I found this used on Gumtree here in Oz and had just snapped a CI fever. I’d heard good things about Jonny’s boards and thy looked different so I thought I’d take a chance on it.
Dimensions: 6’1 x 19 3/8? x 2 9/16 @31.4L
Rounded squash tail with really rounded corners - sort of between a squash and a round tail
Foil: quite thin at the nose, blending to fairly generous under the chest. the foil on the lower portion of the board is unlike anything else I’ve ridden in a HPSB - it carries generous thickness through the tail.
Rail profile: fairly normal for a HPSB, except it gets boxy from around the front fins right through the tail, so it carries the thickness from the foil right through.
Fins used: FCS Carvers (L)
Other interesting thing: the hard edge on the rail carries right through to around 12” forward of the front fins.
I’ve ridden this 4 times in waves ranging from head high to almost DOH, both wind and ground swells, offshore and raging onshore. The best way to to describe this board it is ”stable”. It surfs like a HPSB without the common twitchy feeling. For some reason, it feels really solid when hitting the lip and during landings. It’s strange, it’s almost like the stability of a stubby board with a higher wave range sweet spot - I reckon it needs head high to be best, and it easily held almost DOH.
Honestly, it’s so different to a normal HPSB that I’m loving it at the moment. Perhaps I will find some drawbacks in the future but at this stage I’m very happy. I haven’t ridden it in true barrels yet but will report back on it if there’s anything interesting.
Dimensions: 6’1 x 19 3/8? x 2 9/16 @31.4L
Rounded squash tail with really rounded corners - sort of between a squash and a round tail
Foil: quite thin at the nose, blending to fairly generous under the chest. the foil on the lower portion of the board is unlike anything else I’ve ridden in a HPSB - it carries generous thickness through the tail.
Rail profile: fairly normal for a HPSB, except it gets boxy from around the front fins right through the tail, so it carries the thickness from the foil right through.
Fins used: FCS Carvers (L)
Other interesting thing: the hard edge on the rail carries right through to around 12” forward of the front fins.
I’ve ridden this 4 times in waves ranging from head high to almost DOH, both wind and ground swells, offshore and raging onshore. The best way to to describe this board it is ”stable”. It surfs like a HPSB without the common twitchy feeling. For some reason, it feels really solid when hitting the lip and during landings. It’s strange, it’s almost like the stability of a stubby board with a higher wave range sweet spot - I reckon it needs head high to be best, and it easily held almost DOH.
Honestly, it’s so different to a normal HPSB that I’m loving it at the moment. Perhaps I will find some drawbacks in the future but at this stage I’m very happy. I haven’t ridden it in true barrels yet but will report back on it if there’s anything interesting.
