Pocket rocket. Originally developed for my buddy Aidan Parsons, these things have become really tried and true travel weapons and beach/reef animals. Ample outline width forward vs a traditional shortboard, these can be ridden a touch shorter than your performance chip - the rear end of them fit tight into the pocket though to keep you slotted.
In my mind, for the adventurous shortboard crew, this should be a quiver staple for Mentawais, Indo, Central America and Puerto Rico - quick drops, deep tubes all the way through playful beachbreaks.
Sizing
Size these with about the same literage as your performance shortboard in mind - or about 2-3" below your height. Fkaido comes in a slightly more compact package, if you're dead set on adding to the suggested dims, I would start with adding thickness to the design before adding width.
Stock sizes are:
5'7 x 18 5/16 x 2 7/16 (26.2L)
5'9 x 18 5/8 x 2 1/2 (28.1L)
5'11 x 18 7/8 x 2 9/16 (30.1L) (Shown in video)
6'1 x 19 1/8 x 2 5/8 (32.1L)
6'3 x 19 7/16 x 2 11/16 (34.3L)
DESIGN NOTES:
Deck is lightly domed, with a thin nose and tail foil. Rails are softer than my average, with forgiveness and speed management in mind as well as a better backyard approach. The bottom shape is shared with her bigger sister, Lago, which is a flat-panel-flanked heavy forward single to double, with a good little rocker flip after the back foot. That means good paddle power, plus skate and planing speed on the front foot, while the back foot stays super loose and in control.
Offered as a Twin + trailer (original configuration), and quad. Fin suggestions are Lovelace Performance Twin + trailer of your choice (small is good), or Lovelace Quad from True Ames.
Josh Kerr / Early Prototype
Contact us
e-mail Jeremy for sales and questions at:
Jeremy@LovemachineSurfboards.com
