I throw in some secret bottom contours and rocker to give it responsiveness

Name

felim

Age

30

Height

5,7

Weight

75kg

Experience

not bad

Type of board you’re interested in

quad fang

Type of waves you will be surfing with this board

ankle to over hand, Ireland

What boards are you currently riding?

currently riding a 6,6 thruster fish and 7,o fat boy.

Goal for consultation

I would like to detail/order my custom surfboard with Todd

Hey Felim,

I tried giving you a call, but couldn’t connect through because of the country code or something…not sure, but anyway…..

here is the magic Quad Fang dimensions

for your build and the waves where you surf…..

and to take your surfing to the next level:

5’8” – 5’10” x 20 ½” x 2 ½”.

This board is extremely fast in small waves and

I throw in some secret bottom contours

and rocker to give it responsiveness

and performance characteristics that make it much more versatile than a typical fish…..a really good choice.

Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have. I know you would be stoked on a magic Proctor Quad Fang.

Looking forward to your reply,

Aloha,

Todd

P.S. – Did I tell you that I’m part Irish and born on ST. Patrick’s day – yew?

these boards are still going strong maintaining their flex memory/ spring

Hey mate,

just wanted to tell you that your boards look amazing,

plus your tech is further ahead of anything

we have here

(Australia, if you’re wondering!)

I’m just curious about the kevlar sheeting in your proxy construction… I know that kevlar is very strong, but how do you prevent the UV degradation? Surely the kevlar by itself would slowly decompose over time in the sun…

Hope you get back to me, I’m really interested in getting one of your proxy G-4.E models!

Regards, Harry

Hi Harry,

Sorry to not get back with you sooner….things have been very busy here…

Anyway, thank you for your e-mail. The Kevlar does “tan”/ change color as exposed to the sun over time, but as far as the amount of sunlight/ degradation is concerned with the boards, the strength is not minimized over time. I have many boards that have been surfed in places like Tahiti, Hawaii, even Australia actually where the Kevlar goes to a darker olive drab color from the bright yellow color, but

they hold up incredibly even for as long as

three years some of these boards are still

going strong maintaining their flex memory/

spring….and this is under regular use

over a long period of time.

The Kevlar sheet is also encapsulated between two sandwich layers of glass that has a resin utilizing a uv stabilizing agent….so this may add to the filtering of the damaging effects of sunlight.

Hope that answers your question. Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have. I know you would be stoked on a magic G-4.e. This is the most versatile high performance shortboard I make. If you let me know your height, weight, experience, age and the type of waves you surf, I will detail the magic design and dimensions for a custom G-4.e for you.

Looking forward to your reply,

Aloha,

Todd

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Looking to go shorter, more responsive, but lets be real, I am 50, and probably a level 2 surfer. I would probably want it in EPS

the single to double would probably open up the sweet spot so it drove off both feet more

todd,

hope everything’s going well.

i want to make some changes to the proxy accelerator

you made for me some time ago.

i love the board, but i feel with some tweaks here and there it’ll be just right.  the dims on the one i have are 5’11.5 x 11.5 x 18.5 x 14.25 x 2-3/16 with an outline back (slight bump wing squash tail).  the overall volume feels right and i would leave the rails and foil exactly the same, but

i feel like i can go a bit shorter and a bit less area

between the feet (i tend to be a little

more front footed than back).

i’m thinking of going with a standard outline (no bump wing in the tail), a little more squared squash tail and one of the following dims:
 
5’11 x 11.5 x 18-9/16 x 14.25 x 2-3/16
5’10.5 x 11.5 x 18-5/8 x 14.25 x 2-3/16

have you tried using a single to double concave bottom

instead on this board?

just curious how it would perform against the single concave all the way through.  
 
peace,
 
mauricio

Hey Mauricio,

Good to hear from you….how was your Memorial Day weekend? Charissa and I got a nice respite.

I like your idea for the tweaks on the Accelerator.

I think the 5’10.5” would be the one, especially since summer is here….the less length the better. I like the idea of no bump with the the more squared up squash too.

I haven’t tried a single to double on this board,

but I’ve thought about it and have actually been

mulling it around in my mind for a few months,

but just haven’t gotten around to it….

so I think we should do that too.

From the sounds of it, this design would fun fast and clean rail to rail arcing/ carving king of small wave surfing…..

the single to double would probably open up the sweet spot

so it drove off both feet more as opposed to

having all the gas pedal just under the back foot….

and the doubles make a board drive real positive on rail engaging the concave on the side of the board that is involved in the turn more than a single will.
Basically I’m down with all your ideas….and have already been wanting to do a board like this….you can be the test pilot.
Let me know any other thought or questions you may have. Looking forward to your reply,
Aloha and peace to you too bro,

Todd

thanks for your feedback!

i feel like the single concave works well for a linear style surfing suited for fast down the line point breaks where you’re trying to always keep up with the speed of the wave.

i wish we had at least an inkling of a point break

in florida, but nada amigo.

unless i’m going to point break surfing heaven soon, the majority of my lifetime will be spent surfing peaky closeout beachbreaks that suits a quicker top to bottom style of surfing where you’re trying to work in as many turns as possible.

maybe this board with double concaves

(deeper than the G4E and SR71)

would still have enough down the line speed

when driven off both feet,

but will help to maintain momentum a little better

through all those turns.

let me know when would be a good time to call and discuss.  thanks Todd!

mauricio

Final Call:

Custom Proxy Epoxy Titanium Series Parabolic Accelerator (modified):  5’10 1/2″ x 18 5/8″ x 2 3/16″ square/squash no hip

My favorite board is that first Proxy Lil' Rascal you made for me in 6'1 x 20 3/4 x 2 9/16

Hi Todd,

A few words to tell you how much I love the boards you made for me.
Time is going and I’m thinking of a new order for the end of summer.
So I would like to get your suggestions for 3 or 4 more new boards:

1- Going to the Mentawais in October so i’m thinking of

SR 71 or Ante up in 6’8 ( 19 3/8? 2 1/2?)
Proxy + carbon hinged flex tail?

Good dimensions….maybe could go 19 ¼” width….I recommend Ante-up…are you wanting to drop the thickness a bit on these boards as to previous one’s? Do you want to drop the rail volume also just a bit. You can get away with lower rail volume for boards for Indo since the waves are so perfect and have good push to them. I recommend round pin.

2- My favorite board is that first Proxy Lil’ Rascal you made for me

in 6’1 x 20 3/4 x 2 9/16.

She’s getting old now and I’m thinking of a new one.
Should i get the same?

That is a good solid board…I would stick with the same dimensions for sure if that one is feeling that good…
Should i try that new Lill Spuddy?Same size?

Yea, I would go with the same dimensions with the round tail/ Lil’ Spuddy model.
What is the difference between them or with the Greased Rascal?

The Greased Rascal you ride a bit longer and narrower than the original Rascals, and it has the bottom and rocker of the Greased Pig, so it is a little bit more favored to small waves with shape and will surf in bigger waves also and still ride clean. It is a great board too, but similar to the Greased Pig….so I would go with your original Rascal dimensions in round tail Lil’ Spuddy model.

3-Looking for an all around Proxy Titanium series

in 6’4 (19 1/2? 2 1/2?).

G4E? Blackbird? Accelerator? Something else?

I would go with the G-4….I have a really good design file in 6’4”. This one also has the thinner volume I noticed….do you feel like you can go a bit thinner on your boards for good waves? As you progress, typically you can start riding boards that have less volume; you just don’t want to sacrifice too much paddling, but I think you could go thinner on this batch of boards especially since they are for Indo style waves.
The Blackbird is a good one too, but it favors being ridden off the back foot. The tail and fins like to release in the lip on this board, so if that is what sounds good to you then this would be a good one to run with.
The Accelerator is a bit more of a Grovel style smaller wave board and for marginal conditions ( I have been riding mine a lot lately actually), so I don’t know that it is going to be a board that is your best bet for Indo….maybe for another order or for waves at home.
Dimensions for each of these I think you could go: 6’4” x 19 ¼” x 2 ½” rounded squash for the G-4 or Blackbird, and squash, round tail or swallowtail for the Accelerator.

4-I’m surfing 50% of the time my new Greased Pig with carbon rails.

So i’m thinking of an other one 6’4? 19 5/8? 2 9/16?

Good dimensions….can’t go wrong with the parabolics and the channels work insane of this board….been making quite a few of them lately…

Proxy,Parabolic stringer + 6 channels?

Please let me know what you think about this.I’m in total confidence with your suggestions.

Let me know your current weight because I think we can drop the volume of your boards just a bit….keeping the paddle, but gaining a bit more responsiveness and performance by making the overall volume and rail volume just a bit more sensitive…..let me know what you think of this too…? I also have a new construction method where the boards are super light….they are not quite as strong as with the 6oz. like we have been doing, but they are still amazingly strong, but very very light….so if you are interested in going a little bit lighter weight I am now offering a construction series for this also. If you are happy with the strength, weight, and performance on your boards now, then I would just stick with what has been working….maybe just try one of two of the new smaller boards with the super lightweight glassing constructiong….
Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have. I know you would be stoked on some magic Indo carpets.
Looking forward to your reply,

Todd

Best,
Vincent

Hi Todd,

nice to get your suggestions.

My current weight is 150lbs and i’m 45 years old.

I think i can go a bit thinner on my boards so i will follow you to drop the volume a bit but without missing the paddle too much.

Yes, I think we can go thinner without sacrificing paddle, but gaining performance.

My order would be:

1 Ante up 6’8/ 19 1/4 / 2 1/2

with lower rail volume,rounded pin
Proxy,carbon hinged flex tail …

do you want the futures or f.c.s. fin system for this board, and what color for the spray fade (two-tone light grey looks good or two tone light blue fade with the carbon hinge.

2 Lil’ Spuddy proxy. Stringerless with carbon rails?

I’m ready to try it smaller and thinner (6’0? 20 1/2 ?) if you want.

New dimensions sound good….do you want to go with tri fin or five fin setup? What color for the fade, and what fin system?

3 G 4E 6’4 x 19 1/4 x 2 1/2 rounded squash.

Proxy,construction?(Titanium upgrade?Parabolic?New super light glassing construction?)

I think super light glass with titanium parabolic would be sick for this one…..and in the two-tone light gray fade for the color with futures or f.c.s.?

4 Greased pig 6’4 /19 5/8/ 2 9 /16

Proxy,parabolic stringer,6 channels
super light glasing construction;

super light glassing is good with channels and parabolics….nice….two tone light blue would look nice to easily differentiate between the other greased pig. Do you want  f.c.s. or futures…..tri fin or five fin?

Does it sounds good to you?
When do yo think i should order the boards to be sure to get them in september?July?

It is getting very busy right now, so I think probably the sooner the better….at the very latest by July, better by end of May or June for me personally…..so I can take the time to do exceptional job…..I’m very excited about these new dimensions for you…..I think these boards are going to be your biggest progression in your surfing.
Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have.
Looking forward to your reply,
aloha, Todd

Best,
Vincent

Hi Todd

I will put my order by the end of may.

For each board I’m ready to drop the volume a bit to

gain peformance without sacrificing paddle.

I would like 4 new boards from you:

1- Ante Up 6’8 x 19 1/4 x 2 1/2 rounded pin Proxy,carbon hinged flex tail

Futures fins ,full camo green with no fade.
I will bring it with me to the Mentawais at the end of the year.

2- Lil’ Spuddy 6’1 x 20 1/2 x 2 9/16 stringerless with carbon rails,

fin setup,Futures fins,camo green spray.

3-Greased pig 6’4 x 19 5/8 x 2 9/16 Proxy,parabolic stringer,

6 channels,super light glassing

Full camo green,no fade.3 fin setup.
Futures fins if possible with the channels,if not FCS.

4-For the last board i think i will take another four leaf clover

because i love soo much this board.

What would you say of:

4 leaf clover  6’4 / 19 3/4 / 2 9/16 diamond tail super light glass with titanium parabolic in the two tone light gray fade
Future fins with AM2?

Please give me your advice for this final order.Do you think i should change anything?
If it’s OK for you could Charissa send me an advice around the end of May for Paypal payment?

Best,
Vincent

Expo at fairgrounds for surfboard aficionados

By Zeke Barlow
Friday, May 15, 2009

Jacob Kriese / Special to The Star “It all starts with a vision,” Todd Proctor says. He puts the finishing touches on a custom board he calls The Accelerator at his shop Proctor Surfboards in Ventura.

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In Todd Proctor’s shaping room, levels and measuring tapes and pieces of sandpaper pack the shelves coated with dust from the thousands of surfboards he has created over the years.

These are the tools of his trade that make his surfboards functional and fast. But the things that make his surfboards things of beauty are more esoteric: his hands that run over every curve and line a thousand times before he’s finished; his eyes that study the contours as he carves the board’s edge; his mind as he imagines the plank cutting through the waves, and just maybe, the air.

Put all those components together and you have a surfboard shaper.

“It all starts with a vision,” said Proctor, owner of Ventura-based Proctor Surfboards. “It’s sort of like your eyes and your hands are working together and you are imagining the water flowing around this board. It’s hard to explain; you almost feel it in your gut and you make it come out of your hands.”

This weekend, much will be said about the vision and craft behind making surfboards into functional pieces of art when the Sacred Craft Consumer Surfboard Expo arrives at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.

The festival on Saturday and Sunday is not geared toward the casual observer.

“It’s about surfboards, not about selling the image of the surfing lifestyle,” said Scott Bass, organizer of the event now in its third year. “It’s for people who love surfing.”

An entire room will be filled with hundreds of surfboards: longboards, shortboards, guns, fish, eggs and more. Meandering through the room will be surfers ogling them, running their hands down the boards’ rails and waxing poetic about that one glorious wave still fresh in their minds.

“There will be a lot of eye candy,” Bass said.

When Bass was looking for a new place to hold his festival after two years in Del Mar, he didn’t want to take it to Orange or Los Angeles counties. It’s too plastic and doesn’t have as true a surfing scene as Ventura, he said.

“With C Street and the Rincon, the community in Ventura is ripe with hard-core surfers,” Bass said. It also has some quality shapers, both big and small, who will be showing their wares at the show.

Bass wants people to get a feel for what it’s like to walk into a surf shop, and instead of buying a Chinese-made board off the rack, talking to the guy who will make your board after learning how you like to surf, where you shred and how often. And then the creative process begins.

“That is the beauty of this thing we do; each board is unique,” said Robert Weiner, owner and shaper at Ventura’s Roberts Surfboards, who started making boards when he was 12. He was too poor to buy a new shortboard, so he cut up an old longboard and a passion was born.

“Every surfboard is different and made by hand and it’s still an amazing craft,” he said.

Though most hand-shaped boards today start with a computerized machine shaving the foam blank into a rough approximation of the final contour, it’s still the shaper’s sandpaper that puts the defining finishing touches on a board.

Like many other shapers, Weiner has been hurt by both the lagging economy and the glut of cheap, manufactured boards from Asia. But because he serves a specific niche of the market, he’s been able to survive. He sells more than 1,000 boards a year, half of which are custom built.

Proctor got into shaping as a teenager and mediocre surfer until he stepped onto a better board one day. His surfing was automatically transformed and he realized the board does make a difference. After working for other, larger shops for years, he opened his own eight years ago.

He approaches every board with the reverence of an artist.

“Basically you have something that is almost like a block of marble,” he said. “What you see in it and pull out of that is going to speak to that person.”

And each person has a unique touch.

“If five people all try to make the same board, they will all come out differently,” said Jeff Hull, a 25-year old Venturan who launched his own line, Resist, six years ago.

The goal of every shaper is to make that “magic” board for the customer, the one that cuts through the wave just so, turns just like you want it to and fits like an old pair of jeans.

“When you get a custom board made for you, it’s a love affair,” said Jason Feist, co-owner and head shaper at Santa Barbara-based J7 Surfboards. “Next to a woman, I’d say a surfboard is pretty damned sexy.”

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The direction you want to go with your surfing? more airs and freer turning and carry more speed through turns

First Name: david

Age: 44

Height: 5’9″

Weight:  192 lb

Experience:  31 years

Type of board you’re interested in:  rascal II

Type of waves you will be surfing with this board

waist to head high mush to steep point/beach breaks

The direction you want to go with your surfing

more airs and freer turning and carry more speed through turns

What boards are you currently riding?

PU 6’0″x20′x2.5″ channel island Pod, PU 5’11″x20x2.5 Simon Anderson TPF3, 6’4″x19.5″x2.5″ Channel Island Flyer Epoxy.

Anything else you want Todd to know

I grew up surfing Malibu and Ventura county line and topanga but live overseas now so an email would be greatly appreciated on your recommendations of dimensions for a rascal II board order, thanks lots!! David LIu

Hi David,

Nice to meet you…

the magic Rascal II for you is going to be

5’10” x 20 1/8” x 2 ½” with a full boxy rail…..

this is the fastest high performance board I make…..

I know you would be stoked!!:) Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have.

Looking forward to your reply,

Aloha,

Todd

Hi Todd,

Thanks so much for you quickly reply, the dimensions look great. Could you please tell me how much it would cost and how long it would take and whether I can have it delivered overseas or in the States only, thanks very much again for your help.
David

Hi David,

The Rascal is $585 for a polyester and $735 for the Proxy custom Flexible Epoxy construction. Both of these constructions have various performance and durability enhancing upgrades available as well. Our turnaround time right now is about 3-6 weeks, depending on how quickly you would like to get the board. We ship direct worldwide. If you would like a shipping quote, please provide your full shipping address and we’ll let you know what the cost would be.

Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have.

It differs from the Resin 8 boards in that the Proxy still runs very clean even in bumpy or textured conditions

First Name:  donis

Age:  24

Height:  175cm

Weight:  74kg

Experience:  8 years

Type of board you’re interested in:

i`m looking some thing to hold in well in biger waves like 2 over had, to hold well,but be good and on smaller stuff,and be nice and loose when it need and stronger then normal board.

Type of waves you will be surfing with this board:

i`m traveling alot so all kined a waves from knee height to 2 over had.bareling..

The direction you want to go with your surfing:

i`m surfing every day so i wanna go far…:)

What boards are you currently riding?

las 2 boards.js fly boy.6`2 18`1/4 21/8 squash.
jc rg-4 5`11 18`75 2`25 swllow.

Anything else you want Todd to know

i`m from uk so if you can ofer some good board i will by it.
i was thinking about tokoro resin8 6’0 1/2″ 18 3/8″ by 2 1/4″ Round Pin. let me know what you think. thank you for your time.

Hi Donis,

The most versatile performance shortboard I make is the G-4.e.

This board generates incredible speed

in small waves, yet holds in and surfs fast

and responsive in the pocket on the

more powerful and hollower days up to overhead.

The ideal dimensions for you would be 6’0” x 18 3/8” x 2 ¼” rounded squashtail or thumbtail.

I do several different constructions types, but I think you would be

most stoked on the Proxy custom

flexible epoxy

technology…..this has the same flex pattern and

feeling under your feet as an ultralight poly board,

but with three to five times the strength of a

standard poly board.

It differs from the Resin 8 boards in that the Proxy still runs very clean even in bumpy or textured conditions where the Resin 8 boards tend to like the perfectly glassy days, but become very popcorny/ on top of the water bouncy feeling and temperamental in any bit of textured conditions or offshore winds….they also tend to suck in water when dinged which the Proxy does not have that extreme water absorption issue like the Resin 8.

Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have. I know you would be stoked on a magic Proctor G-4.e Proxy. Looking forward to your reply,

Aloha,

Todd

Type of board you're interested in: 5'8 four leaf quad parabolic carbon rails

First Name

Travis

Age

25

Height

5’8

Weight

160

Experience

intermed-exper

Type of board you’re interested in

5’8 four leaf quad parabolic carbon

Type of waves you will be surfing with this board

mostly mushy beachbreak-variety of differant beachbreaks here

The direction you want to go with your surfing

faster floatier looser but still with a bite

What boards are you currently riding?

5’9 matt kechelle mix fish swallow tail(potato chip) 5’10 vec performance fish swallow tail- 6’0 tom neilson five fin set up round pin (custom-magic board)- 6’0 sezio “shorepound buoy”. 5’10 a.k.a quadra all thrusters except the neilson and the a.k.a

Anything else you want Todd to know

ive yet to try other boards besides my standard poly boards and an aviso so im curious about the parabolics.I hear good things. How sharp can i get the rails on a parabolic carbon? and can there be a custom tail or does it have to be a standard? How much stiffer are they? look foward for a response. Thank You Travis

Hi Travis,

Nice to meet you…

the parabolic boards are actually flexier

than a standard center stringer board….

very lively in the small stuff since you can actually load them up in turns and have them release out of turns with incredible speed.

I recommend 5’8” x 18 7/8” x 2 5/16” dimensions

for a Four Leaf for performance in the

smaller, mushier waves…

this board is still very versatile though and will fun clean and responsive in up to even slightly overhead. The tail shape is custom i.e. wide hipsquash, swallowtail, battail, moontail, etc….

The rails through the tail are very hard and sharp whether the board has carbon rails or not….

the way we make them here does not

inhibit the sharpness of the edges

if it is carbon railed.

I make the parabolic rails in polyester or our unique Proxy custom flexible epoxy construction. The Proxy is the premium board I make since it has the flex characteristics of an ultralite poly board, but with 3-5 times the strength/ lifespan of a standard poly board.

Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have. I know you would be stoked on a magic Proctor Four Leaf.

Looking forward to your reply,

Aloha,

Todd