I just wanted to thank you guys again for my 5’10 Monsta stringerless board. The timing of its arrival was perfect as tropical storm Arlene is sending some nice swell to the Texas. The quick session before work was great, and the board exceeded my expectations. I have to admit I was really amped to try out the stringerless concept, though I hardly expected to be able to feel any difference… after all it’s not like my board is plastered with stickers, I’m just the average guy surfing next to you in the lineup. I was doubtful that I surf well enough to notice any flex in the board.

On my second wave on the board I dropped in, pumped through a section, and found the wave doubling up and closing out. I decided to hit the lip and rebound off the closeout.

So I’m a believer in the flex you were touting.

The board generated that turn and air, not me.

Thanks for shaping some unexpected results and here’s to a lot more of them!

Cheers,
Brad Smith

Proxy Epoxy Monsta v-1.3  5’10″ x 19 1/2″ x 2 3/8″ (2 5/16″) swallow tail
stringerless Carbon Rail suspension system

Monsta: Shaper Breakdown

I have ridden it in the worst of the worst storm swell, Doheny on a 2ft day and Salt Creek when its over head.
It does it all!

It has improved my surfing dramatically and it has become my go to board for just about everything.
Thanks for treating us all like family!

David Fields, 
Salt Creek CA
Proxy Greased Rascal
5’8” 2 1/4″ 18 7/8″ five fin setup- I prefer it as a Quad
P.S. taking it to South Shore Oahu on Friday  I’ll Send you a Photo if get a good one!

Greased Rascal: Shaper Breakdown

I absolutely love my board!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My friends are so jealous!

I feel really comfortable on it and it makes turning feel effortless!

A photographer took some pictures of me on the board today( he just happened to be at Tamarack) I will try and send you a picture. Thanks again!

Bryn Lutz, 15, Carlsbad, CA
Custom Proxy Epoxy Blackbird with Carbon Rails
5’10″ x 18″ x 2 1/8″ squash tailHi Todd,

Just a note to let you know how much Bryn LOVES that board.

She is doing great on it too.

She won a girls shortboard contest

at the Windansea Menehune Contest

and has her first high school competition for this year at Moonlight Beach on Sunday competing in Shortboard. Thank you again for everything.

We really appreciate it.

We’ll keep you posted on her contests.
Cindy and Bryn Lutz

Blackbird: Shaper Breakdown

Hi There

Well the board was awesome.  I ended up spending a week + at san onofre .

Had so much fun and the board performed awesome.

I got back to Antigua last night  unfortunately board-less as the airline seems to have misplaced the board.

Anyhow ,  thanx again for that piece of art. I really enjoyed riding it over the last few weeks.

If i don’t get the board returned I will re-order

another as it was just a amazing ride.

Jason H.,  Canada

Custom Proxy Epoxy Performance Longboard
9’0″ x 22 3/4″ x 2 7/8″ roundpin

Performance Longboard: Shaper Breakdown

Charissa and Todd,

I’ve had enough opportunities to ride the new 9’6 HPLB where I feel I can write a decent review.

First off, the craftsmanship of the board is really top notch.

EPS boards often come out with smudgy paint and dodgy glassing and this board is a far cry from that — the glassing is solid and the airspray looks super clean.

In the water, the weight and flex dynamics

of the board are very predictable and fluid.

It’s not a super stiff Surftech type feel, it’s not a damper poly-type feel, it’s somewhere in between.

Lightweight, high performance, solid, predictable.

The board turns very well from the back 2/3 of the board.  This is enhanced by the generous rocker and probably the bottom contours as well.  I think the board is stable enough on the nose to enjoy some nice tip time as well.  I haven’t had it out yet on a decent beach-break noseride day where I could really spend a ton of time on the tip, but I can tell there are some solid dynamics in the bottom contours that will enable some fun in the future!

Overall, this is a great ‘everyday’ high perf board

and I expect to get a lot of use out of it.

I may bring it to Hawaii in the next few weeks to try it out in some decent juice.

FYI I thought the 7″ Cutaway fin and SB1′s were really over-finned for the board in the conditions I am surfing it in.  I swapped out the SB1′s for SB3′s (375′s vs 325′s) and I intend to put in a 6.5″ Cutaway as soon as I can get my hands on one.  A lot of this has to do with the mediocre conditions that are available to me, where I want as much looseness as possible.  The board is not overly volumed — if anything, it’s pretty thinned out in the rails, so it enjoys the looseness a lot.  I want to try it as a single soon — too many fins, too little time!

Thanks again, will be in touch soon.

Best,

Eric B, Manhattan Beach, CA
Custom Proxy Epoxy Performance Longboard
9’6″ x 22 5/8″ x 3 1/4″ roundpin

I surfed all weekend and the

board was simply unreal.

I had two really great surf sessions.

The proxy epoxy G4e just feels so good when I paddle

and simply incredible when riding.

I changed up the tri fins and quads set up and just amazing.

I’m selling two of my old boards, so I can’t to wait to get  Lil Rascal II for summer.  I have the order form that Todd wrote out for me.  I’ll probably do this sometime soon.

You two are truly a Blessing and happy to have met you both!!
Thank you Jesus!!   I’ll be keeping in touch.

Blessings,
Ron T, San Diego, CA

Custom Proxy Epoxy Titanium Series Upgrade Option 1.0: Kevlar Compression Patch &
Option 2.0: Carbon-Hinged Flex Tail
G-4.E: 6’6″ x 19 3/4″ x 2 9/16″ rounded squash tail
5 fin install

G-4.e: Shaper Breakdown

yeah Todd….

The new boards are amazing I just got back from the goldcoast I got some sick waves.
I have only been riding the Blackbird and the groveller so far.

I have been shredding the Bondi shorey’s on it.

The blackbird held in so good on the more punchy waves at d’ bah and snapper

I could push it as hard as I wanted and it would hold its rail…

EPIC STUFF!

I will let you know how the rest go when I get some more swell…

I’m going to go do some whip in airs this week so I should get some nice shots.

Thanks for the boards!!!!!!!

Yew…… Jarrah
Proxy Titanium Series Parabolic Blackbird

Dimensions: 5’7 x 18″ 7/8 x 2″ 1/4
Rider Height/Weight: 5’5 140 lbs

With every surfer in sight going shorter and wider

on their everyday performance shortboards, I decided to get in on the action and get a shorter/wider small wave shortboard. Enter the Proctor Greased Pig II. A normal shortboard for me used to be somewhere be somewhere in the 5’10 – 5’11 range and when I got the Greased Pig I was a bit skeptical that I’d be able to surf this board in small waves.

The Greased Pig II features a slightly wider outline compared to a normal high performance shortboard along with a more relaxed rocker. The deck is pretty flat allowing fuller more boxy rails which I think allow you to really push the board on its rail in weaker surf. I have a tendency to dig the foiled rails of a performance shortboard when the surfs weak and small but I think the fuller rails allow you to push on the rail and actually compress and push off the wave with ease which in my opinion is critical to generating speed in small waves. Couple that with a single to double concave and this board really flies down the line when the wave walls up.

This particular board has a five fin box setup though I’ve only ridden it as a thruster. Surprisingly, the board generates more than enough speed as a three fin (I usually struggle to generate heaps of speed on a performance shortboard in small waves). I had another surfer ask me if the board was setup as a quad after seeing me catch a nice little lined-up chest high right. He was surprised that the board was able to generate that kind of speed in such small surf. This board surfs well from knee to head high though it prefers the wave to be running along the reef/bank with some wall to it. The wave doesn’t have to be punchy but you do need a small wall to generate some speed.

The Greased Pig turns well thanks to its tail rocker and bump wing squash tail.

It allows for easy round house cut backs and is snappy in the pocket. I would say that it draws a slightly longer lines compared to a high performance shortboard but most surfers can’t ride their HP shortboards in rubbish surf. This is the go to board when you still want to shortboard when it’s small and crappy as you can still generate speed and do tighter turns than any fish in your quiver.

Fish riders looking to transition to shortboards will find that this board makes the learning curve much shorter. The template and fuller rails make the board very forgiving which is key to surfers who don’t surf HP shortboards on a daily basis. Advanced surfers will love this board when the surf gets small and they don’t want to ride a fish. Those surfers will get the most performance possible in surf that’s just too small and mushy for their HP sticks.

Don’t forget, mention the code: SHACK when ordering your next Proctor and get your choice of FREE 5 fin install, Dakine tailpad, or resin upgrade! http://www.proctorsurf.com/Surf-Boards/shack-offer I hope to have a few photos and videos of the Greased Pig II in action. Stay tuned. Aloha!

Neal Kido