SHAPER
Michael Baron

SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS
It kinda felt like the board had too much area in the tail to be a high performance grovel board; it paddles really nice and the rocker feels really good. I felt like if I tweaked the fins a little, it might end up being a good board in real waves. It's kinda short, so you can fit in tighter spots in hollow waves like Puerto, where you can take off later and under the lip and still get barreled. And if you remember to stay back on the fins, it still responds like a normal board. That's the whole theory with the tow boards -- once you're on the wave you don't need much board.

IDEAL CONDITIONS
Initially made for super small Japan, but it works great in super hollow, clean surf up to about six feet.

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