Duuuuude!
I can’t believe how great this board (Lil Rascal 6’1″x20″) works! I surfed 2 foot Oceanside yesterday and I felt almost like Jay Phillips:

catching waves outside with the longboaders, passing them, doing floaters and cutbacks on tiny waves.

Normally I would have gone home because it was so gutless and small, but I decided to put your “project” to the test. You passed!
A week ago I surfed Lowers and found, to my surprise, that the board worked equally as well backside. In some ways I even like it better because of the way it accelerates and snaps off the top.

The next day I was at walled, shoulder high Churches making sections no one else could. And my three friends said I was surfing better than ever.

The envy was thick. I’m still making adjustments for more in-the-pocket surfing but I have zero complaints. On several occasions, complete strangers have asked about the board.

Though I’d love to take credit and chalk it up to my surfing ability, the Lil Rascal has had an incredible affect on my surfing ability and stoke.

Don’t be surprised if you start getting calls from south Orange County.
Thanks for the insane board!
Mark Quest

Custom Surfboard: Proxy Epoxy construction: Lil’ Rascal Fish
6’1″ x 20″ x 2 9/16″

Todd / Charissa,

Sorry it took so long for me to write but it was awhile before we received some good swell for me to give the board a going over and since then

I have been having the most fun in my life surfing with it.

But before I get to the board I wanted to thank you for the most impressive service I’ve seen in awhile. You both were easily accessible, I never had to wait long for any sort of response to
questions and I felt the service was done with a smile. From Todd calling me in Spain and taking his time to discuss the board with me to Charissa keeping me updated on its progress, the service was high class all the way.

Now about the board….

First off it looks totally sick.

The kevlar looks awesome as does the greyish color from the glassing. Combined with the digital camo that you put on the bottom of the board it looks totally insane. I received tons of looks and comments about how incredible it looks and needless to say I love it.

As for the performance,

I don’t know what you do Todd but you must

cast a spell or sprinkle magic dust over it or something because this

hands down performs better then any other board I have tried.

I thought after reading your testimonials that maybe it was just a lot of hype but no – the board actually contains the properties of magic.
It almost feels like it is spring loaded just waiting to be fired. The best part about it has to be the way it handles turns as this is when it really shows its quality. The speed you get when coming off of the top of the lip is incredible.

You can feel the board ‘spring’ off of the top and it feels a little like a sling shot.

I can’t stress enough how much better this aspect of the board is compared to other boards I’ve ridden. I seriously feel like I’m “flying” coming off the lip and down the face.

Since I have had the board I feel like I have taken my

surfing to a new level and I’m having way more fun in the water.

I also feel like you listened during our consultation interview to what I needed. The board is a nice balance for taking my surfing a level up yet keeping in mind my level of experience and size.

You shaped it spot on.

Anyway I couldn’t have asked for anything more and you can count me as your customer for life. I’ve attached a photo of the underside of the board and will send some more when I can get some shots of it in the water. Keep up the great work and service. If you guys ever head to Spain or Portugal let me know and maybe we can meet up and ride a few.

Muchas gracias por todo. Mis mejores deseos.

Craig Potsep, 34, Nigran, Spain
6’4″ x 18 7/8″x 2 3/8″ Groveler IV.p [performance] rounded squash tail

Proxy custom epoxy construction with Titanium Series Upgrades: Kevlar Compression Patch & Carbon Hinged Flex Tail

Visit the Custom Epoxy Surfboards page to read more about Proctor’s “Proxy” custom epoxy surfboards

Hi Charissa,

BTW, the board went great!

See attached pictures; that’s me with SR 71.

Please send my regards to Todd; I’ll have order ready within few weeks.

Yours truly,
Jerry Yee, SOAK Inc., Taipei, Taiwan

6’5″ x 18 3/16″ x 2 3/16″ SR71

Todd,
I picked up my new board from you a few weeks back. It’s a 6’2″ Proxy SR-71 with a two tone blue fade. I am always a skeptic when I try a new board out especially from a new shaper. When I got the board back to my house to check it out I found a curvier outline, more rocker, and less concave than my previous boards. I was thinking that it would be really manuverable but I was worried that it would be slow. Man was I wrong!

Once I started to figure the board out I was blown away by how sensetive it is rail to rail, and how I could use the extra manuverablity to generate even more speed.

My old boards have always been fast, But turning them at top speed was always the issue. They required full force which made the turn hard to control. This board however banks turns at full speed easily and the turns are positive. Plenty of projection. Not the type the tail starts to drift and with it goes all your speed for the next turn.

Also the board catches waves like a dream, I barely have to paddle.

With this being my first board from you I can only imagine what the next one will be like. For now I’m going to ride this one into the ground and try to find something about it that we can improve on for the next one. Thanks for giving me a board that is going to help me improve my surfing.

P.S. I bought some future compatable trulite fins from true ames. They work great on this board. Feels like glass ons.

Thanks, Mike Julian, 27, Southern California
Custom Surfboard: Proxy Epoxy construction: SR71 rounded squash tail
6’2″ x 18 3/4″ x 2 5/16″ Nose: 11 1/4″ Tail: 14 1/8″

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

Local Ventura Longboard Ripper, Larry Ugale with his quiver
Performance Twin, Retro Single Fin, Manatee, Performance Longboard,
Performance PROXY (custom epoxy) Longboard, Performance Noserider,
Classic Noserider

Todd, your boards have smoothed out my style &
I feel my surfing getting better with each new board.

It’s true, what you say you do….
your boards are taking my surfing to the next level.

Thanks, Larry
9’4″ x 23″ x 3″ Classic Noserider

Todd,

I think you nailed it. This one is alive. Keeping it a bit straight between the feet really gets it going quickly. It’s almost like I gain speed in tighter areas and don’t need as much room to drive it, lets me keep a higher line effortlessly. It compliments the increased tail rocker perfectly. After hitting the lip I’m going from 12:00 to about 4:00. The first few times caught me by surprise.

There’s nothing like a big hack when you know everyone saw it.

Cutbacks are really tight as well. A minor shift in weight is all it needs.

After 20 or so sessions I’m having a blast with it.

It’s been a while since I’ve been this connected to a board.

Thanks a bunch and God Bless.

Doug Demaret, 36, Ventura, CA
Custom Proxy Proctor Epoxy Groveler IV.p [performance]
6’3″ x 19 3/8″ x 2 9/16″ squash tail

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Todd and Charissa,

…Don’t know what to say…the Twin Fang, Lil Rascal and the board you made for my 8 year old daughter Samantha came out absolutely amazing!

The art work, craftsmanship and attention to detail was incredible.

I can’t thank you enough…I don’t even know where to begin. I am so pleased with these boards and I cannot wait to ride them. Samantha sends a HUGE thank you!!!! She said this was the coolest birthday present ever!!! Expect pictures soon!!!!

Mahalo,

Ronnie and Samantha Santaniello

Hey Charissa,

I am writing this in regards to my 5′ 6″ Lil’ Rascal custom board. The board is insane and is now my go to board for anything h/h and under (even though I will ride it in bigger clean surf). Todd’s dimensions for me were right on and the epoxy is better than any of my XTR boards. Even the boards grey color is a nice change and I can NOT wait to get on a Blackbird or SR71.

Thanks to Todd for answering every question I had and making sure this board was going to be magic.

And to you Charissa for your superb customer service and making this process painless and getting my board to my doorstep just as promised. I am stoked.

Sincerely,

Christian B., 37, Los Angeles, Ca
Custom “PROXY” Epoxy: 5’6″ x 19 1/2″ x 2 5/16″ Lil’ Rascal