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Da Monsta turns 10
A Cali one-board-quiver by Proctor celebrates its 10 yr. birthday.
Three friends, a shaping room, some board banter, and kinetic surfing pepper this remembrance of the first of its kind. Although this shape has undergone many iterations throughout the years, the original design has retained a fond and relevant longevity.
Hydrodynamics of an Everyday Board | Part 1
In this episode of the American Surfboard Factory, take a look into the world of hydrodynamics; the concepts behind what makes a versatile everyday performance board tick . . . and see what it means for you. Proctor dissects his arsenal of one board quivers known as the Monsta series. Nick Rozsa articulates in a demonstration that inspires.
Hydrodynamics of an Everyday Board – PT2
Todd explains the use of hydrofoil concepts in an everyday board. Also exploring the elastic properties in its rubber-like construction. A cross-section of 4 surfers varying in age, builds & styles demonstrate.
Titanium II Monsta Shortboard Shaper Breakdown
Rozsa Homegrown
shot/cut: Papaleo
Forever Grom Explains da Monsta
Ricky Schaffer tells why Da Monsta has put "fresh wind and fresh fire" into his surfing.
homegrown ep.2
das wunderkind: Nick Rozsa || shot/cut: Chris Papaleo || featuring the Monsta HD 'Monstoscillous' - Monsta outline & rails w/ Hideoscillous rocker & concaves
Da Monsta is our ‘one board quiver’.
The most versatile board for waves two foot to just overhead; mushy or hollow.It has become most surfers’ “normal everyday board for all conditions”.
The only complaint has become, “I don’t ride any of my other boards anymore!”
This new life form is the high performance great grandchild of the Lil’ Rascal….it has morphed, grown a bit sleeker, but has stayed true to it’s roots of blistering speed through its heritage of a shorter, wider, stalkier persona. Where this offspring has matured and pushed past it’s predecessors is in the area of versatility and in-the-pocket mobility.
The Monsta keeps the speed constant….you don’t have to rely so much on the wave dictating where you’ll derive your speed from….the board just goes, yet has the hold of a normal good waves shortboard when you bare some teeth into your turns. Where the Rascal utilized a spiral vee contour running through the fin cluter,
I’ve plowed all those guts out of the Monsta and left one deep even concave with subtle inset doubles running through the fins…as well there is also concave running right off the tail block; we call it the ‘exhaust pipe‘.
- FIN CONFIGURATION: thruster or five fin option to ride as tri or quad
- WAVE PREFERENCES: knee high and mushy to head high and hollow
- AVAILABLE TAIL CONFIGURATIONS: wide rounded squash, wide hip-squash, swallowtail, round/thumbtail
- RECOMMENDED RIDER TYPES: beginner to advanced
Todd’s picks for traction, fins, & other board essentials
Power Broker
Andy Irons Dakine Traction
Octopus Chippa Traction
| Popular Dimensions | Volume | Rider Weight |
| 4’7″ x 17 3/4″ x 1 3/4″ | 16.85L | Rider weight: 40-80 lb / 18-36 kg |
| 5’2″ x 17 7/8″ x 1 7/8″ | 18.45L | Rider weight: 60-90 lb / 27-40kg |
| 5’4” x 18 3/8” x 2 1/8” | 21.59L | Rider weight: 60-140 lb / 27-63 kg |
| 5’5″ x 18 5/8″ x 2″ | 22.1L | Rider weight: 60-140 lb / 27-63 kg |
| 5’6” x 18 7/8” x 2 1/8” | 23.6L | Rider weight: 70-145 lb / 31-65 kg |
| 5’6” x 18 7/8” x 2 1/4” | 24.99L | Rider weight: 75-160 lb / 34-72 kg |
| 5’7” x 19” x 2 1/4” | 25.4-26L | Rider weight: 145-165 lb / 65-75 kg |
| 5’7” x 19” x 2 5/16” | 26.3L | Rider weight: 145-170 lb / 65-77 kg |
| 5’8″ x 19 1/4″ x 2 5/16″ (narrower nose) | 27L | Rider weight: 150-180 lb / 68-81 kg |
| 5’8” x 19 1/4” x 2 5/16” | 28L | Rider weight: 155-185 lb / 70-3 kg |
| 5’9″ x 19 3/8″ x 2 3/8″ | 28.72L | Rider weight: 160-185 lb / 72-84 kg |
| 5’9″ x 19 1/2″ x 2 3/8″ | 30L | Rider weight: 160-190 lb / 72-86 kg |
| 5’10” x 19 1/2″ x 2 3/8″ | 29L+ | Rider weight: 160-195 lb / 72-88 kg |
| 5’10” x 19 5/8″ x 2 3/8″ | 29L+ | Rider weight: 160-195 lb / 72-88 kg |
| 5’11” x 19 1/2″ x 2 3/8″ | 28L | Rider weight: 165-190 lb / 74-86 kg |
| 5’11” x 19 3/4″ x 2 11/16″ | 33.3L | Rider weight: 175-200 lb / 79-91 kg |
| 6’0″ x 19 3/8″ x 2 1/2″ | 30.8L | Rider weight: 165-195 lb / 74-88 kg |
| 6’0″ x 19 3/4″ x 2 1/2″ | 31.5L | Rider weight: 165-195 lb / 74-88 kg |
| 6’0″ x 20″ x 2 1/2″ tapered rail | 31.5L | Rider weight: 165-195 lb / 74-88 kg |
| 6’0” x 19 7/8” x 2 1/2” | 33L | Rider weight: 170-200 lb / 77-91 kg |
| 6’0″ x 20 1/4″ x 2 5/8″ | 33.7L+ | Rider weight: 170-200 lb / 77-91 kg |
| 6’0″ x 20 1/2″ x 2 9/16″ | 33L | Rider weight: 170-200 lb / 77-91 kg |
| 6’0″ x 20 1/4″ x 2 7/8″ full | 38.43L | Rider weight: 175-220 lb / 79-99 kg |
| 6’1″ x 19 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ | 31.77L | Rider weight: 165-195 lb / 74-88 kg |
| 6’1″ x 20 1/4″ x 2 5/8″ | 33.9L | Rider weight: 170-210 lb / 77-95 kg |
| 6’2 x 19 3/8 x 2 3/8 | 30.7L | Rider weight: 165-195 lb / 74-88 kg |
| 6’2″ x 20 1/8″ x 2 5/8″ | 32.8L | Rider weight: 170-210 lb / 77-95 kg |
| 6’2″ x 20 1/8″ x 2 5/8″ full | 34L | Rider weight: 170-210 lb / 77-95 kg |
| 6’3” x 20 1/2” x 2 3/4” | 35L | Rider weight: 170-210 lb / 77-95 kg |
| 6’3” x 20 1/8” x 2 5/8” | 35L | Rider weight: 170-210 lb / 77-95 kg |
| 6’3 x 20 3/4″ x 2 3/4″+ | 39.29L | Rider weight: 180-240 lb / 81-108 kg |
| 6’4″ x 20″ x 2 1/2″ | 34.58L | Rider weight: 170-210 lb / 77-95 kg |
| 6’4″ x 20 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ | 38L | Rider weight: 180-220 lb / 81-99 kg |
| 6’5″ x 20 1/4″ x 2 3/4″ | 38.36L | Rider weight: 180-220 lb / 81-99 kg |
| 6’5″ x 21 1/4″ x 2 7/8″ | 42.8L | Rider weight: 180-220 lb / 81-99 kg |
| 6’6” x 21” x 2 5/8” | 39L | Rider weight: 170-230 lb / 77-104 kg |
| 6’6” x 21” x 2 3/4” | 40.5L | Rider weight: 170-230 lb / 77-104 kg |
| 6’8” x 21 1/2” x 3” | 46.7L | Rider weight: 180-240 lb / 81-109 kg |
| 6’10” x 20” x 2 5/8” (sleek) | 38.4L | Rider weight: 115-200 lb / 52-90 kg |
| 7’0” x 21” x 3” step-up | 50L | Rider weight: 190-250+ lb / 86-113 kg |
| 7’6” x 22” x 3 1/4” | 54.29L | Rider weight: 200-250+ lb / 90-113 kg |
Ride Da Monsta 3-4 inches shorter and 1/2” wider than your standard good waves shortboard
construction options & pricing
Monstas come in many iterations, constructions & artwork options.
Here are a few examples.
Custom tune with Todd & have yours built to order.
how to get your board
ordering options
MONSTA HD:
‘Through Gates of Splendor’ … in the cathedrals of our soul, we realize there’s something more… Monsta outline & rails with Hideoscillous rocker & bottom. Ideal for small scale waves; incredible back foot control through on-rail full-speed cutties.
MONSTA STEP-UP:
This is the Monsta design ridden a couple inches longer than the standard Monsta, a touch narrower, with thinner rails, a sleeker outline and a roundtail for positive hold through turns with power. If you like the Monsta design and want one for waves slightly bigger or with more power, than this is the board for you.
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A tale of two Monstas:
Two boards, same dims, same outline, same rails, different rockers and bottoms. 5’6” x 18 5/8” x 2 1/4” 25L with one being a #Flyinmonstasurfboard (rocker of the #Flyinlionsurfboard with the outline and rails of the #Monstasurfboard) and the other being the historical yet still relevant #Monstasurfboard v.2. They are for Brandon in Costa Rica. It’s a fun design process journey to see what different bottoms do on the same planshape and rails. I’ve found it’s a great way to venture out without veering off…to discover what works good, what works better and what works best for you.
Also introducing some new tailpads by @octopusisreal They are filthy good and we like their organic industrial look. Octo pads now available for new boards and at the shop…punk rock front foot pads too.
The Ghost:
For those of you who like the Monsta, this is a high performance shortboard counterpart to that design. I’ve kept the rocker and bottom contours the same as that of the Monsta….so same speed, same positive flow…The outline, rail volume and deck foil is more “shortboardy, but with the wide point moved slightly forward & a bit fuller nose outline than a standard “needled out” perfect waves shortboard. The rails are less full than that of the Monsta; more pulled down, but boxy in shape.
Popular Rocker Options
Experience: beginner – advanced. The flattest and best for mushy small point surf
Experience: beginner – advanced. ‘the people’s board’ being the most user friendly from novice to expert and working in the widest ranges of wave types and sizes. The working man’s board. A quick and easy, quick paddling, drivey, plenty of foam, versatile, fast, fun, turns-on-a-dime rippin’ board for those of us that can’t always wait for the perfect conditions to come together. Small and crumbly – no problem; overhead and good….also wonderful; whatever conditions you encounter when you get the chance to jump out there, this model guarantees you’ll have fun. A board for the people.
Experience: beginner – advanced. Blends the low entry under the chest / flip tip of the Pipsqueak with a flatter run through the belly rocker and some extra tail flip off the back fin. Combined with heavy deep single to inset double concave bottom gives this board incredible small wave drive without compromising a nice crisp whippy feel in turns
Experience: intermediate – advanced. Has a wide-open sweet spot even single-to-inset-doubles & a bit more tail rocker to handle the demands of hyperactive rippers who can’t stay out of the pocket – or for surfers who’s local spots tend to be small, but can still be small and hollow at the same time i.e. the N.Y./ N.J. beachbreaks, Newport, Huntington, Texas, Japan, etc…small beachbreaky kind of stuff…found all over really…
Experience: intermediate – advanced. Is a pockety Monsta with deeper concaves for more backfooted surfers who like to release the tail & go for airs. The ‘inverted fulcrum’ rocker shift allows gravity’s laws to be bent … even broken. Invert yourself.
Experience: intermediate – advanced. Combines the Monsta outline & rails with Hideoscillous rocker & bottom. Ideal for small scale waves; incredible back foot control through on-rail full-speed cutties. Mallet instead of scalpel.
Experience: intermediate – advanced. Combines the Monsta outline & rails with Jetstream hydrofoil-esque concaves to generate smooth controllable speed – a paradigm shift for surfers of all ages, skill sets & abilities.
surfboard reviews
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Monsta v.2 / Greased Pig 5’10” x 19 1/2” x 2 7/16”+ 30L rounded squashtail
For Andrew 36/5’9”/170lb for County Line, Strand, Rivermouth, Mentawaiis, and travel ++ #monstasurfboard #greasedpigsurfboard #monstapigsurfboard #americanmade
Jun 9
Monsta v.2 / Greased Pig 5’10” x 19 1/2” x 2 7/16”+ 30L rounded squashtail
For Andrew 36/5’9”/170lb for County Line, Strand, Rivermouth, Mentawaiis, and travel ++ #monstasurfboard #greasedpigsurfboard #monstapigsurfboard #americanmade
Just shaped it:
5’10” x 19 1/2” x 2 9/16” 30L #Monstapigsurfboard for brother John; a loyal friend…who rips!! This one has the regular #Monstasurfboard outline, with the rocker and concaves of the #Greasedpigsurfboard v.4 and with four parabolic belly channels that fade out at the tail. A favorite design for everyday Cali conditions.
John is 5’9”, 185lbs.
Mar 31
Just shaped it:
5’10” x 19 1/2” x 2 9/16” 30L #Monstapigsurfboard for brother John; a loyal friend…who rips!! This one has the regular #Monstasurfboard outline, with the rocker and concaves of the #Greasedpigsurfboard v.4 and with four parabolic belly channels that fade out at the tail. A favorite design for everyday Cali conditions.
John is 5’9”, 185lbs.
So these shots got sent to me:
At first glance I thought whoa it’s Mitchel Coleborn got ahold of a Proccy. Turns out it’s a local kid I’ve never seen before, Wes, ripping like a big leaguer. I get amped when I see stuff like this show up unplanned! All hail the underground!!
It’s a #Zipstajet …it’s part #Monstasurfboard part #Zipstitchsurfboard part #Jetstreamsurfboard conjoined into one sparky amalgamation.
Oct 4
So these shots got sent to me:
At first glance I thought whoa it’s Mitchel Coleborn got ahold of a Proccy. Turns out it’s a local kid I’ve never seen before, Wes, ripping like a big leaguer. I get amped when I see stuff like this show up unplanned! All hail the underground!!
It’s a #Zipstajet …it’s part #Monstasurfboard part #Zipstitchsurfboard part #Jetstreamsurfboard conjoined into one sparky amalgamation.
Wouldn’t you like to be a @p_fly on the wall in these tubes!!
Pierce, always joy-filled and ripping.
5’7” x 18 7/8” x 2 1/4” #Monstasurfboard v.2
@ruettclothing
Sep 17
Wouldn’t you like to be a @p_fly on the wall in these tubes!!
Pierce, always joy-filled and ripping.
5’7” x 18 7/8” x 2 1/4” #Monstasurfboard v.2
@ruettclothing
On this Labor Day we celebrate one of our labors: The newly minted #Velocimonsta2030 …it’s got the bendy-between-the-feet ball-bearing pocket hustle of the #procco2030surfboard …the heavy accelerated tail concaves of the #Flyinlionsurfboard and the outline and rails of the #Monstasurfboard for a super duper responsive, drivey, rail-holding, controlled-releasing, buckets-to-the-sky, fin-wafting, don’t-gotta-think-too-hard fun craft. For extra sprang and thwang we are going with teamlite epoxy and high density foam stringers, coupled with strategic carbon in the key spots. I got one in the works at 5’11” x 19 3/4” x 2 11/16” 33L that hopes to be ready for the next poppin’ southern hemi…YEEEEW!!
#handmadeinthefreeworld #americansurfboardfactory
Sep 6
On this Labor Day we celebrate one of our labors: The newly minted #Velocimonsta2030 …it’s got the bendy-between-the-feet ball-bearing pocket hustle of the #procco2030surfboard …the heavy accelerated tail concaves of the #Flyinlionsurfboard and the outline and rails of the #Monstasurfboard for a super duper responsive, drivey, rail-holding, controlled-releasing, buckets-to-the-sky, fin-wafting, don’t-gotta-think-too-hard fun craft. For extra sprang and thwang we are going with teamlite epoxy and high density foam stringers, coupled with strategic carbon in the key spots. I got one in the works at 5’11” x 19 3/4” x 2 11/16” 33L that hopes to be ready for the next poppin’ southern hemi…YEEEEW!!
#handmadeinthefreeworld #americansurfboardfactory
I have a very political statement to make: Here’s a 5’8” x 19 3/8” x 2 3/8” 28L #Pipsqueaksurfboard in #carbonfootprintsurfboard construction with light grey resin tints, and a 5’9” x 19 3/8” x 2 3/8” 28.7L #Monstasurfboard v.2 in #carbonfootprintsurfboard construction for Adam. By riding these boards Adam will find himself free, free to go about on the wave face anywhere he wishes to go without the pressure of being told where he ought to be going. He will be free to shout out in joyous rapture all manner of surf-stoked silly banter even if it is considered controversial. He will not be fact-checked as to how radical his fins free tail tapping whap bappin lip snaps coulda been or even shoulda been…cuz man he’s already there…right where he wants to be 🙂
And that’s how free-surfers roll.
Feb 12
I have a very political statement to make: Here’s a 5’8” x 19 3/8” x 2 3/8” 28L #Pipsqueaksurfboard in #carbonfootprintsurfboard construction with light grey resin tints, and a 5’9” x 19 3/8” x 2 3/8” 28.7L #Monstasurfboard v.2 in #carbonfootprintsurfboard construction for Adam. By riding these boards Adam will find himself free, free to go about on the wave face anywhere he wishes to go without the pressure of being told where he ought to be going. He will be free to shout out in joyous rapture all manner of surf-stoked silly banter even if it is considered controversial. He will not be fact-checked as to how radical his fins free tail tapping whap bappin lip snaps coulda been or even shoulda been…cuz man he’s already there…right where he wants to be 🙂
And that’s how free-surfers roll.
This is Nastassy. He has overcome much in his youth. He found surfing as a way to enjoy the wonderful life-giving gifts of riding waves, soaking in the sun and the benefits of vitamin D, the cleansing properties of saltwater, the inhalation of ions from the crashing of breaking waves, the fun of sand between his toes, and the ecstasy of meeting with the creator every time he communes with the health found in the sea. He is free.
5’10” x 19 3/8” x 2 3/8” 29L #Monstasurfboard / #FalconV2surfboard
Nastassy is 5’11”, 153lbs.
This is his first custom board for the Central Coast of Cali.
Jan 7
This is Nastassy. He has overcome much in his youth. He found surfing as a way to enjoy the wonderful life-giving gifts of riding waves, soaking in the sun and the benefits of vitamin D, the cleansing properties of saltwater, the inhalation of ions from the crashing of breaking waves, the fun of sand between his toes, and the ecstasy of meeting with the creator every time he communes with the health found in the sea. He is free.
5’10” x 19 3/8” x 2 3/8” 29L #Monstasurfboard / #FalconV2surfboard
Nastassy is 5’11”, 153lbs.
This is his first custom board for the Central Coast of Cali.
