blazer zap

5'9 x 19 1/4  x 2 1/2 and a widepoint pulled generously back.

A new prototype I've been excited about. Obviously inspired by Cheyne Horan and Geoff Mccoys Lazor Zap and experimentation with a pulled back widepoint. The idea for me with this board was creating that curve between my feet and experiment with surfing in a more stationary position. The tail width is around 16 1/2" - around the same width as my fishes and the idea was to create a fish alternative. So im getting a lot of that planing speed at the back end and ability to skim across flatter sections. The nose width at only 12 1/2" dramatically creates the "no nose" effect and adds very little swing weight and took a few sessions to get used to. Coming from not much of a modern shortboard thruster background, I am so used to an approach of utilizing a lot of my board - moving up and down to gain speed and turn - but I wanted to challenge myself to create something I could turn in one place and generate speed out of. Rocker is mellow not too much different then a modern fish, and although the center width is a hair over 19", the extreme width in the tail in combination with a flatter deck rocker seems to counter balance and keep this thing afloat and paddling very nice. Best results have been going backside. The curve where my feet are and minimal nose feel really natural and easy to hook on my backhand.

You can kind of see the hook and release im getting.
A bit of 'twang' with the flex fins.

Fins have been another part of the experimentation. Started with a more basic timmy patterson quad template and moved into using a Grennan boomerang fin and placing them as quads. The drive and"twang" Im getting out of the boomerangs feels like the right fin and path to keep going down on. I also have Greg Webber sending me a set of custom fins with a bit lower height and wider base on the front end to maintain the wide tail and his signature "extractor" rear fin.