Still the best surfboard I’ve ever ridden

The board paddles like a dream. The extra thickness works perfectly

Dear Mom and Pop surf shop proprietors –

Just got out of the water – first session on my new board. I always try to pay extra attention the first time on a new board to retain a sense of how the board ‘feels’ in some standard maneuvers as compared to the ‘muscle’ memory from a previous board.

So, here are the results:

The board paddles like a dream. The extra thickness works perfectly. Knee paddling is a snap. Prone, I can get going really fast and maintain trim across the water. It gets “up on step”, to use a seaplane term for takeing off on water, and from there I can maintain speed with just minimum effort combined with quick strokes.

I put the fins in, two on the outside, the big one in the center. So I’ll have to futz with that set up, including adding high density foam to the outside fins to give them foil. However, the lack of foam up in the nose area, due to the pulled in template and step deck, results in the board coming around on a dime under complete control. No sense of steering a big block of foam around, no pendulum effect from a big blobby nose.

Speed and trim are simply remarkable – the pulled in nose gives the outline the perfect curve vs. the wall of the wave, so I can do a quick cross-over step and the board just fits the wave and goes!

Got two good lefts, and a friend on the beach said it looked like I was riding a shortboard!

So, all in all, the first impressions couldn’t be better. Everything I wanted to achieve with the modifications over last year’s board seem to have been accomplished!

And the colors! So cheery and friendly! Maybe I need a death’s head skater logo or something, cause just sitting on the board makes me smile.

Ok, that’s about it for now. Thanks for all the effort – we set out to do something different based on sound reasoning about what makes a good longboard, and the results couldn’t be more encouraging.

Regards,
Glenn Hening, Ventura, CA, Founder of Surfrider Foundation
9′1″ x 21 1/4″ x 3 1/2″ Diamond Tail Step Deck Longboard/Hybrid

” 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

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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

Todd and Charissa,

Well I took my new rocket 88 out Sunday, Strand was about chest high and very good shape. First the board looks great, Paddles great, floats my big butt just fine.

First wave came, about 5′ left. I paddled and was in the wave fast, the board dropped it, I stood, dropped to the bottom and made a big sweeping bottom turn. The board reacted just the way I wanted it to. There was about a 10′ long section just ahead of me,

I put just a little pressure on the inside rail and the board climbed to the top of the face and screamed passed the section onto the shoulder,I stepped back (I’m goofy foot) and the board responded with a very smooth and controlled cut back. The rest of the day was just as fun (until it blew out) this board did what I wanted it to. I’m stoked.

In the past 4 years I’ve owned 4 epoxies. This is by far the best epoxy I’ve ever been on.

The response of this board is like a very light weight 9′6″ glass board. While riding it I had to remained myself that it was an 10′ epoxy. it did not act like any epoxy I’ve every ridden. I love it. Todd did a fantastic job on this board and I could not be happier. Thanks for everything and the best board I’ve owned in many many years.
Dennis Stephens AKA nozrydr1, 57, Oxnard, CA
Proctor Custom Epxoy “PROXY” Surfboard: 10′0″ x 23 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ Classic Squaretail

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

Hey Todd & Charissa,

Attached is a pic of me in El Sal last month riding my new Proctor 6’6” Groveler HP.

Thanks again for your help.
I will be ordering more boards from you in the future.

Brandon Tesser, 38, El Salvador
6′6″ x 19 5/8″ x 2 1/2″ Groveler IV.p Squash

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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

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

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