Pyzel White Tiger Surfboard - John John Florence The White Tiger is the latest offering in our Funformance category - a fun, stubby little board designed for average/below average waves. It gets up and goes easily, flies through the weakest sections, but still lets you smash the lip and boost airs along the way. The very first one was a side project board for John John Florence, who rarely rides “fun” boards, just sticks to pure performance. It sat in his garage for maybe a year, and in the meantime I made a few for his little brother Ivan. It was the perfect design to fit Ivan’s surf/skate style and soon he was telling us how much he loved it and sending us clips of him doing big carves and boosting airs on it. Finally JJF pulled his 5’6’’ out and was immediately having a blast on it too. Now it’s one of John’s favorite boards to ride whenever he has some time off from the tour and just wants to play around with something different. Here’s the basic info on what makes the White Tiger go:It has a clean but stubby outline, with a very full nose and wide squash tail. There is no hip and the wide point is 1 ½’’ forward of the center. The tail measurement is just slightly wider than the nose. The thickness is also concentrated forward, with a beak-nose design that helps keep the volume up under the chest area for better paddle power. The bottom rocker is even and flowing, flat throughout the board and designed to get up on top of the water quickly, which lets you build and carry speed with ease. The bottom has a single/double concave running through the front 2/3s of the board which transitions into a pronounced vee/double concave in the last 1/3 through the fins and off the end of the tail. The single/double concave give the board lots of lift (think speed) while helping to let the wider design transition from rail to rail with ease. The vee running off the tail also helps the board tip over onto the rail at speed and lets you turn it up into the lip with ease. It has a relatively flat deck that blends out into tapered rails. This keeps a lot of volume in the board while still keeping it sensitive through turns and easy to pump down the line without feeling too “boaty” for its volume. We recommend you ride the White Tiger anywhere from 2-5 inches shorter than your regular shortboard depending on your surfing ability, and ½ to 1 inch wider and add a bit more volume than you normally ride. (JJF and Ivan both ride 5’6’ White Tigers and their normal boards are 6’0’’) About this board: Construction: PUFin Boxes: FCS2 x 3 (Available to custom order with Futures - Fins not included)Tail shape: Rounded SquareDimensions/Litres: See size graph above Recommended Fins: Futures: https://www.sanbah.com/products/pyzel-large-5-fin-futures https://www.sanbah.com/products/pyzel-medium-5-fin-futures FCS2: https://www.sanbah.com/products/fcs-2-pyzel-pc-large-medium-tri About Pyzel Surfboards: Jon Pyzel is a name synonymous with surfboard design. From a young age, Jon grew up surfing in his home town of Santa Barbara in California. After spending time travelling, he decided to move to North Shore on Oahu to enjoy better waves and warmer waters.Fixing dings in the Country Surfboards factory, Pyzel learnt how much about crafting surfboards and worked in all areas - a hot coater, laminator, ghost shaper until finally stepping out and shaping under his own name. This start with some of the best shapers and glassers in the industry would ensure Pyzel was heading down the right track.Being surrounded by many of the world’s most talented shapers as well as some of the best surfers including John John Florence, has given Jon Pyzel the opportunity to create world-class surfboards, for all kinds of surfers and waves.Jon still lives in Hawaii wiith his wife and 2 daughters, running the Pyzel Surfboards factory on the North Shore and traveling around the world to shape boards and test them in all sorts of conditions. Shipping & FAQ: Australia wide postage available or local pick-up, choose at checkout. Boards in stock (see graph above) are ready to be sent & are shipped out on the same day of purchase with tracking provided. Boards are safely packed in a box with layers of bubble wrap. See our shipping & FAQ tab above or visit this link: https://www.sanbah.com/pages/shipping-faq
