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

George getting some Florida barrel time on his 6’2″ x 19″ x 2 3/8″ G-4.f

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

“6’3 rounded pin holding in like a champ!”

“Cheers for the amazing craft’s Todd.”  – Jarrah Tutton

Jarrah, 6’3″ G-4.f roundpin
South coast joy!!

Hey Todd and Charissa,

Just wanted to give you some feedback on the boards I picked up on Friday afternoon and to say thanks for all of your help with getting these KILLER boards.

My friend Dirk (the one that met me at your shop) and I went straight to Silver Strand after getting my boards. Once we got there the waves were more solid than I was expecting, they were about chest to head high (+ on occasion). Then I realized I didn’t have a leash cord but luckily Dirk had some spares. I took out the G4f and my on first wave I didn’t make the drop on a mellow left. Then I caught about 6 rights (I’m a regular footer) and the board was awesome. I hit the lip on every wave and landed all of them, which usually doesn’t happen that consistent.

Then I did one of the more vertical off the lips I have done in many years and landed it perfectly to continue down the line.

The board was super responsive, fast, and very forgiving.

If only I had been riding one of these a long time ago!

It worked well on the small waist high waves and felt great in the head high waves.
After about 10-12 waves I ran in and got Da Monsta out. The waves were healthy enough that I normally would have stayed on the G4f but I had to try Da Monsta. My first wave was a chest high slightly bumpy right and the board took off. I honestly don’t think that I have ever gone so fast on a board before. A few waves later I caught one of the head high+ sets and I made the drop fine and once the wave started sucking out the board just took off again.

Those two waves in particular were the fastest I have ever felt a board go!

I got to hit the lip once on Da Monsta and landed it solid.

The next morning (Sat) Dirk and I hit Shores and it was about waist to shoulder+ with light offshores. This time I just rode Da Monsta. I caught tons of waves and felt really solid on the drops, although I didn’t make the drop on one of the head high waves (my fault, not the board). A lot of the waves were backing off so the feel was a little different. I did pull into one of my better tubes of the season on it but didn’t make it out.
Instead of being so wordy I could have just said I’m stoked on the boards but

I really did feel the difference on

these boards and I can’t wait to ride

them in some long lined up waves.

My friend Dirk saw me one some of the waves and knows how pumped I am about the boards that he is thinking about getting one soon!

Besides the boards, I am stoked on your customer service and that there were never any loose ends or any miscommunications that occurred during the whole process.

You seem to have a great operation and I hope to work with you again on another “Magic Ride”.

Thanks,
Paul, Ventura, CA :: ht: 5’9 wt: 170-175
Monsta 6’0″ x 19 5/8″ x 2 1/2″ squash tail
G-4.f 6’4″ x 19 1/4″ x 2 1/2″ rounded squash tail

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a couple weeks later

Hi Charissa and Todd,
I am so stoked on my boards! I rode the Monsta in 3-4′ windswell at Silver Strand the other day and the board was working great.

I’m landing almost all my floaters/off the lips

which I was not doing with the other two boards I had before.

What a difference in take offs, speed and control!

Also, I feel like I am doing more gouging type turns by digging the rail and tail deeper into the wave.
Paul

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Todd- It was cool seeing out in the line-up this morning (it’s always a good thing to see your shaper ripping)!

The g4 worked well in the conditions, it dropped in comfortably in the bigger ones and actually groveled really well on the little insiders.

I’m totally stoked on my two boards. I was going right on one and you were going left on the same one way down the line tucked into a backside tube, Right On!

I just sold my other boards so I have enough money for another board since I am rebuilding my quiver with boards that work well for me. I will call at some point and make an appointment to talk to you about what I want and need.

Have a good one!

Paul

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Hi Todd,
I ended up surfing Inside Point for a short sesh later after meeting up with you and rode my g4.

My first wave was my 2nd best wave of the winter (lil overhead) and the board was perfect.

I did about 8-10 big carving turns

all the way down to the pier

and the board felt so solid.

That was the test and the board passed

on solid waves. Thanks!

Hey Todd,

Just wanted to let you know that the board rocks!!!  Rode it all weekend.

From the first wave I paddled into and planted my feet, it fit like a glove.

It felt like I had been

riding it for a year,

except it’s so much better

than any board I’ve owned.

It was catching small waves better than I would have thought, and when the head high set waves came in she just wanted to go.

Can’t wait for some winter swell.

You are good at what you do!  I’m sure you will be making more boards for me and my kids as they are growing up.

Best of wishes to you and Charissa with the shop!

Paul Black
G-4.f: 6’2″ x 19″ 2 3/8″ thumbtail

The G4 is absolutely the best.

Surfed overhead barrels all weekend and its unreal.

Much more active/responsive than the SR-71. Took a few hrs to dial it in. 
Everyone who sees the boards, both the artwork and board design, are overwhelmed with how great they look.

Brian McCarthy, Newport Beach, CA

G-4.f [fulcrum]: 6’2″ x 18 3/4″ x 2 5/16″ rounded squash
Proxy epoxy construction
Carbon Parabolic Suspension System
Kevlar Compression Patch

Todd, Charissa,
A few amateur pics of Kingston this week at the rip curl contest

If I forget to tell you THE NEW GREASED PIG IS AWESOME.

Surfed head high barrels in Newport River Jetty…The G4 is next…

You are the BOARD MASTER. THANKS

Kingston, 11, Newport Beach
G-4.f: 5’2″ x 16 3/4″ x 1 7/8″

Brian, Newport Beach
Greased Pig: 5’10″ x 19″ x 2 5/16″
Proxy epoxy with Kevlar compression patch

Todd my new G-4. is like riding a magic carpet!!!

I can’t wait to pop a few jollies on it when I get to BALI.

6’1″ x 18 1/2″ x 2 1/4″ G-4.f [fulcrum] squash tail

custom 6′2″ x 18 3/4″ x 2 5/16″ Proxy Titanium Series G-4.f [fulcrum]
Kevlar compression patch, Parabolic Stringers, Carbon Rails

Barrels are few and far between in the Sunshine State, unless of course your name is Peter Mendia and you’re surfing select South Florida reefbreaks on a regular basis.
Photo: Nicola Lugo

Todd,

You know the epoxy Carbon Rail Titanium board, whatever it is you call this thing…. I gotta tell you a crazy thing about this board. I took it into some super heavy barrels right after I got it where I thought I had broken it for sure a few times, anyway… it did get a subtle crease on the bottom in the middle, but not out to the rail, just inside.

But I’ve been riding it all the time still for the last two months and it hasn’t affected the way it rides at all. It still works insane…. it hasn’t affected the flex or anything. Still real springy and lively. But I’m trippin’ because I’ve never ever had a board that gets creased right down the middle where it ends up that the board’s not just totally ruined.

How ever you set up the stringers and the carbon or whatever you do on the rails and how this thing is made it has kept the board from snapping and the buckle hasn’t gotten any worse. I haven’t even tried to fix it. I’ve just been riding it as it is.

People have even been coming up to me thinking I don’t know about it and telling me “wow man, did you see your board is buckled?” and I tell em “yea, I know, it doesn’t matter, it still rides great, you can’t even tell.”

So I thought that was pretty crazy and wanted to let you know.

Peter Mendia