas. He's very informed and knowledgable when it comes to board construction and has put some serious thought into what he rides. So for us, he was one of the most ideal testers to see what our boards could do.

Dave was able to share his feedback with us after his month long jaunt in Indo. We're glad he liked the board.....here's some of the positive words he had to say:

"Just got home from Indo- had many sessions on the board .... Weight feels great! The buoyancy of the sugar foam in the water is a little more than standard PU foam, though not as buoyant as Extruded Styrofoam etc.. I felt the foam was a great buoyancy for me.

Strength was great, very few depressions on the deck from my feet, which is great, cause I usually put my feet through boards that aren't strong. Also, I rode the board at 6 ft Macaroni's, 8ft plus HT's and 5ft Kandui. These were all days that were very powerful and hollow, I didn't come out of lots of tubes and the board never broke. So I feel that the foam is quite strong in that regard as I really put it to the test over there......

SHAPE- The board went super fast. It was a little slow to throw around when hitting the lip, but down the line it went very fast and held a strong line. There is a little extra weight and size than I am used to so I think that is what made it feel a little slow off the top. Though in the tube, down the line, off the bottom and through cutbacks the board felt strong, responsive and fast.

All round I am stoked on it and feel you guys have something that is successful.....

Talk soon guys. Stoked on the craft. I will send through a shot or two...

dr "

Thanks to Dave for sharing his thoughts and helping us progress!

Entropy on Extreme Scence, KNBR 1050 AM radio

2008-10-19T01:09:00.000-07:00

Desi and I did a fun little interview on the Extreme Scene Radio show with hosts/pro athletes Cyrus Saatsaz, Steve Blankenship, and Omar Etchevery. Super cool and entertaining guys. Desi even got to hang out and talk throughout the show. Much thanks to the Extreme Scene guys for helping us get the word out!

Extreme Scene page: http://theextremescene.com/node/92

click here to launch iTunes and download the free podcasts (see Oct 18th, Segments 1-4): http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=268150014

Hess / Entropy Collab @ Sacred Craft Show, Oct. 11 & 12

2008-10-03T00:42:00.000-07:00

We're honored and stoked that Danny Hess included us in a project for this year's Sacred Craft show. Danny is a renowned craftsman / surfer / environmentalist who has been building beautiful wooden surfboards long before green was in.

He built this little thruster from all sustainable and salvaged woods. We're glassing the board and his hand foiled bamboo fins with our bio-epoxy. It's being auctioned off for charity. Come check it out at Sacred Craft in Del Mar, CA. on Oct 11 & 12. http://www.surfboardshow.com/

Also pictured is a 6'4" version of the Nomad we had built for Rasta to demo. Bamboo inlay.

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Update: Here's the feedback we got from Danny about the collaborative board we glassed for him (10/29/09):

"I've really been impressed with the resin. Impressive impact strength and elongation. I've been loaning this demo board out for the last couple years. It's been to Japan and Indo. Not a single pressure ding or ding of any kind. "

Under the Sun Movie

2008-10-02T23:14:00.000-07:00

We recently co-sponsored Cyrus Sutton's new surf documentary tour called "Under the Sun". Cyrus is a really talented surfer/artist/director who's been doing some really great stuff both in and out of the surf scene. His latest movie documents the dichotomy of two surf regions in Australia....Byron Bay and the Gold Coast. Check it out: http://www.underthesunsurfmovie.com/

Here's a cool little flextail we glassed for Cyrus and his shaper, Jake Moss (Moss Research Surfboards). We glassed it in our signature Eco-System construction: Ice-9 Sugar Foam, organic hemp deck patch, and bio-epoxy resin.

If you happen to be going to the Sacred Craft show this month, they'll be screening Cyrus' movie throughout the weekend.

Entropy featured in Forbes Magazine

2008-10-01T22:43:00.000-07:00

A writeup about Entropy in the Entrepreneur section of the Sept'08 issue of Forbes magazine.

http://www.forbes.com/business/forbes/2008/0901/058.html

Bioboard put to the test in Tavarua

2008-10-01T22:19:00.000-07:00

Here's our take on the ever popular bat tail quad.....bioboard style!
Dims: 6'5" x 19 1/2" x 2 5/8"
Weight 6.5 lbs.

Ice9 Cane Formula foam, Hemp deck patch, Bioepoxy lamination. We installed the Pro-Box fin boxes (w/ adjustable fin cant) setup with Futures Vector II's Scimitar 451 fins (Thanks to Larry Allison).

This board wound up going with our friend Jay Robertson from the Big Island of Hawaii on his 2 week jaunt to Tavarua. Although this shape was more geared toward mushy, smaller wave punting, it got put to the test in heaving overhead barrels anyway. Jay said he was really amazed by the board's durability and passed it around to friends. Lucky for us, prolific surf photog and Tavarua pioneer, Tom Servais, was there to capture Jay getting some insane cover-ups (see above photos).

Here's what one of his friends from Oahu, Dolan, had to say about it:

"..... I rode the quad fin you gave Jay and was impressed with the construction quality and design. The board was a bit wide in the tail for me and the barreling waves we had but rode fast and was able to turn it in the critical turns, again the tail made hard turns a bit difficult but that may have been because we had such good fast waves....What I can tell you is my overall impression of the materials. I am very impressed with the materials you're using and was talking it up within our group. The board was light and stiff and had a overall good aesthetic appeal. I recall seeing absolutely no deck pressures after a week of surfing hollow waves and hard turns. The material is strong and light. As an environmentally-oriented person I am willing to sacrifice a little bit of flex in the blank in order to have a more environmentally sustainabale board that is not toxic and will last longer than the typical polyester board. I have a bunch of old boards under the house I never surf because they are old beat up and have huge pressures on the deck and the like. I would much rather have a couple of good boards that last a long time. "

Bioboards for Dave

2008-08-06T23:09:00.000-07:00

We recently built a couple of bio-boards for pro surfer and enviro-activist Dave Rastovich. These swallow tail quads were hand built by shaper/glasser DJ Dreiling and myself, specifically for Dave's recent trip to Indo where he really gets to push the limits of shapes and materials. Both boards use Ice9's Cane formula foam, and Pro-Box boxes. The one on the left was glassed with our bio-epoxy and fiberglass (2x4 oz glass deck, 4 oz glass bottom). The one on the right (green laps) was glassed in our "Eco-System" style of board building (vac bag 4.7 hemp + 2x4 glass deck, 4 oz glass bottom). Chris and I personally met up with Dave to hand off the board and share ideas about surfboards and sustainable materials. Dave was really gracious about our efforts, and we hope he'll give us some good feedback upon his return. Stay tuned.

Bio-Epoxy Resin now at www.entropyresins.com

2008-06-10T23:16:00.000-07:00

UPDATE: We are now selling our bio-based epoxy resins through WWW.ENTROPYRESINS.COM . Please go there for more information on our sustainable epoxy system.

Thanks!!!

-Rey Banatao

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9'1" Bomber Bioboard

2008-05-06T03:02:00.000-07:00

Brought the 9'1" Bomber Bioboard up to Ventura while a little south swell was in town. Tom Jina took her out for a spin and got some fun waves.

6'3" Bioboard

2008-04-22T23:31:00.000-07:00

6'3" version of "the One" shape in our Eco-System construction. An all-rounder performance board glassed in our Hemp & BioEpoxy formulation.

Aron took it out today on a mushy, grovely morning in 1-3 ft El Porto. Not ideal conditions for a shortboard, but he still caught a few waves. The Eco-System construction is more flexible than regular EPS/Epoxy boards. Aron's feedback was that the board has plenty of drive and was lively.....more to come.

Aron on 6'3" EPS/Epoxy "the One"

2008-04-17T00:12:00.000-07:00

A small, mushy day at Sunset back in March. Aron putting his 6'3" to work.

1st Annual Entropy Camp & Surf at Jalama

2008-04-08T01:07:00.000-07:00

A killer springtime drive up the 101 led to a weekend of camping, surfing, grilling, eating, and dodging 30+ knot winds in Jalama Beach, CA. Thanks to everyone for sticking through and testing the Entropy boards in some of the worst conditions possible. Definitely a memorable weekend, but fun nonetheless. Thanks also to Luki and Brian for braving the wind, cold, and sandblasting to snap many of these shots.

the 6'6" Utility

2008-02-25T22:53:00.000-08:00

Recently built 2 versions of the Utility shape. An EPS/Epoxy version, built for Wil of OneL Productions, uses our latest carbon-fuzed epoxy resin. As you can see, we are now able to get the resin to be bright white, rather than the previous black.

The bioboard version is glassed in 100% organic hemp and a bio-epoxy resin partially derived from plant materials. Given the camo look, I'm calling this one the "Eco-warrior" in honor of Suneil who we originally designed the shape for. Suneil also happens to be a real eco-warrior for The Nature Conservancy.

Dims:6'6"x20_1/2"x2_5/8"

My Homebreak away from Home

2008-02-16T18:29:00.000-08:00

There's nothing better than surfing your homebreak on a good swell. Yeah, other spots may be bigger, more hollow, less crowded .... whatever. There's a spot in Hawaii (sorry I can't say exactly where) that we've been visiting for the past few years and there's this super-fickle reefbreak that only goes off on a BIG swell and in the narrowest of swell windows. In the years past, it always seems we just seem to miss the swells that make this place go off, so we usually have to find other spots to surf. Well, this time we finally got lucky and our visit was timed perfectly with a nice sized Hawaiian swell (i.e. North Shore was double to triple OH). This swell was able to wrap through for some fun-sized shoulder-head high surf, all day on friday.

I was able to test our 6'8" bio-epoxy/hemp board which made the quick pitching drops nicely. The EPS core keeps this board fairly light given the bio-glassing treatment and was super maneuverable and loose. Being a regular foot, I'm never great at surfing backhand. So we left this board with some friends who are full-time watermen and truly believe in the boards we're making. We're hoping they can give the bioboard a run for its money in some pure Hawaiian juice. Looking forward to hearing what they have to say. Thanks to the O.P. crew for helping us out with some R&D!
Saturday, the swell declined fast so we took to the SUPs for some fun, knee-high lefts. We rode the S.O.S. (Sean Ordonez Shapes) 11'11 and 10'10 Big Red and Big Blue shapes. Really versatile SUP shapes that can be surfed off the tail. http://www.sosshapes.com/2006/home.html

By Sunday, it was flat, so we took to the 6 man canoes, and were able to see and HEAR a group of humpbacks who had been hanging out off the coast for the past few weeks. Truly an incredible experience, especially to hear them communicate. Here's one our cousin Pete caught on his camera. Thanks to Danny for the paddle out.

Bioboards at ISPO 2008

2008-02-12T02:31:00.001-08:00

Got back last week from Munich, Germany where I spent the week at the ISPO 2008 Show to represent the prototype bioboards we designed and built. We're happy to say the boards were a hit and were nominated as a finalist for two awards, the Brand New Award and the Volvo EcoDesign Award. ISPO is pretty much the biggest sporting goods show in the world.... kinda like ASR on steroids. Everything and everyone in the action sports community was there, from pro-athletes to manufacturers to brands to concepts, complete with Euro-style fashion shows. Got lots of good feedback from the European action sports community, including many German river surfers. Even pro-snowboarder and new enviro-spokesperson for Rossignol, Jeremy Jones, stopped by and wished us luck. The Volvo EcoDesign Award was an impressive all-day event, with seminars and an Oscars-type awards show. We were honored to have been nominated for the boardsports category, alongside well-known brands like Arbor and Salomon. Below, you can see our board sitting atop a Firewire board. We were up against big companies with big budgets, so we really appreciate the ISPO and Volvo committees for recognizing our effort.

http://www.ispo-sportsdesign.com/award/categories/board-equipment.html

The reception for the concept boards was great and I got to hang out with some really cool folks, especially the guys from Finisterre, Folha Seca, and Kapitol Reef who were also nominated for the same awards. Finisterre makes some dope eco-conscious technical outerwear geared for the surfer. Cool vibe to their brand as well. Folha Seca is a Brazilian crew who designed a biodegradable skateboard using an open source approach to ecodesign.

Stay tuned!

Hello World Wide Web. 6'8" Riki Pro

2007-12-19T07:00:00.000-08:00

The Riki Pro 6'8" was hand delivered to me personally by Rey back in may of 07'. Since then it was force fed to the open water's of ocean beach. The board handled the power of the beast that is O.B. (a few scar's and grazes tell a slightly different story for me however).

P.S Just got the 7'6" from Suneil yesterday and had fun at Fort Point.

Go Bears

6'2" Bioboard Fish (aka Anti Turdfish)

2007-10-26T14:13:00.000-07:00

Dims:6'2"x21_5/8"x2_11/16"
Core: Biofoam
Glassing: Resin Research Epoxy, Bottom Bamboo, Deck Bamboo w/ Bamboo deck patch

We wanted to evaluate the bamboo glassing kit made by Greenlight Surf Supply, an eco-friendly surfboard supply company. The kit came with a DVD that went into great detail regarding how to glass using their bamboo cloth, which is similar to t-shirt material. The process is pretty involved and time consuming, with many additional steps when compared to glassing by traditional fiberglass methods. The boards come out slightly on the heavy side, as the cloth really likes to soak up resin. Interestingly, the cloth is streched taught over the boards, which supposedly create tension in the laminate. The boards seem pretty tough. Kudos to Greenlight for providing a "green" alternative to normal fiberglass.

6'1" Flying Fish a.k.a Nanofish

2007-10-01T16:32:00.000-07:00

Dims:6'1"x21_7/8"x2_3/4"
Core: Austin Foam EPS
Glassing: Carbon-Fuzed Epoxy, Bottom 6 oz., Deck 6+4 oz

This one was glassed in a new resin formulation we're testing.

6'1" Modern fish (aka Turdfish)

2007-09-04T20:43:00.000-07:00

Dims: 6'1"x21_7/8"x2_3/4"
Core: Austin Foam EPS
Glassing Schedule: Resin Research Epoxy, Bottom 6 oz., Deck 6+4 oz.

Neil and I sat down and designed this one together on APS3000 for LA type crappy surf. Custom graphics by Neil and Luki provide a statement about the sad current state of affairs in Santa Monica Bay. Optional quad setup but may go best as a twin.

Quad

2007-09-04T17:59:00.000-07:00

Quad
DIMS:5'9_1.2"x18_11/16"x2_1/4"
Rider: Shayne, 5'8" 160 lbs.

(EPS/Epoxy version)
Core: Austin Foam EPS
Glassing Schedule: Carbon-Fuzed Epoxy, Bottom 4+4 oz., Deck 4+4 oz.

(PU/PE version)
Core: Surfblanks Australia - green density
Glassing Schedule: Polyester resin, Bottom 4+4 oz., Deck 4+4 oz.

Like many of the popular quads floating around today. A fast small to med wave board and for aerials. Also made one out of PU/PE and same glassing schedule for comparison. Shayne definitely preferred the EPS/Epoxy in terms of liveliness and drive.

6'0" Hemp Biofoam Shortboard

2007-09-04T17:32:00.000-07:00

DIMS:6'0"_x_18_15/16"_x_2_3/16"
Rider: Aron, 6'0" 180 lbs.
Core: Homeblown Biofoam
Glassing Schedule: Epoxy, Bottom 6oz hemp, Deck 6oz hemp + 6oz hemp Deck Patch

Aron could throw it around in small wave conditions and liked the flex and drive of the board. He's banged on this hemp board pretty well, and it's survived. Even the leash plug is made of biodegradable plastic from Greenlight Surf Supply.

7'6" Super Egg (aka Aquapussy)

2007-06-19T15:28:00.000-07:00

Dims:7'6"x22_3/16"x2_15/16"
Core:EPS
Glassing: Epoxy, Bottom 6+4, Deck 6+6 +4oz Deck Patch
Deck Art: Rey

Had fun shaping this one. A big guys' funshape, or a mini-longboard for the smaller guy.

Feedback from Oz Dude, 6'6" Shortboard

2007-06-07T11:46:00.000-07:00

I had the 6'6 in Australia. I only rode it on the 3 or 4 days that it was overhead (kind of a step-up board for me) but it worked great. I need to ride it a bit more in some decent size surf to get a feel for it... feedback to come.

I leant the board to a ripper in Australia. He really liked the board and got some good barrels. His criticism was that the front rails were a bit unforgiving.

My little bro is going to surf it a bit... I'll let you know what he thinks...

Aidan

6'8" Shortboard (aka Riki Pro)

2007-06-05T23:49:00.001-07:00

DIMS:6'8"x19_3/4"x2_3/8"
Core: EPS
Glassing Schedule for LT Version: Carbon-Fuzed Epoxy, Bottom 6, Deck 6+6
Glassing Schedule for XT Version: Carbon-Fuzed Epoxy, Bottom 6+6, Deck 6+6+4

Board was designed to be a big man's all around shortboard for small to OH conditions ala Clarke Tamariki, hence the name. This board was glassed in both a heavy (XT) and lighter (LT) schedule to see how the 2 extremes held up under Clarke's feet. Clarke was an All-American water polo player at Cal, and is now a regular at Ocean Beach. Clarke lives to surf, and the combination of him ( 6'4" 225+ lbs) surfing heavy Ocean Beach makes for a good test pilot for our durability.

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Light (LT) version made it to Chile w/ Suneil Thomas. See link to Shayne Ferber's photos.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferber/sets/72157600289907417/show/

Here's Suneil's quote: "Those photos are great. Such an amazing story too. Vasco hadn't really surfed in like 5 years (he grew up in Marin and used to be pretty good). He was totally struggling on these crappy Surftechs and then got on the Riki Pro and started crushing it. He can be Entropy's "Jarred" from Subway story."

6'6" Shortboard

2007-06-05T22:53:00.000-07:00

Dims:6'6"x19_3/8"x2_5/16"
Glassing: Carbon-Fuzed Epoxy, Bottom 6, Deck 6+4

This board was a featured product at the 2007 JEC composites show and was a hit w/ all the materials geeks. More importantly, another copy of this board was handed off to Aidan for an Oz trip. Here's his initial feedback:

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Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 15:29:46 -0700
From: "Aidan Raney"
To: "Desi Banatao"
Subject: OzFest

Yo Team ERL,

Hope all is well up there... things couldn't be better down here. Oz has been a great - I've gotten some great surf, probably the best surf trip I've ever been on. I rode the "black beauty" ERL at Lennox Point in solid 6' surf the last couple days. Lennox is such a freaking good wave, long right hander with really big barrels. The board worked great... it's especially useful to have a strong board the wave is heavy and the paddle out is crazy. It's all rocks with no easy way out, and I lose some serious flesh out there every time I surf.

I've been hanging out with this guy who used to be a pro surfer, and now makes surf films and documentaries. Really good guy and ripper surfer, knows everyone down here. He's been riding the ERL board and loves it... he got a huge barrel on it yesterday at this beachbreak nearby. He would be a good guy to know for your australia connection. I tried explaining that the resin uses carbon to make it stronger... he shows it to some other guy and is like "hey, check out this carbon fiber board." I don't think they got it...

I'll try to get some pics going...

Aidan

6'6" Hybrid Fish

2007-06-05T21:30:00.000-07:00

Dims:6'6"x20_1/2"x2_5/8"
Core: Austin Foam EPS
Glassing Schedule: Bottom 6+4, Deck 6+6+4

Easy paddling, maneuverable fish hybrid.

This is the first prototype we built using a new epoxy resin. The resin has some cosmetic issues that need to be worked out.
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This is Suneil's feedback after a recent Costa Rica trip.
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Hey man. I just got back from costa and am checking this...despite the looks, the board is f#%*ing sick! Total hit. Costa dream board. Me and my two friends (big, decent surfers) basically fought over that thing. I ran into a guy who had a quiver of similar boards. He was amped on the thing too.

Even with the heavy glass job it flies! Can't wait to try it with a quad and lighter glass. The shape is a winner though. I rode it everything from mushy point waves to heavy overhead beach break pits. It never bogged which is pretty amazing for a fish.

Late,

Suneil

A.S. 6'0" Shorty V2

2007-06-05T20:55:00.000-07:00

Dims: 5' 11 3/4" x 18 5/16" x 2 3/16"
Glassing Schedule: Carbon-Fuzed Epoxy, Bottom 6+4, Deck 6+6+4
Rider: Aron, 6'0", 180 lbs.
Skill: Advanced

Another shortboard for Aron. Fuller shape than version 1.0. More volume where it counts to ideally paddle better. Full template for smooth carving. Designed for summer time So Cal surf. This one was glassed "XT" (Xtra Tuff) to see how far we can go with durability and stiffness.

6'0" A.S. High Performance

2007-02-08T00:35:00.000-08:00

Dimensions: 6'0" x 18 1/4" x 2 3/16"
Rider: Aron, 6'0", 180 lbs.
Skill: Advanced
Glassing: Carbon-Fuzed Epoxy, 6 oz deck, 6 oz bottom

Standard short board plug. Full rails. For knee to head high conditions. Designed for our buddy, Aron, who used to compete in NSSA.

This board is also one of the first prototypes we've built using a carbon additive in the epoxy. We're currently doing R&D with engineers at U.C. Berkeley to try and understand the benefits of the material.

7'7" Funshape

2007-02-07T23:08:00.000-08:00

Dimensions: 7'7" x 23" x 3"
Single fin, 6+4 oz deck, 6 oz bottom.