It plained out so nice today and is magic under my feet.

So much fun and paddling out and onto waves is a breeze.

Thanks again for all the help. I’m looking forward to making my morning commute to work on the carver!

Very stable, no “wobble” and fit nicely in the pocket of these Hawaiian waves.

Was very easy for me to turn left/right, pump up and down the line and float over white wash sections with amazing ease.

So bouyant that it just floated over the froth

and into a connecting section of the wave to keep the ride going.

I’ll fill out the secure order form here quickly. Brandon was a bit jealous. Haven’t let him try it out yet as I’m still enjoying it way too much.

V/r,
CPT Michael P. Brabner
Commander
C Company, 2-27 IN (The Wolfhounds)

Michael’s daughter Keira helping him wax up his board with colored wax…
“The surfboard is a canvas. Every wax change will be a new opportunity for Keira to create.”

Met up and surfed with Joel Centeio today at Chun’s. He loved the Comanche 6 btw…

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GREAT NEWS,

HANDS DOWN,

BEST CUSTOM BOARD EVER !!

TONS OF COMPLEMENTS ON THIS BOARD ALREADY.

SURFED SMALL ZUMA FRIDAY EVE.. REAL SKATEY FOR A 6.8 ON KNEE-T0-WASTE HIGH ZUMA.

SATURDAY ZUMA -5 PEAKY CHEST HIGH,

WORKS GREAT HIGH TIDE BUT THE DUMPIER IT GOT

THE BETTER THIS BOARD GETS!!  GREAT JETTY BARREL BOARD.

HAVE LARGE SIMON ANDERSON FINS, STILL LOOSE IN THE POCKET,

EVEN WHIPS A QUICK 360.

WILL ORDER A 6.6 X 21 X 2.6 NEXT MONTH.

DAVIE.

Proxy composite [middleweight] 6’8″ x 20 1/4″ x 2 3/4″ thumbtail Blackbird Step-Up

Jarrah doin the Snapper Two-Step on his 6’3 x 18 1/2 x 2 1/4 G-4.f 6 channel roundtail.

That thing handled so good! I surfed a 10foot+ river mouth with Asher pacey last week and got some of the biggest backhand barrels I have had in year!! The footage is on it’s way. – Jarrah Tutton

But a perfect wave is even better

with a magic board like those you made for me.

Here is some picts of me with  my Mendia 6’7 and Ante up 6’10.

I’m just stoked everytime I ride them!!!

Friendly,
Vincent
6’7″ x 19 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ thumbtail Mendia/Ante Up
6’10″ x 19 1/8″ x 2 9/16″ Ante Up

The Lacerator was ridiculous!

I surfed it in head-high to

double over head beach break and reef.

It paddled into the waves easy, still very responsive and fast in the pocket.

Thanks Todd!

Sick Board in fast waves and Barreeeeelllssss!!!

Lacerator LE/Ante Up: 6’2″ x 18 5/8″ x 2 3/8″ (domed)

]]> http://www.surfboard-reviews.com/2010/08/26/the-lacerator-was-ridiculous/feed/ 0 http://www.surfboard-reviews.com/2010/08/12/me-and-that-board-were-one-from-the-first-wave/ http://www.surfboard-reviews.com/2010/08/12/me-and-that-board-were-one-from-the-first-wave/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:59:32 +0000 import http://surfboard-reviews.com/?p=1277 Hey Todd. Thanks for the input. It really helped me. Here is what I’m thinking. I guess I should stay to the more specifically designed guns for the bigger stuff. Here’s my reasoning for saying that and what I’m trying to put together.

I have a 6’0″ El Pavote.

6’2″ G4E.

6’2″ SR-71.6’4″ Blackbird.

All by the way are out of this world.

I will never buy from anyone else,

you got me dialed in to a T.

So my El Pavote as I see it has my smaller wave base covered, the G4E and Blackbird has evrything above that , and the SR-71 is for the Bread and Butter.

By the way I was in Puerto with that board

and it was solid 8-10 ft and

me and that board were one from the first wave.

Please keep that one on file for sure.

Me and my wife travel frequently and I have family in Hawaii so I would like to have some boards built for over there and Indo.

Pretty much whereever we go I want to have something I can go to.That said, I think I have my shortboard side of it all complete for the most part. My Blackbird being 6’4″ is the biggest out of your boards. And going to different places especially Hawaii I am going to need bigger boards, Bottom Line.

So I will need an Ante Up

I’m thinking how Tamayo had his set up.

Size I will leave to you. I might even need two. One bigger than the other. Im thinking 6’7″ and one maybe 6’10″. I will need one for when Pipe starts showing its colors, here I’m thinking Pipecleaner, maybe 7’2″ish. And one for big sunset/Pipe for here I was leaning twards the West Peak, maybe 7’10″-8’4.

And finally the gnarly Big Daddy for Da Bay/Mavs…

here goes back to the one you have on your showroom wall, the 10’2″.If you think that particular board would suit me I forget the width and thickness of it but atleast 3 plus inches thick for sure. In otherwords I dont want to big of a gap in the size’s of boards I have. If the surfs there then I wanna be prepared and I wanna do it on one of your boards. I like what you stand for and I think your the best shaper around so thats where Im putting my money. And these boards, call me particular but I like my boards to be as strong as possible(Super Duty) if you will.

Boards arent cheap and I want not only longevity with them but durability. Albeit I understand if I put it in the wrong place that not even triple 6oz. e glass will hold it intact. But you get where Im coming from.So In a nutshell that is what I’m looking to accomplish with the remainder of my quiver. Tell me what you think and I hope that helps you into understanding what Im trying to do. All in all I just want the board I need for when the time arises to be there in my quest for the ultimate ride. So we could even try out like SR-71/AnteUp or things like that. Or even take from what you have done with the Monsta(Lower entry and increased numbers off the tail) into all of them. Anyway dont wanna take anymorer of your time but let me know whaen you get around to it. Have a blessed day.

Hayden

Hope you are both doing well! Just thought I say hi and send you a few photos my friend Dan Snapped of me at Salt Creek this past December. ( I’m on a the 6’4 Ante-Up Quad)
Thanks again for the awesome boards,

I love the new 5’11 Blackbird II (Quad) with

the Parabolic Stringers!

It is hands down the most amazing board

I’ve ever ridden I can put it down.

I’ve been surfing it on everything from

sloppy 2ft days to well overhead days

and it can handle it all.

This past week I scored the biggest barrel I’ve ever been in and made it out clean Thanks again for your skills in the shaping room~

David Fields
Laguna Niguel CA
Blackbird: 5’11″ x 18 1/2″ x 2 3/16″ rounded squash tail
Proxy flexible epoxy with Parabolic stringers

The waves of November and December at Salt Creek have proved no match for the tube threading ability of the Proxy 6’4″ Ante-UP Quad you shaped me!

The board is excellent and rides equally well as a thruster or quad.  I have run FCS: PC-5 quad set and the FCS: TC Aqualine 5 fin set as a thruster and quad. The PC-5 quad makes the board hold on anything and i’m taking off way deeper than I’ve ever pushed it and they seem to draw out your turns (I prefer these on the more powerful days.) The Aqualine’s make the board much looser and even though your riding a 6’4″ it turns on dime and feel’s like a 6’0″.

The board is the best i’ve ever ridden!

Thanks for listening to the little guys out there and treating us all like family!

Many tubes!
David Fields
Salt Creek, California

Thanks again for another sick looking board. I can’t get over how insane the ante up looks, I can’t wait to ride it. Once again you guys where great to work with, an amazing example of great customer service. I’ll be sure to send a photo of my trip to the Mentawais in May – (hopefully slotted on my Ante up)  -  thanks again.

Mike Bryand, Portland, Maine

Custom Proxy Epoxy Ante Up small gun
6’4″ x 18 5/8″ x 2 5/16″ round pin w/ Parabolic Stringers

I’ve been working with Todd for a little over a year now and the best way I can sum him up,

“He’s a master craftsman as well as a consummate professional!”

Over the years, I’ve had the blessed opportunity to work with some of the world’s best surfing shapers.

Aside from Todd Proctor being one of these world’s best shapers, the attribute that stands out the most

is the fact that he is willing to listen to you

as the client and make you exactly what you want.

No ego with this guy, just awesome custom building!

All of my boards from Todd work amazingly well

but there’s definately a couple of them that I consider my magic carpets…

6′ 6″ – 6 channel swallow tail:

This board has turned out to be my all around work horse.

It’s the fastest,most responsive board I’ve ever owned!

The thing about this board is the fact that it’s so alive

in small waves but yet it maintains control in punchier surf.

I can push this board in the 7 foot Hawaiian scale with utmost

confidence.

7′ 2″ and 7′ 6″  - sharp pin tail:

I’ve been working on this design for nearly 2 decades.

Once again, the great thing about Todd is his lack of ego and his willingness to learn new ideas and

concepts. The concept with these two boards is thicker, fuller rails with plenty

of old school V for the bottom design. These boards are excedingly fast and

stable and not only do they work great at Pipe and sunset but they work in

powerful surf world wide.

Todd,

I wanted to call right away, cause I just got out of the water & I got to ride the 7’2″.
Everyone was crowding the right @ Backdoor,
and I saw some good ones nobody was going for @ Pipe, so I swung into a few.

On the first wave, I took off & thought I was way too deep,
so I railed into it a little &

felt the board take-off like I’ve never

felt a board accelerate in the barrel before.

I’m stoked,

we are on to a good track already

with these first boards…

not bad for just talking over what I needed on the phone.

Tamayo Perry