It’s perfect….it’s a perfect board….
I still have never caught a rail on this thing.

It’s fast. It’s epic. I can do anything I want
and it doesn’t catch a rail.

I can tell you’re a perfectionist when you shape a board,
because every board I’ve had from you has been perfect.

Danny Estes, 5′11″, 175 lb., Ventura, CA
6′1″ x 18 1/2″ x 2 1/4″ Groveler IV.p [performance rocker]

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AWESOME………

Thank you gang. Im going to have some fun with this board.
Todd you really nailed it. Hope you like the finished pic.
This board is sweet.
I’m blown away.

Mike Flahive, New Hampshire
Custom Surfboard: Proctor Big Gun  12′0″ x 23″ x 3 3/4″

Todd,

I bought a 6′ 10″ x 21″ x 3″ Big Chief back in April.  I was not able to get it out for a while due to a new baby and flat surf.  I finally got it out in some pretty small stuff a few weeks ago.  Although I was pretty out of paddling shape (my wife having 2 little girls in three years has slowed me down),

I really liked how the board paddled and took off.  I  am super happy with it!  It makes it even better knowing how much pride you take in your work.

Thank You

Chad, Crystal River, FL
Custom Big Chief  6′10″ x 21″ x 3″ squash tail

hey todd and charissa,

sorry i havent sent any thing back in a while been bizzy.

the board is insane by far the best board i’ve ever ridden! i took it out on a good day and the thing just went mental i couldnt believe it thank you so much.

i look forward to ordering more boards from u guys in the future…
thanks again for everything

Kurt Ravenfeld, Pennsylvania
Custom Surfboard: 6′2″ x 19″ x 2 1/4″ Groveler IV.p - Rounded Squash tail

Hey Todd and Charissa,

I got the board yesterday and was psyched to see the sickest looking board ever on my couch. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to use it until today and even though it missed the best part of this fun little jersey swell we had, I did get to ride it all morning on the tail end of the swell, in waist high and glassy surf. I was very happy to find that the board backed up it’s sick looks in the water.

After only my first ride I realized that your on to something special over there in Ventura.

Everything seems effortless and flowing on my new board, from the takeoff all the way to the kickout. It definitely helps me throughout every single one of my turns, I can kind of feel it finishing off my roundhouse for me, which is pretty sick seeing as I’ve been working on it for months on my old board and now I can finally get it all the way around in one smooth motion.

On some of the bigger sets, I could actually feel this flex thing you were talking about, almost as if the board was slinging me through the turns,

especially when I really put some power into it (powerful for the 125 pound ME that is). It’s fast but not too fast where I’m out in the flats, and it paddles and rides like a dream. Plus its really light, which is awesome because I’m too light to be handling a PU the way I can handle this one. I couldn’t have asked for more.
This was my first experience ordering a custom board, and I was very very surprised. I went in expecting to ask for a board model and dimensions and any other specifications and that’s it. As evidenced by over 20 emails between myself and you, this was a very interpersonal project, with input and suggestions from both sides.

Honestly, this “talk to the shaper” thing is no baloney.

You said that I’d be stoked on a

……..magic Groveler IV.p……. well, Todd, I am.

Thanks so much for your time and effort,

Robert Crane, 15, New Jersey
Custom Proxy epoxy 5′11″ x 18 3/8″ x 2 3/16″ Groveler IV.p [performance]
rounded squash tail
Future EA fins

P.S. I’ll write back when I get the board in some real surf, but that may not be for a while out here in Jersey.

Hey Todd,

Since were payin the price for all the nice surf in July, just thought I’d thank you again for the board. This time, however, I have some nice pictures from some of the fun little swells we’ve had. Thanks again for the board,

it goes so great in all the conditions I’ve tried it in.

Enjoy the rest of the summer out in Ventura,

Hope its not as flat as here.

Robert Crane

To the Proctors,

thank you for a unreal lil’ rascal. Got the board mid morning and unpacked it and found pro packing was used,no damage.

Surf was 3-5ft point break weak windswell and board was making sections and carving in ways that I could not believe.

You can feel the concaves working right off the bat and thickness to the advantage of speed and flow.

I will be ordering another one very soon.

Cheers, Chris Stanger
Custom Proctor Lil’ Rascal: 5′9″ x 19 5/8″ x 2 /38″

Visit the Lil’ Rascal in the Proctor Board Shop

The Proctor Flexible Epoxy boards are the best quality surf board I have ever ridden and the board Todd shaped is the sickest looking board in my quiver. Soon I will have an all Flex Epoxy Proctor quiver.

P.S. I think the epoxy feels better than the old school poly’s.

Welcome to the next generation. They may well be the most heavy duty premium board on the market.

Steven Meade , 26, Gulf Shores, AL
Custom Proctor Epoxy “PROXY” Surfboard: 6′10″ x 21″ x 3″ Big Chief Squash Tail

surfboard review: custom epoxy big guy shortboards, grovelers

Hey Todd,

Well Todd what can I say the board that you shaped for me is

everything that I could have wanted and truly is a magic board!

The air brush work turned out great and I really like the gun metal grey color of the board. The board is a rocket Todd! I find myself being able to surf the wave top to bottom and really link turns together where before I was always looking for speed this board gains speed through every turn. The fact that the board is is so light, strong, and precise blows my mind.

After surfing my magic board that you shaped, I feel like I have been stuck surfing in the 80’s!

Your boards and the technology that you are incorporating into the flexible epoxy is amazing! I am sold to say the least and I do not hesitate to show and educate my friends and folks that I work with about your boards and how far a head of the rest that you shapes are!

The reason it took so long to reply to you and give you some feed back is because the waves have really been lacking on the southeast coast of NC. We are all really disappointed that we have yet to get a real winter swell! It has not been bigger than a very weak head high wave. I cannot wait to get the board into some waves with a little more juice behind them so that I can let loose! Don’t get me wrong even in the small crap knee - waist I can surf the board no problem! The swells that we have been getting are usually waist to shoulder with not to much power, but

the Groveler has no problem finding speed and busting the fins out the back!

Well Todd thank you again so much for shaping me a magic board I look forward to getting many more boards shaped by you, you are the man!

Happy Surfing,
Jason Moore, 25, Wilmington, North Carolina
Proctor Custom Epoxy “PROXY” Surfboard: 6′2″ x 19″ x 2 5/16″ Groveler IV

the rascal is holding up well and has been riding really great,
absolutely love that board,

honestly the best shape for me in smaller conditions I’ve ever owned!

It’s great to be able to do fast short board maneuvers in the small stuff. Before the rascal I could barely surf in the small conditions without a log.

Thanks Todd, great design!

Be blessed

- Kip K, 25, North Carolina
“PROXY” 6′3″ x 21 1/4″ x 2 7/8″ Lil’ Rascal, MR-TFX FCS Natural Glass Flex fins

custom 5′11″ x 17 7/8″ x 2 1/8″ squash tail for Benny B

Todd, I got 3rd, runner up to Taj (Burrow) and Andy (Irons) at the Newport contest…

Hello Charissa and Todd,

I just got back from Panama. Thanks for the update. I can’t believe the board’s almost ready. That was quick. I can’t wait to try it out.

P.S. The Rascal was a blast in Panama, rode it everday for 2 weeks as the swell never got over head high. Lovin’ it.

Thanks again,

Jameson Bergen, 31, Conneticut
Custom Proctor Epoxy “PROXY” Surfboard: 5′5″ x 19 1/2″ x 2 5/16″ Lil’ Rascal Round Nose Fish

Todd and Charissa Proctor,

I got the board that was shaped for me last Wednesday. It looks great, and it arrived on time and unharmed. Of course I couldn’t wait for a 2 foot mushy summer day to take it out, so the following Saturday when a shoulder high swell rolled in I gave it a first spin. To sum things up, the board rips.

It’s fast down the line, feels just right rail to rail, and catches everything!

I think anyone considering a fish for their quiver should seriously consider the lil’ rascal. The conditions were hollow early on and the

board practically paddled itself into waves.

Later in the day the winds turned onshore, and even when the waves got mushy the board performed at the same level. I was really impressed.
I also wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed working with both of you. The entire process was really smooth and easy and I would not hesitate to come to Proctor Surfboards again for another magical board. Shouldn’t be long until i’m looking for a new performance board!
Take care,
Joseph Zitarelli, 19, Pennsylvania
5′8″ x 19 3/4″ x 2 3/8″ Proxy custom epoxy Lil’ Rascal
Future Fins, Vector II FT1 w/ trailer

Visit the Lil’ Rascal on the Proctor Surfboards Worldwide Custom website and see the movies….

Charissa,

You must have read my mind, I was planning on e-mailing you tonight.

I finally did get to ride the board for the first time Sunday and I am extremely happy!!!! The board is sick, it works just as Todd said it would. Ironically the waves on Sunday were prime for that board with knee to waist high flat faced swell and

…It worked magically, The board is fast with great performance…

and it catches the small stuff without my help.

I was surfing with one of my bro’s who rides a 6′-0″ fish religiously and I was dropping in before he was standing. He usually has the advantage when I ride my Lost, but he could not believe how smooth and fast it was working. Thanks to both of you for all your help and terrific service.

Tell Todd I would not hesitate to order in the future and I am trying to talk a few of my bro’s into getting a board.

John Kuschyk, 32, Surf City, New Jersey
Custom 6′4″ x 19 5/8″ x 2 9/16″

surfboard review: custom shortboards, east coast surfing

If you’re from New Jersey…
To check out some Proctor boards at a local shop,
go to Stokaboka, 732-936-9030.
32 Monmouth Street. Red Bank, NJ

Click here to visit Stokaboka on the web

Hi!
I want to thank Todd again for the Rascal. It has been perfect for me in this mostly always Texas wind blown chop. This last Saturday the local surf forecast said there was no rideable surf but the Rascal showed them that there was rideable surf. The below email sure helped my ego too.

[.....Hey Jim ....you are my inspiration now because you are older than me and you were tearing it up out there. I definitely want to introduce you to my surfing buddy's. You will fit right in with our so called "Over the hill gang". Hopefully we'll have some good waves soon and we can hook up down in Galveston. Don't work too hard, Bobby... ]

Jim Lattis, 50, Katy, TX
7′6″ x 22 1/2″ x 2 3/4″ Lil’ Rascal Round Nose Fish, Custom Proctor Epoxy “PROXY”

…Hi Todd,

On Thursday through Saturday we had thunder storms and very high offshore winds. Then a cold front came through early Saturday evening and by Sunday morning there were clean waist to chest high waves. It was only the second time this winter that the conditions have been as good. I had a great day.

Thanks again for the Rascal. It has truly helped bring back a magical time in my life.

I absolutely love being in the water again….Jim

surfboard review: custom epoxy round nose fish surfboards

See the Lil’ Rascal Movies……

Todd,

I just returned from Rincon Puerto Rico. I scored great waves at Maria’s and Domes(solid 6-8). I used the board that you made for me this past Spring.

I had the best sessions I have had yet do in large part because of the magic board.

I had a major break through in my surfing and I can’t tell you how excited I am about that. I will be ordering another board from you this Spring. Thanks again.

Craig Kaufman, New York
6′10″ x 20″ x 2 5/8″ Squash Big Chief

surfboard review: custom big guy shortboards, east coast surf

Todd,

Hola, first of all let me thank you for the 6′8” rounded pin flexible epoxy, Though I have only got to use it a few times for it’s intended use, I must say I am sold on your epoxies. Without getting into all the specifics

your boards are unlike any other epoxy I have tried.

I am now inquiring about getting an everyday shortboard, SR 71 and also am interested in getting a small wave fish. I look forward to working with you again.

Adios, Mike Bryand, 31, Portland, Maine
6′8″ x 19 1/8″ x 2 7/16″ Ante-Up/ SR71 Proctor Custom Epoxy “PROXY” Series

surfboard review: custom epoxy performances shortboard gun hybrid

VISIT THE PROCTOR CUSTOM EPOXY “PROXY” SURFBOARD TECHNOLOGY PAGE

” I’ve travelled to Florida, California, Mexico and my homebreak at Wrightsville Beach, N.C. His designs have pushed me to new levels in my surfing, no matter what conditions or surfbreaks in the world!!!”

Chris Curry, ESM Cover

surfboard review: custom high performance shortboards, east coast surf

Todd,

I got lucky last week and hit the best surf Jersey has had all summer.

My board rocks! Best board I’ve ever ridden, and I have been surfing for almost 25 years.

Thanks for everything.

Keenan Hauke, 35, New Jersey
6′4″ x 18 5/8″ x 2 1/4″ Groveler IV.p

surfboard review: custom groveler shortboards, east coast surf

Todd….

the rascal is holding up well and has been riding really great,
absolutely love that board, honestly the best shape for me in smaller
conditions I’ve ever owned!

It’s great to be able to do fast short board maneuvers in the small stuff.

Before the rascal I could barely surf in the
small conditions without a log.

Thanks Todd, great design!

Be blessed

- Kip K, North Carolina
Custom Proctor Epoxy “PROXY” Surfboard: 6′3″ x 21 1/4″ x 2 7/8″ Lil’ Rascal

What’s up Todd…
Just got out of the water

used my Groveler for the first time in some very fun 3-4 foot surf in NY. That board was insanely fast, and easy to ride…

Thanks for working with me and you will have my business from now on. You will be highly recommended by me.

Thanks
Dennis Nourry, 33, Howard Beach, New York
6′4″ Groveler IV

surfboard review: custom groveler shortboards, east coast surf

Following up on the other email…

I don’t think I’ll ride anything but a flexible epoxy for a long time.

I had ridden an epoxy board before, a “ST”, made with the usual PVC sandwich. I actually liked the board, being lighter and stronger, but it was nothing like your board.

I think that you have really perfected it, having the durability and the light weight, but with a board that has some real spring.

I rode it every day in Cabo and within the first few rides I was just sitting there, thinking that this was the best board I’d ever ridden. I really noticed it through my turns.

The board would curve with the wave and then spring me through my turns as I came around. The flexible epoxy has made me a better surfer and much more fluid.

Out of the two models, I got the lighter board with more flex and it’s a lot like your standard high performance shortboard with 4 oz. glassing, but better. It flexes, making turns harder and faster… just think about a snap, the tail of the flexible epoxy tweaks back and then snaps forward. I felt so much better and smoother.

It was just sick, the way it climbs foam and the way it works with you, flexing and snapping.

Thanks a lot Todd, for getting me the board before my trip and that nasty spray job

-Blair Berger, Cockeyesville, Maryland
5′11″ x 18 1/2″ x 2 1/4″ Groveler IV.p ~ Proctor Custom Epoxy “PROXY” Series

A couple years later….
Hey Todd, i hope all is well in Ventura and with the board operations. I’ve had my hands full over the past few days with TS Ernesto-

we scored big and the flexible epoxy was there to get me through it.

I can’t believe the life this board has, it’s incredible. …. I have put that board through hell over the past two summers, just throwing it into the biggest and heaviest surf i could find, and it didnt disappoint. I will be talking with you in the near future about a new twig.

Thanks,
Blair Berger (MD)

surfboard review: custom groveler shortboards, east coast surf

CUSTOM ORDER AN EPOXY GROVELER IV.P & DETAIL YOUR BOARD WITH THE SHAPER

Todd/ Charissa

Believe it or not after all this time I just now got to take the New Board out. The Board is truly awesome.

Just as advertized it catches waves easy and in head high surf is a Rocket Ship.

I did purchase a set of VF467 Foil Tech Fins. The board absolutely accelerates thru turns.
Hopefully this weekend I can have some pictures taken and will attach.

Thanks Again,
Franks
Frank Williams, 53, Port St. Lucie, FL
Proctor Custom Epoxy “PROXY” Surfboard: 6′4″ x 19 5/8″ x 2 7/16″ Greased Pig (Levee)

HEY,

HOPE YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT. JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW HOW GOOD YOUR BOARDS WORKED FOR ME .

GOT BACK FROM COSTA RICA TWO WEEKS AGO, TOOK THE 6′4″ AND THE 7′0″ WITH ME. RODE THE 6′4″ ALL OVER THE PLACE FROM WAIST TO HEAD HIGH AND I WAS SO CONFIDENT ON IT. AFTER BEING OUT OF THE WATER FOR 2 AND A HALF YEARS THAT BOARD MADE ME CATCH UP WITH MY SURFING. BEST BOARD I EVER OWNED. RODE THE 7′0″ IN HEAD HIGH WAVES IN PLAYA HERMOSA. IT WAS SO EASY TO PADDLE ON BIGGER WAVES AND AFTER DROPING IN IT’S JUST SO FAST.

WHEN I GOT BACK TO FLORIDA I HEARD WE HAD A STORM BRINGING SOME SWELL . BEING MY FIRST SWELL IN FLORIDA I STARTED ASKING ALL THE LOCAL KIDS HOW BIG IT WAS GOING TO GET AND THEY WERE ALL SAYING DOUBLE OVER HEAD WHICH WAS !@#$%^&*. SO I DECIDED TO BUY A BOARD ON ONE OF THE LOCAL SHOPS. BOUGHT A 6′6″ SHARP EYE BIG GUY BOARD, WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING? I DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS THE BOARD OR ME( HOPEFULLY IS WAS THE BOARD, HAHAHA) BUT DEFINITELY I DID NOT HAVE FUN IN THE WATER. THE BOARD HAD NO STABILITY AT ALL WHEN I WAS BEGINING TO STAND UP.DEFINITELY GETTING RID OF IT.

DECIDED TO GO BACK WITH MY 6′4″ PROCTOR AND I SURFED SO GOOD I EVEN GOT BARRELED IN MAYPORT POLES, WHICH I THINK IS THE BEST WAVE I RIDDEN IN FLORIDA.

WELL, I’M GOING OUT TO SEA FOR SEVEN MONTHS IN TWO WEEKS SO I’M PLANNING ON LOOSING A LOT OF WEIGHT SO I CAN ORDER A BRAND NEW THREE BOARD QUIVER FROM YOU GUYS AND TAKE THEM BACK HOME TO PUERTO RICO WHEN I’M DONE IN THE NAVY. THANKS FOR SHAPING ME THESE TWO AWESOME BOARDS. I’LL BE CALLING YOU GUYS FROM SOMEWHERE OVERSEAS TO PLACE MY ORDER AND HAVE MY NEW BOARDS BY THE TIME I GET BACK TO THE STATES.

TAKE CARE AND WISH YOU GUYS THE BEST.

JOSE BAEZ, 26, Jacksonville Beach, FL
7′0″ x 19 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ Ante Up
6′4″ x 19 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ Big Chief

surfboard review: custom big guy shortboards, gun surfboards
east coast surf

Todd-
I just got back from Puerto Rico and got some awesome shots. Thanks for making me such a great board. The board is very predictable and has made my surfing progress.

I also found out how durable it was when one of the guys on the trip fell on top of my board in the airport, and all it left was a slight dent!

Sam Oxhorn, 16, northern Florida
5′11″ x 18″ x 2 1/16″ SR71 Proctor Custom Epoxy “PROXY” Series

surfboard review: custom epoxy performance shortboards

See the SR-71 lacerating on Rail

Hello Todd & Charissa,

Just wanted to drop a line and wish you both well.
I am so stoked looking forward to the arrival of my new board.

I am so sure it will be the “magic”, that I am planning my next one

for you to build. I just want to say that I

was so pleased with the treatment I received from you both,
that I have told anyone and everyone,
that you are the only one’s to get boards from !
Thanks again.

If you could, send me 3 of the 10″x2″ Proctor decals and
add them to my final bill.

Tim Horne, 40, Cape Coral, Florida
6′2″ x 19 1/8″ x 2 1/2″ Groveler IV.sw Diamond Tail

surfboard review: custom groveler small waves shortboards, east coast surf

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Todd,

Buying a new board is a scary thing, because you never know what you are going to get.

Thanks for taking the time to make my board RIGHT.

I was so nervous shopping for a new board that i went around asking different surfers how they liked their board, and asking different shapers what they recommended to me but i was still unsure where to go. I was recommended to you by a friend and so here i am. I just got my new custom board in the mail this morning and i couldn’t have asked for more. I unpacked it and sped straight to the beach, and got some great rides. It was so different for me to have a board that responded to my moves instead of going through the motions yourself while your board is doing it’s own thing. (man… people look dumb when that happens). The bottom line is, I can tell that you put your heart into the board and made sure that it was best for me. and by the way it has some sick graphics on it! you’re right Todd that wave is SWEEET.
Thanks.

Zach Gibson, Humble, Texas
6′4″ x 19″ x 2 3/8″ Groveler Squash

surfboard review: custom groveler shortboards

Aloha Charissa and Todd.

Today I recieved my first Proctor Surfboard:

the Groveler IV.sw four fin diamond tail.

The board looks absolutley awesome!

Todd, you did an outstanding job in creating this board for me.
The airbrush looks great too.
I couldn’t be happier with it. I can’t wait to ride it.
I’m so stoked to have my first custom board.

You both were a pleasure to work with. I hope to get more boards from you in the future. I’ll be sure to send a pic and a review of how it rides,
as soon as a hurricane snaps this long awful flat spell were experiencing.

Thank you so much. I wish you both the best.

Sincerely,

Matt Browning, Safety Harbor, Florida
6′2″ x 19 1/8″ x 2 1/2″ Groveler IV.sw Quad Fin

surfboard review: custom groveler small waves quad fin surfboards
east coast surf

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