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A board that has a feeling of continuous on-rail motion taking natural lines that run cross-grain to the natural pull of the water flow on the wave face; letting you gain drive by a board that intrinsically wants to go hard on rail and turn grippy yet responsive in the steepest parts of the wave.
The Flyin’ Lion places the steepest point of the rocker between the center of the board and the front fins, making for an extreme bubble or apex point in the curve of the board between the feet. Both the stringerline rocker, rail line rocker and outline have the majority of curve placed behind center and through the back of the board. Complemented by a lower entry rocker just ahead of the front foot, accelerated sweeping tail rocker and a jetstream concave cutting through the back half of the board, bisecting the added extreme rocker in the tail.
This creates a board with the feeling of a giant ball-bearing between the feet.
The entire concept is as if you took a reverse vee rail line but then cut through all the hull contours with one deep deep accelerating jeststream concave that reaches its deepest point at the front fins. A board that has a feeling of continuous on-rail motion taking natural lines that run cross-grain to the natural pull of the water flow on the wave face; letting you gain drive by a board that intrinsically wants to go hard on rail and turn grippy yet responsive in the steepest parts of the wave.
A board that has a feeling of continuous on-rail motion taking natural lines that run cross-grain to the natural pull of the water flow on the wave face; letting you gain drive by a board that intrinsically wants to go hard on rail and turn grippy yet responsive in the steepest parts of the wave.
Todd’s picks for traction, fins, & other board essentials
Futures Rasta Keel Twins
Dakine Retro Fish Traction
| Popular Dimensions | Volume | Rider Weight |
| 5’5″ x 20″ x 2 3/8″ | 31L | Rider weight: 110-185 lb / 49-83 kg |
| 5’8″ x 20″ x 2 1/2″ | 32.5L | Rider weight: 110-190 lb / 49-86 kg |
| 5’10” x 21″ x 2 5/8″ | 34L | Rider weight: 110-195 lb / 49-88 kg |
| 6’0″ x 21 1/4″ x 2 5/8″ | 37.5L | Rider weight: 110-200 lb / 49-90 kg |
| 6’3″ x 21″ x 2 3/4″ | 39.3L | Rider weight: 110-210 lb / 49-95 kg |
| 6’6″ x 22″ x 2 7/8″ | 44L | Rider weight: 110-220 lb / 49-99 kg |
Ride Da Monsta 3-4 inches shorter and 1/2” wider than your standard good waves shortboard
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The Flyin’ Lion places the steepest point of the rocker between the center of the board and the front fins, making for an extreme bubble or apex point in the curve of the board between the feet.
Pete Mendia 6’1″/190lb | Flyin Lion: 6’1″ x 19 1/4″ x 2 5/8″ 31L
Pete Mendia 6’1″/190lb | Flyin Lion step-up: 6’4″ x 19 1/8″ x 2 11/16″ 32.5L
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loving the board! I’ve surfed some small wind chop and it’s been working sick!! Thanks...
Todd is a master craftsmen and innovator … not sure how he keeps making perfect better, but he does.
Just side note from Riley’s dad. Todd has been shaping Riley boards for about two...
Just wanted to thank you and Todd for such a fun board. It’s the complete...
@bryan_perez_14 lights up a Latin American pointbreak with style, flow…and buckets.
6’4” x 19 1/8” x 2 11/16” 32.8L
#Flyinlionsurfboard slight step-up
Bryan is 21 yrs old, 6’2”, 190lbs.
🎥 @gordino_el_salvador_
Stoked surfer reports >> this just in: “My new 6’3 goes insane 🙏” – Jarrah @keepittropical
6’3” x 19” x 2 9/16” 31L #Flyinlionsurfboard step-up
Jarrah is 5’11”, 170lbs.
Some boards going out this week from the #Americansurfboardfactory
(1) 7’0” x 23 1/4” x 3 1/4” 65L #Bulletsurfboard for Derek in Huntington. (2) 6’0” x 19 3/4” x 2 11/16” 33L #Monstapigsurfboard for Gene in Pacific Palisades. (3) 5’10” x 18 1/4” x 2 1/4” 25L #Flyinlionsurfboard for Glen in Marin County.
(4) 6’2” x 21” x 2 3/4” #Greasedrascalsurfboard for Mark at Pt.Mugu
(5) 5’10” x 19 3/4” x 2 5/8” 34L #Zipstitchsurfboard for Chad in Huntington
(6) 6’6” x 18 7/8” x 2 3/4” 34L #Flyinlionsurfboard step-up for Cuz in NorCal. (7) 5’11” x 20 3/4” x 2 3/4” 40L #Hideojet for Bryan on the East Coast (with artwork of the Boston City skyline)
(8) 5’10” x 19 1/4” x 2 3/8” 28.5L #Monstajet #carbonfootprintsurfboard for Ryan from Ocean Beach NorCal.
(9) 4’8” x 19 5/8” x 2 7/16” 28L #zorchsurfboard for Tom in Santa Barbara
Let us speak hope to one another. Let us build with excellence to bless one another. Let us rebuild what has been broken down. Let us forge a better world for tomorrow.
Shaper’s Cali Quiver:
What I ride at home and why…
Todd is 40-something 6’0” 175-180lbs.
From left to right: (1) 6’1” x 19 1/4” x 2 5/8” 32.5L #Flyinlionsurfboard in ultralite proxy epoxy construction using high density foam stringer for waves overhead clean hollow and good. Drives off the tail which feels great in steep waves with push. My favorite performance shortboard in those kind of conditions. Really springy and responsive in that construction too. (2) 6’1” x 19 3/8” x 2 11/16” 34L #Flyinzionsurfboard perfect for the beachies around my house in Oxnard. A little extra paddle power and in poly construction to smooth out any bumps or surface texture from offshores or lumps in the face. A wide open sweet spot from the deep single to double concave make this board super predictable whether you’re back on the tail doing turns or riding forward in the barrel, she just carries a nice consistent drivey speed. (3) 5’11” x 19 3/4” x 2 5/8” 33.3L #Zipstajet in ridiculite epoxy construction. My favorite all arounder. This board is fast, drivey, snappy in the hook, lite and responsive. Goes great in small point stuff, and overhead hollow beachies. The latest iteration of the Monsta series. This is my fifth one of these boards making subtle fine tunes each go round. This current one is a very special board. (4) 5’10” x 19 3/4” x 2 5/8” 33.3L #Zipstitch a shorter/ wider high performance groveller version of the previous board…for zippin’ across & stitchin it up. I always have one of these in my truck. Ridiculite epoxy keeps it fast floaty whippy & responsive. (5) 5’8” x 20 1/4” x 2 9/16” 33L #Postmodjet poly with happy baltic blue resin tints, beak nose & 7” base wood fish keel twins. For speed gliding free as a bird across papery lipped fast running pointbreaks. (6) 5’8 1/2” x 19 7/8” x 2 5/8” 33L #Lilrascalsurfboard poly with MR style twins & small trailer. Flat rocker, swept back swallow & single to double to spiral vee let her float like a butterfly yet still sting like a bee in just about everything especially lackluster rolly slopey stuff. The longest standing design that still holds a great deal of relevance and reverence in the great hall of thrills.
Two-pak for Winson:
6’1” x 19” x 2 9/16” 30.3L #Flyinzionsurfboard in ridiculite epoxy construction. And a 6’4” x 18 7/8” x 2 9/16” 31.8L #Flyinlionsurfboard step-up in poly construction. The trip to Indo was put on hold, but hope still lives that these babies will have their glory days in the hot Indonesian sun. And…Always remember to be bound together in love, peace, truth and light. It’s what changes the world. It’s what sets souls free.
Winson is 6’0” 175lbs.
We may be practicing social distancing, but we are not socially distant:
This is Justin with his new 6’1” x 19 1/8” x 2 9/16” 31L #Flyinlionsurfboard
We frothed out, we padded up the new craft, dropped in fins and went surfing today. The waves weren’t that great, but I saw Justin throw buckets and do some fly by’s. And we both agreed that just standing up on any salty ocean wave seems to send bolts of smile creating energy to the soul. After all, we are creatures of electric energy, but let us always remember that it is our souls that live forever. Feeling very alive today.
The smile that launched a thousand trips:
With a crispy 4-pak, captain positron is headed to the airport for another six month powerpacky in Indo.
5’9” x 18 1/2” x 2 1/4” #Flyinlionsurfboard + another exact duplicate.
5’10” x 18 1/2” x 2 3/8” #Holyrollersurfboard
5’11” x 18 1/2” x 2 3/8” #Superaboundsurfboard step-up
#equippingyouforthejourney
Pierce is 5’8”, 155lbs and kuts it up.
For those of you who desire a super drivey, grippy, backfoot lead-foot big buckets power surfing, responsive, versatile, all around performance shortboard . . . then the #flyinlionsurfboard is the one for you . . . as demonstrated by this 50-something year old grom @rickyschaffer 6’2” x 19 1/4” x 2 5/8” 32.5L Ricky is 6’0”/185lb