Here are a few shaping room pictures of Tanner's new California contest boards. Tanner is a special surfer that has the ability to load up on his turns and explode through the snap blowing the tail out the lip on almost every turn. Not common for kids his age so I want to emphasize that strength and give him boards that naturally do that. I decided that with a little extra speed as soon as he gets to his feet, he will be able to hit that big turn without having to work up his speed. Less pumping down the line also looks better and less pumping means more maneuvers per wave. These boards are much more efficient due to the increased planning area under his feet. 1/4" wider and 1/2" shorter does the trick. I also flattened the rocker nose side of his front foot to let the water flow under the board with less resistance. Concave is still the Kazuma trademark Triple Barrel. We had amazing success with his last board which won him $7000.00 last weekend at the Volcom contest.
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