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Florida surf grom Jonathan Wells captures some Monsta moments of Mendia on his 5’10 Proxy Monsta v.2
Florida surf grom Jonathan Wells captures some Monsta moments of Mendia on his 5’10″ Proxy composite Monsta v.2
tamayo perry, pipeline
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
I feel really comfortable on it and it makes turning feel effortless!
Todd and Charissa,
I absolutely love my board!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My friends are so jealous!
I feel really comfortable on it and it makes turning feel effortless!
A photographer took some pictures of me on the board today( he just happened to be at Tamarack) I will try and send you a picture. Thanks again!
Bryn Lutz, 15, Carlsbad, CA
Custom Proxy Epoxy Blackbird with Carbon Rails
5′10″ x 18″ x 2 1/8″ squash tailHi Todd,
Just a note to let you know how much Bryn LOVES that board.
She is doing great on it too.
She won a girls shortboard contest
at the Windansea Menehune Contest
and has her first high school competition for this year at Moonlight Beach on Sunday competing in Shortboard. Thank you again for everything.
We really appreciate it.
We’ll keep you posted on her contests.
Cindy and Bryn Lutz
Wow, it is unlike anything I have ever ridden and it rips.
Hi Todd & Charissa,
Hope this email finds you both in good health and glassy waves!
I wanted to thank you for the Amazing Job
on the “Proxy Greased Rascal” you
shaped me this spring!
Wow, it is unlike anything I have ever ridden
and it rips.
I have ridden it in the worst of the worst storm swell, Doheny on a 2ft day and Salt Creek when its over head.
It does it all!
It has improved my surfing dramatically and it has become my go to board for just about everything.
Thanks for treating us all like family!
David Fields
Salt Creek CA
Proxy Greased Rascal
5′8” 2 1/4″ 18 7/8″ five fin setup- I prefer it as a Quad
P.S. taking it to South Shore Oahu on Friday 
I’ll Send you a Photo if get a good one!
now I’m nailing my backside bottom turn every time
Hey Todd & Charissa,
Just wanted to send you a quick note on the G-4.E I picked up from you just before Christmas. All I can say is that I absolutely love the board.
When I picked it up you
said it would transform my surfing,
and you were completely right.
I feel like my surfing has progressed more in the past month and a half than it had in the prior six.
Me and my G-4.E in Florianopolis, Brazil:
The board paddles super easy, but still feels so nimble. I can dig the rails in so quick now, my bottom turn has never been so solid. Going backside was always a bit iffy,
now I’m nailing my backside
bottom turn every time.
Oh and the epoxy is definitely living up to its rep. I took the board down to Brazil a couple of weeks ago. Too many flights to remember, but not a single ding on the board! Anyway just wanted to say thanks to both of you again.
The board is just awesome, and the
whole ordering process was super easy.
I’ll be coming back for more!
Regards,
Steve L, 33, Beverly Hills, CA
Custom Proxy Epoxy G-4.E
6′2″ x 18 7/8″ x 2 1/2″ (2 3/8″) rounded squash tail
I might as well get rid of all my three fins
Todd Proctor….Dale Rhodes….hey buddy. You’re funny.
Dude that twin fin I’m riding and I might as well get rid of all my three fins.
Never felt so good, so loose, so fast…
I forgot how well I surf on that board.
It doesn’t ride like a twin fin.
It rides like the fastest three fin ever made.
It’s so funny. And when Batty’s givin’ you compliments, you know you must be doing something right. Anyways, see ya buddy, just checkin’ in.
Bye.
The board worked amazing
Good morning Todd, it’s Dale Rhodes…how are you? It’s 10:00 on Tuesday. Happy Holidays. The board
worked amazing. I didn’t get to ride it in any big surf….Saturday, West PDS was well overhead and I didn’t wanna go in it with that board until I got used to it. But
I rode it twice in waist to chest-high surf… and it’s very responsive, very fast, I love it.
I was able to acclimate to that board quite quickly. So I just wanna let you know I’m super impressed with the board, it works amazing. And I haven’t even ridden it in really good surf yet, so I think I’m in for a treat. But anyways, I just wanted to give you that feedback cuz I’m sure that you wanted to hear about it. So give me a call back because I want to order another one in another length. And that’s that. Hopefully you guys had a beautiful Christmas and I will talk to you later.
Thank you. Bye.
Dale Rhodes, Malibu, CA
6′ 1 1/2″ x 19″ x 2 1/2″ Proctor Custom Epoxy “PROXY”
Groveler IV.p Diamond Tail QUAD Fin
Props go out to Todd on his crazy 4-fin super speed monster……… It really holds in on the tight sections at PDS,and if you surf there u know what im talking about.
I knew on the 1st wave this board was for me and i hope others take note……..Very fast and loose..
Just what i needed………… Take care, Dale Rhodes
I can feel that “bubble pillow” thing with the concaves.
Hey Todd,
The Lil Rascal is insane! After picking it up at your shop
I surfed ankle-to-knee C-Street, and that thing just zoomed, just like the video on your site.
Never thought a big guy like me (6′2″ 185) could get speed like that on such weak little waves. Last month I took it (and the 6′5″ D.Y.L.) down to El Salvador for the last South of the fall. I rode the 6′5″ until the swell started to drop, then had three of the funnest days riding the Rascal on a waist high reef, having the time of my life flying down the line and ducking into little coverups while the rest of my bros just complained about the small surf;-)
The Rascal is truly a magic board.
I can feel that “bubble pillow” thing with the concaves.
One little pump and it just lifts and goes! So stoked on it!
I’m on the North Shore now for the rest of the month. My biggest problem has been reaching for the Rascal when the conditions call for a bigger board, but that thing is so fast, as long as I make the drop I can speed down the line!!!
Here are some pics from yesterday.
Thanks for making me a great board and Merry Christmas!
Jon Watschke, 33, Manhattan Beach, CA
Proxy custom Epoxy 6′0″ x 20 1/4″ x 2 1/2″ Lil’ Rascal Round Nose Fish
5 fin setup: MRTX Natural Glass Flex Quad & MRTX Twin with Trailer
i had a blast on your boards!
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
Surf was 3-5ft point break weak windswell and board was making sections and carving in ways that I could not believe
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″
just thought it was time to shout out a thanks for how insane it surfs
I’ve had my groveler IV.p for a while now, and I
just thought it was time to shout out a thanks for how insane it surfs.
I got it last winter, and when i buy another board soon i know i’ll be getting another proctor. i’m going to college in idaho right now, but i’m stoked to get back home and tear it up in nor cal this winter. thanks for the sick stick!
Jeremy Evans, 16, Antioch, CA
6′1″ x 18 1/2″ x 2 1/4″ Groveler IV.p, FCS M5 fins
the Lil Rascal has had an incredible affect on my surfing ability and stoke
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″
I love the new 5′11 Blackbird II (Quad) with the Parabolic Stringers!
Hi Guys,
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
