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Custom Built in Ventura, CA ~ est. 1992

Custom Built in Ventura since 1992

If you need to get just one performance board to see you through, this is the one to get

Behind Pete Mendia’s Inimitable Frontside Hack

Todd and Pete tackle the age old question, “Is it the surfer or the board?” ...amongst other topics...including homerun hitters, thick is the new thin, how to swing an ax, a power surfer’s fin design, race car tires, and how to blend three different boards into one shape...watch the full 11 minute in-depth breakdown.

Behind the G4-71, "Is it the surfer or the board?"
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Tommy O'Brien footloose and fins-free, east coast hurricane swell, and the G4+ Celestial Transporter. 
6'0" x 18 3/4" x 2 3/8" 27.8L | Tommy is 5'9"/175lb | photo: Nate Adams

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6'0" x 19" x 2 1/2" 29L for Ventura county. Forrest is 6'1"/185lb.

Seasons of Snapper

Aussie standout Jarrah Tutton ripping apart the long walls of the Superbank.

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Shaper snags some tube time at home. photo: Papaleo

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Rozsa putting the G4+ through its paces on the long walls of Morocco's point breaks. photo: Reef/Straley

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Nick Rozsa on his 5'9" x 18 1/2" x 2 1/4" G4+ & 5'7" x 19" x 2 1/4" Carbon Footprint Monsta

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6'0" x 19" x 2 1/2" 29L for LA & county. Forrest is 6'1"/185lb. photo; Stanley

Nick Rozsa x Nicaragua
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Gromathon Man Ricky Schaffer does a 'Kelly turn' at Lowers | photo: Steve Thrailkill 6'0" x 18 3/4" x 2 5/16" 27.2L G4+ | Ricky is 6'0"/178lb

Mendia's Play Day

Mendia’s Play Day - What does Pete Mendia do when there’s not huge barrels on tap? ...He froths out in normal waves just like you and me.
In these conditions he rides the G4-71 HD. 6’1” x 19 1/4” x 2 5/8” 31.5L Pete is 6’1” 190lbs.

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Tommy O’Brien . . . Tommy O Flyin. photo: Gamma

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Nicholas ... takin' it to the streets. photo: Reef

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Behind Pete Mendia’s Inimitable Frontside Hack
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REHAB
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Nick Rozsa x Nicaragua
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Mendia's Play Day
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Versatile, user-friendly easyrippin’ performance board. Moderate to low drivey rocker, yet still nice and whippy. A board you don’t have to think too much on…it just goes like a horse out tha gate.

If you need to get just one performance board to see you through, this is the one to get.

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The most versatile, high performance shortboard I make, by far.

 

Works in everything from knee high mushy to double overhead beach break, point break…it does it all. This board has a spark about it, and the new tuneups I’ve done to it have breathed a whole new life into this board. I’ve done tweaks to it over the years and had a whole series for awhile – but I’m clearing the house of all the different versions because this resurrects all of the best qualities of each of the G4 versions, while introducing a

radically new high velocity engine through the use of extreme concaved hull contours.

 

It brings back the high performance shortboard for average waves

and as an everyday board. It gives you the speed you’re looking for as well as the lightning fast responsiveness.

I’ve maintained a similar outline with a hip in the tail & similar rail line rocker

with a bit more flip off the back fin just to give it a little tighter tweak out of maneuvers.

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Then I’ve made the single concave even deeper but carried the concave all the way into the nose, so you’re accelerating water through the entire bottom of the board right from the get-go, gettin the thing to slingshot. I’m carving a really heavy concave right through the fins, deeper than what I’ve done in any other board up ’til now. It acts like a gas pedal for your back foot, so you get more speed than you ever had before, but it’s speed you can regulate.

It feels like you’re flying on air, but when you lay it over, you’re on a rail.

So you’re flying through air, but at the same time you’re on rails like a locomotive.

This harnesses the speed, adds more speed, but then regulates the speed like a gas pedal under your back foot. You don’t have to back it off with all that speed, it just holds…it won’t come undone off the bottom at the highest speeds.

So you’re generating speed with all kinds of concave up front

and then going even deeper in back

and it’s just harnessing the hydrodynamics.

The last few days I’ve been surfing with buddies getting this model and I’ve just been seeing all these characteristics come out of their surfing where they have all this extra speed and are doing stuff I haven’t seem them do before, so it’s an exciting time.

Ride the G4+ your same height

(as a basic principal, but individual needs may require increased length)

For instance, Todd is 6′ & 175 lb & his G4+ dims are 6’0″ x 18 3/4″ 2 5/16″ (2 3/8″). Ride it about 1/4″ wider than your good waves board & the same thickness.

Works in everything from knee high mushy to double overhead beach break, point break…it does it all.

Todd’s picks for traction, fins, & other board essentials

Power Broker

Andy Irons Dakine Traction

Octopus Chippa Traction

Popular DimensionsVolumeRider Weight
4’11” x 17 1/4″ x 2″18LRider weight: 70-100 lb / 31-45 kg
5’5″ x 17 7/8″ x 2″20.7LRider weight: 80-120 lb / 36-54 kg
5’6″ x 18″ x 2 1/16″21.7LRider weight: 90-130 lb / 40-58 kg
5’7″ x 18 1/8″ x 2 1/8″22.9LRider weight: 100-140 lb / 45-64 kg
5’8″ x 18″ x 2 3/16″22.8LRider weight: 110-150 lb / 49-68 kg
5’8″ x 18 1/4″ x 2 1/8″ 23.4LRider weight: 110-150 lb / 49-68 kg
5’8″ x 18 1/2″ x 2 3/16″25LRider weight: 130-170 lb / 58-77 kg
5’9″ x 18 3/8″ x 2 3/16″24.4LRider weight: 120-160 lb / 54-72 kg
5’9″ x 18 5/8″ x 2 5/16″25.9LRider weight: 140-175 lb / 63-79 kg
5’10” x 18 1/4″ x 2 7/16″ 25.5LRider weight: 120-165 lb / 54-74 kg
5’10” x 18 1/2″ x 2 1/4″ 25.6LRider weight: 130-170 lb / 58-77 kg
5’10” x 18 3/4″ x 2 5/16″26.4LRider weight: 140-175 lb / 63-79 kg
5’10” x 18 3/4″ x 2 3/8″ 26.9LRider weight: 140-175 lb / 63-79 kg
5’10” x 18 5/8″ x 2 7/16″ 27.5LRider weight: 140-175 lb / 63-79 kg
5’10” x 19 1/4″ x 2 1/2″ 29LRider weight: 165-195 lb / 74-88 kg
5’11” x 18 7/8″ x 2 5/16″ 27.2LRider weight: 150-180lb / 68-82 kg
5’11” x 19 3/8″ x 2 5/8″+ 32L+Rider weight: 165-195 lb / 74-88 kg
5’11” x 19 3/4″ x 2 11/16″ 33LRider weight: 165-195 lb / 74-88 kg
6’0” x 18 3/4” x 2 5/16” 27.3LRider weight: 150-180 lb / 68-82 kg
6’0″ x 19″ x 2 1/2″ Peter29LRider weight: 165-195 lb / 74-88 kg
6’0″ X 19 1/4″ X 2 9/16″30.2LRider weight: 165-195 lb / 74-88 kg
6’1” x 18 7/8” x 2 3/8”28.5LRider weight: 155-185 lb / 70-84 kg
6’1″ x 19 1/4″ x 2 9/16″31.2LRider weight: 165-195 lb / 74-88 kg
6’1″ x 19 1/2″ x 2 11/16″33.3LRider weight: 165-195 lb / 74-88 kg
6’2” x 19” x 2 7/16” 29.8LRider weight: 160-195 lb / 72-88 kg
6’2” x 19” x 2 9/16” 31.3LRider weight: 160-200 lb / 72-90 kg
6’2″ x 19 1/4″ x 2 9/16″31.4LRider weight: 165-195 lb / 74-88 kg
6’2″ x 19 1/4″ x 2 5/8″32L+Rider weight: 175-205 lb / 79-93 kg
6’3″ x 19 1/4″ x 2 9/16″ 32.5LRider weight: 175-205 lb / 79-93 kg
6’3″ x 19 1/4″+ x 2 11/16″ 33LRider weight: 175-205 lb / 79-93 kg
6’4” x 19 1/4” x 2 1/2″31.7LRider weight: 175-205 lb / 79-93 kg
6’4” x 21” x 3 1/8″43-44LRider weight: 175-225 lb / 79-102 kg
6’6” x 19 1/2” x 2 9/16”33.7LRider weight: 175-215 lb / 79-97 kg
6’6″ x 21 1/4″ x 3″ 45LRider weight: 185-240 lb / 79-90 kg
6’8” x 20” x 2 3/4”37.7LRider weight: 185-220 lb / 83-100 kg
6’10” x 20 1/4″ x 2 7/8″40.7LRider weight: 195-230 lb / 88-104 kg

Ride the G4+ your same height (as a basic principal, but individual needs may require increased length)
For instance, Todd is 6′ & 175 lb & his G4+ dims are 6’0″ x 18 3/4″ 2 5/16″ (2 3/8″). Ride it about 1/4″ wider than your good waves board & the same thickness.

construction options & pricing

Polyester/Polyurethane

$950+
traditional foam & fiberglass - starting at ...

Proxy epoxy/EPS

$1100+
3-5 x the strength & durability of a poly, lighterweight & slightly more buoyant

Proxy Ridiculite Carbon Reinforced

$1200+
the springiest and whippiest of the standard Proxy lineup. Ultra Ultra light with strategic carbon reinforcement on stringer & tail. Great for grovelers.

Proxy w/ High Density Foam Stringer

$1250+
Proxy epoxy with high density foam stringer for a unique flex characteristic
stringerless Proxy epoxy with carbon reinforced rails
(an upgrade of our Proxy epoxy / EPS construction) a stringerless epoxy construction that uses an innegra webbing outer shell for a springier, smoother flex pattern.
any of our Proxy epoxy iterations with the addition of strategically placed carbon/kevlar mesh
a board that has the whippy feel of an epoxy with the rail hold of a poly
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introducing a radically new high velocity engine through the use of extreme concaved hull contours.

The last few days I’ve been surfing with buddies getting this model and I’ve just been seeing all these characteristics come out of their surfing
where they have all this extra speed and are doing stuff I haven’t seem them do before, so it’s an exciting time.

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It brings back the high performance shortboard for average waves and as an everyday board. It gives you the speed you're looking for as well as the lightning fast responsiveness.
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