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shaper breakdown
shaper breakdownAnte-Up / Slight Step-Up
For when the waves are getting a bit bigger and punchier than your regular shortboard can handle. The Ante Up is that little extra you need to get into bigger waves easier and maintain the balance of speed and stability necessary to rip on the overhead dream days. The rocker has an even bend from nose to tail. The bottom features a slight single-to-double concave bottom with a touch of subtle vee off the back fin for drive and a positive hold through turns. The deck is a bit more domed and foiled down to the rail. This keeps most of the volume of the board under the chest for paddling while keeping a lower volume fine-tuned rail for lightning responsiveness. Thumbtails and rounded pins handle the power best.
All guns customized according to locations to be surfed.
Experience: Intermediate to Advanced
Ante-Up popular dimensions
all boards can be completely customized during custom order process
| Popular Dimensions | Volume | Rider Weight |
| 5'11" x 18" x 2 1/4" | 23.8L | Rider weight: 125-140 lb / 56-63 kg |
| 6'0" x 18 3/4" x 2 7/16" | 28L | Rider weight: 155-175 lb / 70-79 kg |
| 6'2" x 18 3/4" x 2 3/8" | 28.2L | Rider weight: 155-175 lb / 70-79 kg |
| 6'3" x 18 7/8" x 2 7/16" | 29.4L | Rider weight: 155-175 lb / 70-79 kg |
| 6'3" x 18 7/8" x 2 5/8" | 31.68L | Rider weight: 155-180 lb / 70-81 kg |
| 6'4" x 18 1/2" x 2 1/4" | 26.4L | Rider weight: 140-165 lb / 63-74 kg |
| 6'4" x 18 5/8" x 2 3/8" | 28L | Rider weight: 155-175 lb / 70-79 kg |
| 6'4" x 18 3/4" x 2 1/2" | 30L | Rider weight: 155-175 lb / 70-79 kg |
| 6'4" x 18 7/8" x 2 5/8" | 32L | Rider weight: 155-180 lb / 70-81 kg |
| 6'4" x 19" x 2 1/2" | 30L | Rider weight: 155-180 lb / 70-81 kg |
| 6'4" x 19 1/2" x 2 11/16" | 32.8L | Rider weight: 165-185 lb / 74-84 kg |
| 6'6" x 18 1/8" x 2 5/16" | 27.5L | Rider weight: 135-155 lb / 61-70 kg |
| 6'6" x 18 3/8" x 2 1/2" | 29L | Rider weight: 145-165 lb / 65-75 kg |
| 6'6" x 18 5/8" x 2 7/16" | 29.5L | Rider weight: 145-165 lb / 65-75 kg |
| 6'6" x 18 7/8" x 2 7/16" | 30L | Rider weight: 155-175 lb / 70-79 kg |
| 6'6" x 18 3/4" x 2 1/2" | 30.7L | Rider weight: 155-175 lb / 70-79 kg |
| 6'6" x 19" x 2 9/16" | 31.7L | Rider weight: 165-185 lb / 74-84 kg |
| 6'6" x 19 3/8" x 2 5/8" | 32.8L | Rider weight: 165-185 lb / 74-84 kg |
| 6'6" x 19 7/8" x 2 11/16" | 34.8L | Rider weight: 170-195lb / 77-88 kg |
| 6'8" x 18 3/4" x 2 1/2" | 32.37L | Rider weight: 165-185 lb / 74-84 kg |
| 6'8" x 18 7/8" x 2 9/16" | 33.63L | Rider weight: 165-185 lb / 74-84 kg |
| 6'8" x 19" x 2 5/8" | 33.5L | Rider weight: 165-185 lb / 74-84 kg |
| 6'8" x 19 1/2" x 2 1/2" | 34L | Rider weight: 170-195lb / 77-88 kg |
| 6'8" x 20 1/2" x 2 3/4" | 39.4L | Rider weight: 180-215 lb / 81-97 kg |
| 6'10" x 18 3/4" x 2 7/16" | 35.2L | Rider weight: 165-190 lb / 74-86 kg |
| 6'10" x 19" x 2 3/4" | 36.7L | Rider weight: 170-195lb / 77-88 kg |
| 6'10" x 19 1/4" x 2 5/8" | 35.3L | Rider weight: 165-195lb / 74-88 kg |
| 6'10" x 19 1/2" x 2 1/2" | 33.35L | Rider weight: 165-195lb / 74-88 kg |
| 7’0″ x 19 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ | 36.3L | Rider weight: 180-215 lb / 81-97 kg |
| 7’4″ x 20 1/4″ x 3″ | 45.9L | Rider weight: 180-230 lb / 81-104 kg |
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Deep thoughts . . . big shack on the prairie; Tutty in West Oz 6’3” x 18 3/4” x 2 9/16” 30L #anteupsurfboard Tutty is 6’0”/175lb
Matt with his new fearsome foursome Puerto pit-pack.
6'6", 7'0", 7'8", 8'6" #anteupsurfboard and #pipecleanersurfboard
And another step-up...this one’s for Riley from SD who’s headed to Chopes: 6’4” x 18 3/4” x 2 1/2” 30.5L #Flyinlionsurfboard step-up #Anteupsurfboard in poly construction with ‘tarball jellyfish bullet holes’ art. Riley is 18, 6’1”, 160lbs.
Riley from S.D. picked up his custom #anteupsurfboard / #Shalomicintervention for a trip to Hawaii next week. Riley’s a good kid and he rips.
Jaime swoopin’ a stock quick 6’6” x 18 5/8” x 2 7/16” 29.5L #anteupsurfboard #proxyepoxy for HH - Dbl OH deep water west PR varieties whilst road trippin’ through Cali | 31/5’8”/154lb
It’s always good to see multiple generations of a family surfing together. #fathersonsurfboards for Scott & Addison.
Scott’s is a 6’10” x 19 1/2” x 2 11/16” 37.5L #anteupsurfboard #proxyepoxy middleweight for Sunset, Backdoor & when Cali turns on. Scott is 62/5’6”/157lb | Addy’s got a 5’9” x 19 1/4” x 2 3/8” 28.6L #zipstajet #ridiculite #proxyepoxy for average SoCal conditions ++. Addison is 20/5’6”/160lb #enjoythejourney
Just shaped it: 6’6” x 18 3/4” x 2 1/2” 30.7L #anteupsurfboard #Shalomicintervention for Riley from SD who’s headed to the North Shore next month. Riley is 15, 5’10”, 145lbs.
#enjoythejourney @coconogales #customquiver
9'8 #archangelsurfboard
6'10 #anteupsurfboard
6'4 | 6'3 | 6'1 #g4surfboard @futuresfins #puertoescondido #zicatela #boardsforthejourney #americansurfboardfactory
Here’s a 6’2” x 18 3/4” x 2 7/16” #Shalomicintervention HD #jetstreamsurfboard #anteupsurfboard for Nate for a trip to Hawaii at the end of the month. Nate is an awesome 15 yr old kid from San Clemente who has a great attitude and is ripping harder everyday.
#boardsforthejourney
West Oz / Jarrah / Ante-up
Repost: @keepittropical
Photo: Reposar #anteupsurfboard
#calebszeal for @cbruynzeel and some stock #anteupsurfboard #g4surfboard & #superaboundsurfboard gettin #readytoship #boardsforthejourney #americansurfboardfactory
Garrett's 4pak equipped with @futuresfins #futuresfinscoloredboxes ready for SoCal & Hawaii #pipsqueaksurfboard #pipsqueakroundtail #anteupsurfboard #superaboundsurfboard #resintint
We'd be all smiles too if we were off to Indo with a fresh 6'5" x 18 5/8" x 2 1/2" 30L #anteupsurfboard snatched from the showroom floor at just the right moment | Oliver is 28/5'8"/160lb #brothersurftripsrock
Stoked surfer reports from the front lines: this just in>> "Todd , perfect board for Teahupoʻo. Thank you.
12'+ Perfection on the barrels. The quad setup was a great choice.
The board- 6'5" paddled in with a nice glide and setup. When the wave went vertical it engaged, locked in, dropped in and held the line and engaged the wave. So critical here to have a board that can hold in these conditions and this type of wave - Nailed it.
Speed and positioning are critical factors here and the board was able to stall, wait for it to go ballistic, then fire forward and get you to where you had to be, than have the power to pull you out and get you safe.
As always you're the BEST !!!!"
—Brian | custom 6'5" x 19" x 2 11/16" round pin Ante-up G-4.f (inverted fulcrum)...for Tahitian barrels. Brian is 52, 6'0" 185lbs. surfstoked lifer charger. #anteupsurfboard #g4surfboard #surferfeedback
Garrett's updated #surfboardquiver // 6'6 x 18 3/8 x 2 1/2 29L #anteupsurfboard
5'10 x 18 1/2 x 2 5/16 24.55L #superaboundsurfboard
5'7 x 19 x 2 1/4 26L #pipsqueakroundtail
5'7 x 19 x 2 3/16 24.8L #pipsqueaksurfboard #carbonfootprint #boardsforthejourney #americansurfboardfactory #customsurfboards // 29/5'6"/145-150lb
Mendia gettin tubed. Southern Hemisphere is firing up...it's step up and gun season yet again. Yowee. 6'8" x 19" x 2 9/16 ante-up. @petemendia #anteupsurfboard photo| Jaime Jiminez
Brian and his new custom 6'5" x 19" x 2 11/16" round pin Ante-up G-4.f (inverted fulcrum)...for Tahitian barrels. Brian is 40-something, 6'0" 185lbs. surfstoked lifer charger. #anteupsurfboard #g4surfboard
Today's storyboard: Here's Jarrah 'Tutty' Tutton @keepittropical during a Gold Coast swell from a couple weeks back...and the trusty craft: a 6'3" x 18 5/8" x 2 7/16" step-up from the early inception days of the G-4. How early? Five years ago...and still going strong. We built this one for heavy barrels, so it's not made fluffy or superlite, but instead is a poly made with a stock / slightly higher density blank, then wrapped in 4oz. S-glass with carbon running full length over the stringer top and bottom, and slightly wider laps all for a good balance of strength when it's heavy and weight to cut through ribs in the face when there's wind or elements about. It's seen action in Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia, Indonesia, and Hawaii. Photo: @andrewshield
#builttolast
#madecustom
#g4surfboard #anteupsurfboard
This just in, from our boots on the ground scout, 11 year old Kepa Mendia. Locale: North Shore of Oahu. Riding his 5’2” x 16 1/8” x 1 7/8” 16.7L #supergromsurfboard #anteupsurfboard
#Repost @k_epic_mendia_ ・・・
Yesterday was THE MOST INCREDIBLE DAY .. I made 3 of the BIGGEST BEST BARRELS of my LiFE 🙌🏻 @petemendia @billabong @billabongusa @proctor_surfboards @electric_surf @nomadsurfshop @freak_traction @sushibyjoe @stancesocks #rocky #rights #bombs #barrels #madeit #omg #bestdayever #hawaii #billabong #lifesbetterinboardshorts #billabongbloodlines
Oxnard loc Kyle about to snack on a coupla snapdragons
5’10” x 18 7/8” x 2 3/8” 27L #sr71surfboard
6’3” x 18 3/4” x 2 9/16” 30L #anteupsurfboard #superaboundsurfboard #shalomicintervention
Kyle is 35/5’9”/145lb/lifer
Garret's #roundtail #pipsqueaksurfboard with #resintint & #carbonstringerpatch & Robert's 6'6 #anteupsurfboard with #carbontailpatch #americansurfboardfactory #customsurfboards
Enter Mendia...on the street howitzer...on a dusty street...in the Wild Wild West...well...we actually mean...the Wild Wild North...Shore of Hawaii...on a watery wedge known as OTW.
Always a sight to see 💥
@petemendia
6’4” x 19” x 2 9/16” roundtail #g4surfboard G4f
#anteupsurfboard 🎥 @macgrommet
When the L.A. county beachies start packin’ a punch, Matty-Mo eats ‘em for lunch. 6’6” x 19 1/8” x 2 11/16” 33L deep six channel bottom round pin #Anteupsurfboard
Matt is 30-something, 6’0”, 185lbs. 
Photo: Brad Jacobson
Congratulations to this salty sea dog @keepittropical on joining the swarthy lads @salty_crew can’t think of a better match. (6’3” x 18 3/4” x 2 1/2” #Anteupsurfboard)
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So stoked to have joined the @salty_crew family!! They’re a brand for the hard workers. The searchers. The risk taking, mistake making, watermen with nothing to prove. 🤙 #findrefugeinthesea @forgot2kickout @whereswahlers @proctor_surfboards @yeti_au @claylikesyeti
Seek and ye shall find:
There’s this ancient book I read that says that. And so it got me to thinkin’ ‘bout all these people I hear going around saying (when the sun’s out), “It’s so hot out, I just wish it would rain...we need the rain y’know there’s been a drought for the last 50 years.” ...but then six months later I hear the same people saying (when it’s raining), “It’s so cold and rainy and the water is brown, I just wish the sun would come out and things would warm up.” Hmmmmm I says to myself: what to do?what to do?? Then I sees this here picture of Matty-Mo from the southbay a short bit ago. Scoring in between rain squalls and wind whipped days; a small window of idyllic timing - waiting patiently, watching...and then bang a window opens and the opportunity is not lost in a sea of “only if’s”. Sought and found seems to have a nice ring to it. Which brings to mind another diamond I once read in that same ancient book...it goes something like this, “For I have learned to be content in all circumstances.” Matt Mohagen patiently content to be the only guy out this day somewhere on the edge of L.A.
6’6” x 19” x 2 5/8” #Anteupsurfboard 📷 @stevegaffney
Custom 6’3” x 18 3/4” x 2 3/8” 28.6L #Anteupsurfboard shipping out to Robert age 26, 5’10”, 160lbs. for good East Coast days and for Puerto Rico.
Stoked surfer reports >> this just in: “Hey Todd , Matt Mohagen here, Happy new year, hope the fam and Little one are well! , just wanted to let you know that 6’6 with channels you made me has been working insane. I mostly have been riding it as a quad. Here are a few shots from recently in LA.” ...I took some of your guns up to ocean beach recently too and they worked amazing. I’ll be in touch with some more photos n updates on the boards. Thank you again so much for these boards.”
6’6” x 19” x 2 5/8” #Anteupsurfboard
Matt is 6’0”, 185lbs. #surferfeedback #equippingyouforthejourney #customsurfboards
Garrett's 6'6 #anteupsurfboard & 5'10 #superaboundsurfboard #readyforthejourney #americansurfboardfactory
In the works (the one in the middle): 6’6” x 19 3/8” x 2 11/16” 33.5L roundpin/ thumbtail poly step-up #Flyin71surfboard
#Anteupsurfboard ...for Dani in Norway 🇳🇴...for overhead tubes and open face carves. Dani is 6’0”, 188lbs and wears a 5/4/3.
...and then there’s when @petemendia comes to town (any town)
#wholeotherlevel
#anteupsurfboard 📷 @sethstafford
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@billabongusa @billabong @proctor_surfboards @electric_surf @localbrandfl @nomadsurfshop @crowdcontrolsurf @freak_traction @sushibyjoe @gardenoflife @aulta_surf
...and another one from Kirra’s magical day 48 hours ago. @keepittropical in the slot. @depactus 🎥 @dpasqualephoto
It’s a 6’3” x 18 3/4” x 2 3/8” #anteupsurfboard #g4surfboard original step-up thumbtail poly with carbon stringer reinforcement. This board is going strong into it’s sixth season as a mainstay go to slab hunter. It’s seen views from the inside of bending below sea level caverns all over the world. When Jarrah custom ordered this board six years ago, he said to make it strong it’s gonna be for real barrels; he wanted it to last and be able to hold up to beatings. So, in a world where highest output, designed obsolescence, and minimal personal interaction between surfer and designer seem to be a growing focus, we stand outside the mainstream and with the countercultural because we believe in real relationships and building things that both perform and last. We believe authenticity is the new currency and that less is more when it comes to quality, longevity and the greenest way to build a thing...boards built one at a time specifically for the individual surfers’ need. So when we say ‘limited edition custom’, we work hard to protect that tradition that has been our ideal for 27 years.
Today’s batch: (1) 6’1” #Flyinlionsurfboard for Colton for Zuma.
(2) 7’9” #Monstachief gun for Allen for Sunset Beach, Oahu.
(3) 6’1” #Zipstajet for Scott for home in Cali and trips to Nicaragua and Tahiti.
(4) 6’3” #G471HD for Alden in Florida and for trips to Central America.
(5) 7’4” #Anteupsurfboard for Ron in Santa Barbara. (6) 9’6” #Superfortressmod Classic Noserider for Bryan for Ventura Point.
(7) 7’6” #Monstachief for Jeffrey for Playa Negra, C.R. (8) 6’5” #Monstachief for Tony in New York.
(9) 5’4” #Postmodjet for Jeanpaul in L.A.
(10) 8’0” #HPLB mini for Keith in Santa Barbara. #proctorperformancelongboard
Garrett's 6'6 #anteupsurfboard & 5'10 #superaboundsurfboard #readyforthejourney #americansurfboardfactory
A traveling three-pak headed to John on the East Coast for a trip to Caribbean, Mexico and/ or Central America. 6'6" x 19" x 2 5/8" 32.5L #Anteupsurfboard step-up #Shalomicintervention, 6'1" x 19” x 2 1/2” 31L #flyinlionsurfboard 6’0” x 19 1/8” x 2 1/2” 30.5L
All made in teamlite poly construction with carbon/ basalt stringer patches. John is 31/6’1”/185lb
brother Gene with a fresh coupla buns out da oven ... 6’2” x 19 1/4” x 2 5/8”+ #g471surfboard HD 32L & 6’8” x 19 1/8” x 2 3/4” #anteupsurfboard 35L with fuller nose & swept back tail. Both #proxyepoxy #teamlite carbon reinforced. Gene is a ripper and 5’11”/180lb
#anteupsurfboard 6'3" x 18 3/4" x 2 7/16" keeps you ready for those days when the ocean dishes up a full course meal. @keepittropical dining in at the Kirra lodge for breakfast and second breakfast.
🎥 @happilystoked @depactus
Nate’s 7’0” x 19” x 2 5/8” 35L #anteupsurfboard #pipecleanersurfboard headed off to #Nantucket | 43/5’9”/168lb/for when you wanna step it up
Sometimes births are premature, then other times the new infant prefers to remain wombside a bit longer. @keepittropical cozy in the canal.
Delivery mechanism = one (1) custom #g4surfboard #anteupsurfboard 6'3" x 18 5/8" x 2 3/8" thumbtail poly. 🎥 @happilystoked
@depactus @yeti
...and the hits just keep on coming...another drainer by @keepittropical from the day of days at Kirra just some 36 hours ago...many calling it the best Kirra in years maybe decades. 6’3” x 18 3/4” x 2 3/8” #anteupsurfboard #G4surfboard “trusty warhorse crusader”. Jarrah is 6’0” 175lbs. and he’s been riding this board since before putting liters on boards was a thing. 📸 @stevetriancephotography
#throwbackthursday Serene in some square sunlit soulbowls @keepittropical in #westernaustralia 📽Tom Jennings 6'3" x 18 3/4" x 2 7/16" 30L #anteupsurfboard #stepupsurfboard Jarrah is 5'11"/175lb