SURFER interview on MONSTA model 

Your name: Roberto

Country you live & surf: El Salvador

Bio please, 54 yrs, 35 + surfing, El Salvador’s surf team, Grand Kahuna

Board feedback: silence…….

Feedback please Mr. Grand Kahuna: OK here I go.

Turns: fast, I mean instantaneous turning, point it and in goes….

Waves for: knee to overhead, no matter what conditions; hollow, mushy, broken up, peaks it works great all the time.

Are you stoke on the MONSTA: more than stoked. if you do not have one, please get one. this board is really THE BEST small wave board I have ever put my body over.

Thanks Grand KAhuna for your time, silence….

Grand Kahuna are you there: silence….

GONE SURFING on the MONSTA….

Todd. Here is a shot from an El Sal trip in the end of June ! Here’s the 6’2″ G-4.f holding in some solid points

The G-4 holding ground, El Sal

Hi Todd :

This is Antonio, from Taiwan ( El Pavote surfboard )

I have been thinking in adding one or two of your boards to my quiver.

I will be road traveling and surfing

during the holidays ( Guatemala,

el salvador and maybe Nicaragua ).

Anyways, what I am looking for,

is to have an all around quiver,

if possible with 2 boards but if you recommend me 3 ( including the pavote )  to cover all, I will agree with your opinion.

As I mentioned to you Taiwan wave are not the so powerful, but they can get during typhoons.

So I have been thinking to add a

more shortboard style  for those

good days in Taiwan,

but with abilities to work in not only perfect conditions ( Monsta vs Accelerator vs Greased Pig II ) and for the typhoon season and traveling a round pin tail with more rocker and good versatility ( blackbird vs sr-71).

But what do I know!

Please let me know you recommendation,

last time was the perfect choice.

Really looking forward to get the sickest quiver in Taiwan !!!

Some info about me:
Height: 5’8
Weight:
Age: 24
Level: Intermediate ( learning fast )

A.Parlange, Taiwan,
Proxy flexible epoxy El Pavote: 5’7″ x 19 1/2″ x 2 5/16″
Parabolic stringers with Kevlar Compression Patch & Carbon Rails

by the way everyone who

tries your pavote, loves it !!!

Todd,

I’m sending over some photos of my trip to el salvador last week.

i had a blast on your boards!

Mauricio Paredes, Miami, FL
Custom Surfboard: Proxy Epoxy construction: Accelerator
5′ 11 1/2″ x 18 1/2″ x 2 3/16″ rounded squash tail

Custom Surfboard: Proxy Epoxy construction: Rascal II
5’6″ x 19 1/2″ x 2 1/4″ moontail

Todd, just to let you know that during 30 years I walk away from longboards considering them not performance oriented, I was so wrong.

Your Performance Longboard is an oversize shortboard with all the characteristics of its smaller relatives.

I am stoked to be able to late take off, cutback and bash the board against the foam, floaters are not too far away.

Muchas gracias amigo…..

Roberto Torres, 48, La Libertad, El Salvador
High Performance Longboard 8’6″ x 21 3/4″ x 2 5/8″ Squashtail

surfboard review: custom high performance longboards

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

surfboard review: custom groveler shortboards