“Surfing is life. A simple saying… one we take for granted when we start our surfing journey, but one that rings truer the longer we partake in our passion. Surfing truly is life.”

As we surf through the decades; maneuvers, take-offs and timely drop-ins become more challenging and sometimes difficult. We can make adjustments physically, do more yoga and stretching, and prepare better mentally, but what about our equipment?

I am thrilled to introduce my new model “The Master”. A board for those of us that still want to feel the glide, drive down the line, put our board on rail, and smile confidently after a clean roundhouse cutback.

After a conversation I had with Mickey Muñoz and Dennis Choate, Mickey pointed out that “as you go up in age your balance isn’t quite as good and your pop-up gets more difficult. So, your board needs to be wider for stability.”

Thinking that thought and grasping the idea, I went into the shaping room to rework one of my favorite shortboard outlines - a winged rounded squash. After adding 1” in width to the center and altering the nose and tail to balance the overall outline, I finalized the new plan shape. The outcome was a 7’2”, 15.25” nose, 23” wide, 16.50” tail, and 3.12” thick. The results in the water were nothing short of amazing, a total rebirth of joy.

The “outside the box thinking” resulted in a board that I’m confident will revitalize your stoke. It will bring your passion back to life regardless of age, injuries, or whatever decline in your surfing abilities you’re facing.

I’m recommending a size range from 7 feet to 9 feet, although I can take it down into the 6 foot range with some tweaking. Surfed best with a Thruster or 5-Fin set up, the Master features a short board rocker to allow the board to turn and be fast and loose.

The Master is not a mid-length or a fun board, it is a short board for people who want to recapture their surfing prime and have the right tool to do it.