HI CHARISSA,

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

Proctor,

You are a master at your craft.

So stoked on the new Blackbird!

The first time I paddled out, not the best of days cause I couldn’t wait any longer,

I thought it was too small but that changed until when I caught my first wave and I realized how fast and loose it was. I took it out to cottons,

that’s when magic happened,

it allowed me to do everything I wanted it to with not even thinking about it,

I feel like I’m on a different level in my surfing.

Your my go to guy for future boards to come.

Thanks
Mike Pastick

6’2″ x 18 3/4″ x 2 3/8″ Blackbird V

age: 26 /5’11″/190 lb/exp: 10 yrs

Hi Todd and Charissa,

Just wanted to say that I am absolutely stoked out of my mind on my new Blackbird.

I think my dominant feeling towards the board is shock,

because it continues to shock me at what it is capable of.

I got it into my head that because this board was smaller then my old G4, it would have been much more of a workout to paddle and get into waves. This wasn’t even remotely the case, for as soon as I hit the water, I immediately noticed how easy it was to paddle. I’ve ridden some of my buddies’ similar short boards, and I found paddling them was the defining factor, not the case with the Blackbird. But all of that aside, this board is absolutely mental once I am up and riding.

Its like the board is reading my mind,

going exactly where I want it to

the second I think it.

It turns on a dime, and loves to be on its rails; its like the board is just begging me to push it more and more every time I take off. The way it releases off the top is insane, it caught me off guard at first and I had a couple nice flops getting use to it. But now, once again, its like the board reads my mind: if I want to release the tail, it does, and when I am done it becomes tame again and settles down the wave. Absolutely ridiculous. It has only been 3 days and I feel like I’ve taken my surfing relatively further then in the past year.

Loving your guys’ work,

I can’t get enough of this board. If I am not out riding on it, all I can think about is when I can get back out there on it. I am addicted. I am already dreaming about my next board, but all things in due time.

Thanks,
Conrad Trzeciecki
6’2″ x 18 3/4″ x 2 3/8″ Blackbird V. 18/6’1″/180 lb/6 yrs exp

Charissa,

so Todd has me pumped on a small wave destroyer.  but i like getting two boards at once.  could you run a super typhoon by him, see if thats something i could use here (n.j.) and on vacation.

i attached some shots of my blackbird in c.r.

thing went off in good waves.

i also honeymooned in tortola.

blackbird went off there too.

keep me posted.

thanks for the best boards on earth!

Danny Casale

Cape May, NJ

p.s. my bud kenny just got some boards.  he is all pumped up!

Proxy Blackbird: 5’10″ x 18 1/4″ x 2 1/8″ rounded squash tail

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Jarrah Tutton experiments with four fins, three fins, two fins and
all kinds of shapes during a fun summertime swell on the goldy.

custom Proxy Blackbird with Parabolic Carbon Rail suspension system & Kevlar compression patch
twin fang, greased rascal, apache, and more….

Blackbird 2 parabolic carbon epoxy joy stick!!!!

This thing should have snapped more that once.

I would say it is almost indestructible…

Jarrah Tutton
Gold Coast, Australia.  Southern California. France. Indo.
Custom Blackbird, Parabolic Carbon Rail with Kevlar Compression Patch

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

photo: Chris Burkard    custom roundtail Blackbird

Hey Todd & Charissa-

I’m loving my 6’4″ blackbird!

I constantly get comments about it (digi camo with titanium 1 and 2) and

it’s really pushing my surfing ability.

I can definitely grow into this board.

Thanks, Eric
San Diego, CA
ht: 6’1″  wt: 175 lb  age: 36
Blackbird: 6’4″ x 18 7/8″ x 2 3/8″ to 2 1/2″
Proxy epoxy with Kevlar Compression patch & Carbon Hinged Flex-tail

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