FLV Winged Pin Report

I’ve now had a couple of surfs on the FLV Winged Pin. Waves were only waist to chest high and pretty soft, but it was enough to get a feel for the board. As with all the other models that now feature the Full Length Vee, the board felt very comfortable under the feet and was very smooth in the rail to rail transitions.

The big surprise was the board’s speed. I didn’t really expect it to be as fast as it was. It definitely runs much faster than the previous single into double concave versions of this model (used to be called the ’73). So much so, that a couple of times, I forgot that I was actually on a single fin. I set the 8 1/4” flex fin at my standard single fin setting of 8” up from the tail, but with the FLV, the board is much looser than the previous versions, and a couple of times it almost let go on some of the harder turns.

For the 2nd surf, I pulled the fin back to about 7 5/8”. Bingo! The board became very solid in the turns, allowing me to slip in a couple of fairly brutal hacks and one particularly quick lip smash. Usually when I move fins further back, I’ll notice a slight loss of glide and trim speed, but not at all with this one. The trim and glide speed stayed right up there.

If you’re looking for a fun single fin, for waves up to about head and half high, that will allow you to cruise or hack, I think you’d have to do some pretty serious searching to find a better one than this.

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Performance Guarantee

I believe that buying a new board should be a no risk affair. That customers can safely purchase a board and know that they are going to be happy with it.

When I build someone a board, the most important thing for me is that it's going to be a board they love. A board that inspires them to surf better and puts a smile on their face every time they surf it. If their board is not doing this for them, then I'm not happy. I like customers to know that there's no risk when they buy a board from me, that they're always going to get a board that they love. So I'm making it official. From now on, all my custom boards come with a performance guarantee. If you feel that the board is not performing as good as you expected, I'll replace it for you or refund your money. Reasonable conditions apply of course.

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FLV Zen Glide Report

Just had a killer surf on this very first FLV Zen Glide. As i suspected, the Full Length Vee suited the board beautifully, and making this smooth gliding machine totally at home on both the double overhead sets and the waist high dribblers. This one is 7'2 x 20 3/4 x 2 3/4 with a 8 1/4" flex style fin, set 8 1/4" up from the tail. ON THE FACE - The board was very stable on the drops, with the full length vee providing a nice stability on the later and steeper takeoffs. At first, the board definitely felt a touch slower than a multi fin board, which was to be expected. But actually I think it was more of a case of me learning to tune in to the single fin, because on my last wave, the board was absolutely flying in the pocket, and I felt like I barely had my foot on the throttle. BOTTOM TURN - Usually when i come off multi fin boards onto a single, it will take me a couple of waves to get my single fin bottom turns sorted. But not with this one. The board was rock solid off the very first bottom turn and projected nicely up onto the open faces. TOP TURNS, CUTBACKS ETC - Out on the shoulder the board responded very easily in turns and cutbacks were a breeze. I also rode a couple of waves all the way down the feef until they were just waist high dribblers, to see how it would handle the smaller waves. No probs at all, the board still turned and glided beautifully even on the softest waves, with the Full length Vee allowing the board to make smooth and easy rail to rail transitions. CONCLUSION - Just as I expected, the FLV suits the Zen Glide model beautifully, improving the glide and ease of handling, and just overall giving the board a very nice smooth, responsive feeling under the feet. Hope to get some video of it the next few days, so you can see what it does. We usually build these with the 4 quad boxes so you can tap into the killer quad performance of these, but I just wanted this one to be a dedicated single fin and I'm really happy with it.

So if you're looking for a smooth gliding, king of the point limo, that will have you styling in waves from waist high to double or even triple overhead, head over to the site and get your order in. Prices and options are all listed on the order form. We can build them from 7' up to 9', and dial in whatever volume you need. But we're only going to build 12 of them this year and orders close September 14th, so don't miss out!

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