YO that epoxy 5'4 B5 with the jet tail that one of the Campbell Brothers posted on their IG looks amazing. Ad 2-3' and I'd DD that.
REMINDER: THE ARENA PLATFORM, INC. has no obligation to monitor the Forums. However, THE ARENA PLATFORM, INC. reserves the right to review any materials submitted to or posted on the Forums, and remove, delete, redact or otherwise modify such materials, in its sole discretion and for any reason whatsoever, at any time and from time to time, without notice or further obligation to you. THE ARENA PLATFORM, INC. has no obligation to display or post any materials provided by you. THE ARENA PLATFORM, INC. reserves the right to disclose, at any time and from time to time, any information or materials that we deem necessary or appropriate to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, contract obligation, legal or dispute process or government request. Click on the following hyperlinks to further read the applicable Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Bonzer daily driver
- Thread starter One-Off
- Start date
to me they seem kind of specialized not really a groveler for mush but more of a high performance board which takes it out of the daily driver realm depending on the waves you surf.
Surfed a friends original three fin version in the 70's, the one that had the big bonzer words printed in the bottom channels. That and the concaved deck G&S waterskate were the two most advanced designs I saw at a time when everyone was riding beak nosed single fins from brewer/lopez/parrish.
And many years later in the early 90's i picked up one of Davey Miller's old mini swallow 5 fins shaped by rawson. It was very fast but tended to pivot off the brewer center than a thruster but I like how they drove like a single than the hip shimmy shake multi staged turn that thrusters required.
In the 2000's I got a used Malcom 9'0 5 fin but it was a little too heavy and not enough rocker for my liking.
They are still really good boards and it's an iconic design
Surfed a friends original three fin version in the 70's, the one that had the big bonzer words printed in the bottom channels. That and the concaved deck G&S waterskate were the two most advanced designs I saw at a time when everyone was riding beak nosed single fins from brewer/lopez/parrish.
And many years later in the early 90's i picked up one of Davey Miller's old mini swallow 5 fins shaped by rawson. It was very fast but tended to pivot off the brewer center than a thruster but I like how they drove like a single than the hip shimmy shake multi staged turn that thrusters required.
In the 2000's I got a used Malcom 9'0 5 fin but it was a little too heavy and not enough rocker for my liking.
They are still really good boards and it's an iconic design
That's what I'm trying to avoid.
Don't need a groveler. Under waist high and I'm probably grabbing a longer board. It's the waist high to a foot or two overhead range that calls for a DD. Above that and South Bay beaches close out ( they're actually almost always closed out) and I move over to the reefs and use a completely different board.
Last edited: