Cloud 9 : Made to order

Barrel Master

This board is a bit of an unsung hero in our range.  Briggsy developed this exclusively with our riders surfing the hollow reef break that is Cloud 9.  Our riders enjoyed the paddle power of the FF2 and performance off the tail, yet wanted a board that had a little less area up front, same tail width and a little more kick.  We’ve used this philosophy for performance through the range making the board equally at home in punchy reef breaks and beaches’ alike.

He started with the FF2 outline, essentially “reversed” the wide point just back of centre. This gave less overall area at the nose for more performance up front.  The tail was re-blended to have the same width as before and added a little more exit rocker for controlled release.

It has a single concave entry into a double for speed and lift and v out the tail which really helps with the rail to rail and top to bottom turns. The board paddles effortlessly, is fast down the line, holds in the barrel, is responsive and will do all that you want it to.

This board is well suited from beach breaks to punchy hollow points and comes set up as a thruster.

Construction

• PU Blank
• 4+4oz deck,
• 4oz bottom + fin reinforcement.