bonzer experiments

Came across this inspirational post by Ryan Lovelace in the US…

EVO3 bonzer Porpoise

My beautiful daughter’s first birthday is rapidly approaching (March) so I thought I’d mark the occasion not only with her first board, but a new model – The Porpoise. 5’4” x 19 1/4” x 2 1/4” bonzer with a Proteck rear 7” fin and mini-EVO3s. This will hang on her ceiling for the next few years and be met with a consistent “when your big enough and brave enough Seren”… it will be  a special day when we finally take it out.

A 6’ x 22 1/2” grown-up version of this board is already in the pipeline. Just love the plan shape.

Designed to be a total wave hog with a really stable platform, but lots of drive and manoeuvrability to carve all over the place. EVO4 fin set up and more rocker than a plan shape like this would suggest, so it should go vert with ease.

Freaky gets some foamstain

Latest FreakFish 6’4” x 21 1/4” x 2 3/4” EVO 6

Resin foam stain. Full deck stain to follow…

Bonzer Quad goes east – FreakFish EVO4

Some feedback from North Cornwall surfer Dougal on the FreakFish he took to Indo… thanks Dougz, send us some pics when you get some:)

hey bud,
Yeah freaky has been great heaps of float, was surfing it at a spot called Passe or mushroom point the other day for a couple of days and she flew.
It was so shallow i nicked the fin a couple of times on the bottom turn but nothing major, she got me in and out of some great barrels,
only 2ft but beautiful hollow barrels!! Great fun.
She's kinda like a twinie with a bit more drive and the channels are interesting never surfed with those before.
Glad you had a great trip in mex and thanks a million for the board. She's just the other kinda feel i was searching for.
Sampai jumpa!
Doogz

Baja loves Freaky – 6’4” Freakfish EVO6

Well the proof is always in the eating… and the FreakFish EVO 6 tasted damn fine! It was probably the loosest yet most stable, drivey board i have ridden. Suffice to say my friend Steve, the recipient, was stoked and i have just started another one for myself,  as Dougal decided he wanted to try the EVO4 for his winter in Indo. Hope it meets expectations Doug.

Sadly the only shot of it being ridden is just me doing a bottom turn on a small day and P-Point. That afternoon the swell picked up, and a really enjoyable overhead swell started pushing in turning out to be the best testing ground of the trip.

Anyways  a lot of the Todos Santos crew down there loved the look of the board and are going to put it through it’s paces over the next 2 months so we hope to get some more feedback on the blog for you soon.

6’10 Blunt Diamond for Jack L

bonzer Freakfish EVO6

Finished for Christmas – big thanks to Daz for getting it polished on time…
6’3” x 20 7/8” x 2 9/16” 6oz + 4oz deck and 6 oz + 4 oz tail patch on the bottom
       

Jack of hearts…

We like to start them on the bonzers early in North Cornwall…

Jack picked up his tonight and is looking forward to testing it out tomorrow in what looks to be great fun-size conditions…

 

Tim Stafford Bat tail bonzer EVO3 vs. NS B22 Quad

Jack of hearts… waiting for art

  

Should get this art-worked this weekend… some fun going to be happening on this one for young Jack.

Freakfish EVO6 is born…

The latest Freakfish has just been born and sits at 6’3” x 20 7/8” x 2 9/16” … EVO6 fins – yes, 6! More pics later after glassing :)

Love * Freaky

  

Jack of Hearts 6’0” Hornet gets tinted…

 

Reverse lap white with cerise/pink tail resin tint.

Lucas blunt diamond

This was Lucas’s board finally photographed on a blustery day full of swell at Trevone. 4 hours later he managed to break off one of the EVO3 fins whilst surfing corner at Boobies Bay. He’s gutted and so am I as all the artwork will need to be redone around the fins…
6’6” x 21 3/8” x 2 1/2”

Oli testing his Blunt Diamond

Nice day at Connies Reef… Oli was in perfect position to get caught by Nick of 360 Photography who happily made it across the Camel for this fun session…