the Plank

THE PLANK- When it's really small and mushy you can forget the long board. Originally inspired after trying a friend’s "Mini Simmons" twin keel, retro board in knee high lumps. The board was fast and fun, but I couldn’t really lay into it. Motivated to do better, I hand shaped a "Green Foam" recycled  fish blank and attacked the 6'0"  blank like a high school sculpture project.... keeping in mind the unique glide of that “Simmons”. The blank was pretty thin, so I left the deck flat. It's really wide, so no 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, wanting a more reliable feeling, I chose to make it a quad, and used a Future Fins solid glass fin we have been playing with as the template. That first “Plank” was about 6'0" x 22" x 2.5” full, and was the easiest board I have ever ridden in waves I would normally only bother with on a long board. The “Plank” catches anything and does full rail roundhouse cutbacks on 10" high lumps of water. 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.

STOCK DIMS (WITH CUBIC VOLUME IN LITERS): This chart serves as a general guide to what our various models will look like in a retail setting.  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 PLANK/UBERPLANK -  5’4 19.50 2.13 (26.0cl) 5’6 20.00 2.25 (29.2cl) - 5’8 20.50 2.38  (32.7cl) – 510 21.00 2.50 (36.38cl) – 6’0 22.00 2.63 41.4cl) – 6’2 22.50 2.66 (44.2cl) – 6’4 22.75 2.75 (47.7cl)