I’m pretty amped about this new 5’9 quad that RA is shaping for me. Its sitting in the shaping room, half finished, waiting for me to stop surfing long enough to stay in there with Robert and work out some final design details. We’ve decided to put a deepish channel in the tail, and to give the tail some extra rocker to help with those fin wafts. Our goals are to develop a line of surfboards that are ideal for the local conditions: Tamarindo, Avellanas, Playa Grande, Witch’s Rock, Ollie’s Point.

The board we are designing is inspired by a 5’9 Von Sol by Sean Mattison. The Von Sol has been super sick for me and became one of my all-time favorite boards. When Sean gave me that board, it opened my eyes up to board and fin design and allowed for me to see surfing in a new light. The combination of design elements Sean brings with his approach to the sport truly allow for grace and fluidity on the wave, without sacrificing the progressive snaps and hacks that replay in one’s head again and again. I have a lot to be thankful to Sean for, as his style of surfboard building pushed me to begin shaping surfboards on my own, when has led me down a rabbit hole I’ll never crawl out of. You should seriously consider talking to Sean and adding a Von Sol board to your quiver if you have the spare loot: www.vonsol.com