Check out this custom Honey Badger in the USC Technology
Dimensions are : 5'8 by 19 5/8 by 2 7/16 , litres 27.75
Marc, the customer wanted the artwork / print on the bottom , which we don't normally do but we did this one and it looks amazing ! The print is the Purple Flower Of Life .
The Badgers, performance smooth outline actually disguises a fish-esque characteristics , which all in all leads to a surfboard that works well in the down the line waves but also has enough foam to glide over fatter and flatter parts of the wave seamlessly .
Watch the Premium Honey Badger in action below.
Trying to build the best surfboard, inspiration comes from many areas and we have now on offer this tweaked option in the DCD Range .Its called this DCD V2.
Below is the small wave Convert model , highlighting the high quality carbon, designed to mimic the Venturi effect ,but being on the deck as opposed to on the bottom of the board , the idea is to enhance the "flex" pattern by using high quality carbon laid narrower at the nose and wider at the tail . Creating a V shape. Essentially "loading" the board up and the allowing the "V" shaped carbon design to release the pressure / torque through the tail as you accelerate out of turns.
By maintaining the flex or "spring" you can hold your speed , which is supercritical on the these type of small wave surfboards.
The Venturi effect is related to water flow and when talking surfboards , often refers to bottom shapes, where the channels and other similar bottom shapes are involved. By channeling the water flow then manipulating the way the water flows off the tail .
In Fact we have a new model being tested right now with these theories in place.
We call this this the DCD V2 look for the V2 logo, and it's available on all the models across the range . Need anymore information , hit us up for the right board to get under your feet !
Mike has been having a lot fun is the sun over in Western Australia .
Mike has a cool little quiver of Formula Energy Surfboards. A 6'3 by 19 3/4 by 2 3/4 Premium Savage (33.57 litres). A USC Old Faithful , 6'1 by 20 by 2 3/4 (33.84 litres) and A Premium Fuzz Nutz which is 6'0 by 19 1/4 by 2 5/8 (35 litres).
We kept his boards around the 33 litres mark for the performance end and fine tuned the dimensions depending on the model and type of waves Mike would be chasing on that particular board . With the Fuzz Nutz being primarily designed for smaller less powerful waves we made it 35 litres , just to give it a little more float on those smaller days !
Above: Giving his Savage a run on nice clean wall