TOO MUCH JUNK IN MY TRUNK

On my usual cruise (read: perv) through shapers bays, I came across this weird stubby looking board with a batman tail, I was intrigued much like a teenager at a lingerie show, I wanted to touch and play with it, but the boards in question were samples being sent away for approval, before going into production.

I wanted to try this bad boy so bad, just to check out the ride, I asked A) what the board was and B) if there were any blanks left over and BAM! I got a blank and was told that the board is called a Trunk Board.

The concept of how the board was created is pretty interesting. The surfers in Japan wanted a board small enough to fit in their tiny trunks or small enough to bring along on train rides so Cole Simler designed a board with short board volume compressed into a short stubby board, hence the Trunk board was born.

I have a stringer less Flying Vee, shaped by Errol Hickman and this board is insane, I have ridden it all over the place in crazy conditions to clean bowls and just cant get enough of this ride, super fast and responsive. So will the Trunk beat the Flying Vee (below)?

My Flying Vee is a 5’8 x 21 ½ x 2 (quad) and with like a 12 inch tail, its nickname is sponge-bob square pants because of its massive square tail, the board has two massive concaves on the bottom that kinda act like hydro-planes, these concaves generate massive speeds and the shortness (weirdly) allows me to turn the board on a dime. The sponge bob tail allows me the comfort of stability which allows me massive confidence on take off. The Trunk on the other hand, had a bat man (thingy) tail and was 5’11 x 20 ¾ x 2 ¼ (quad/thruster). When riding my Trunk the immediate problem was the length, the board felt tight and wouldn’t turn like my Flying Vee, bottom line it was too tall and I was bitterly disappointed and felt that I had wasted my hard earned dosh on this stick. The shaper graciously took the board back because of a fin plug defect, so I got my cash back.

These types of small rockets need to be SHORT, that’s the point, I still think my flying vee is too tall at 5’8, these boards should be max 5’5, I am just a heavy bastard and need the extra length to carry my beastly body.

(Top Tip: speak to your shapers they will readily take a board back if the feedback is constructive, they will sell the board off their racks and get the custom order right for you!)

I then started chatting to Natural Curve (NC) about the concept of the Trunk Board and NC being a retro crazy dude like me, digged the idea and came up with his own version, which he said went crazy good!! I think the trick to these wide/retro/hybrid stubby babies is length vs. width, you have to get the proportions right, I am going to steal the NC version and give it a tonk, I can’t wait!!!

Let’s tally up the scores:

Flying Vee: 1, my Trunk: 0, lets see if NC’s trunk hits the mark!

Hit the lip!

Slyde Mcglide