FreakFish EVO6 bonzer gets woody..

Ready for burn pen, stains and varnish before it heads north for some Scottish juice. Great work by Mark at Glass Tiger on the construction as always…

 

Nugget inspired bonzer… ready for finishing

  

6’2 x 20” x 2 7/8” vortex bottom with rolled V… designed for barrels, to be ridden as a single fin or as a bonzer (FCS B5s). This board was inspired by my Geoff McCoy Nugget which has delivered me into the best barrels of my life. Thought it was about time I applied some of his theories to a board of my own, with a few twists and turns based on my own ideas. Also need a name for this model – and have yet to find an inspired name… any suggestions?

Poppy’s porpoise EVO3 bonzer

    

Custom bonzer surfboard for Poppy with a beautiful resin tint and a lot of pen artwork to follow.

SOLD: Atlantic POD bonzer EVO5/6 – your flexible friend

Traditional bonzer EVO5 set-up:

For those who love the pivot and smooth rail to rail transition of the traditional bonzer set up. EVO5 features changes to the bonzer side fins for additional drive in slower lower energy waves typically found in the UK.  This set up is well suited to any size surf and will deliver the typical bonzer experience.

EVO6 bonzer set-up:

This is ideal for beach breaks where you want to get immediate drive mid face to get going down the line. Using FCS MR side fins to replace the single fin there is heaps of drive and hold. Suited to power surfers and those who like plenty of fin to push against.

 

Arc EVO6 bonzer for smaller waves:

This fin allows more easy rail to rail transitions than a conventional fins. The curved profiles have less resistance to go from rail to rail, and therefore it feels more like a single fin bonzer, but with the extra initial drive of the twin rear fins. Ideally suited to smaller, slower waves as the fins offer less resistance to turn.

ARC2 EVO6 bonzer for smaller waves:

Want the lower resistance but with increased stability, this set up utilises 2 of the rear G-CRV fins, providing a stable but more pivotal experience than the standard EVO6 set-up. Great in more hollow waves for late drops into the barrel and subtle adjustments in the pocket.

 

Other set-ups:

It really is a matter of personal taste and everyone who has ridden these boards tends to have a different favourite. Try using 2 symmetrical FCS G5 rears for easier turning than the conventional set up. Use Quad asymmetrical foil sides as your rears for more drive. That really is the beauty, experiment and find your favourite. What is proven is that by splitting the rear bonzer single fin effectively in two, and placing them out to the rails the board responds more quickly in terms of drive and that this makes them much more usable in fast beach breaks where you don’t always have the luxury of starting off with a nice bottom turn.

Atlantic POD bonzer EVO5/6

6’6” x 20 7/8” x 2 7/8” 

This board was inspired by my original POD from Malcolm Campbell. It is designed with an even gentle rocker, thoroughly modern rails, and a slightly narrower nose for easy duckdiving. Plenty of float and a forgiving plan-shape mean this board should be really user friendly and give a good wave count. It comes with a single fin box for the EVO5 set up and with FCS plugs for the EVO6 for maximum flexibility across a massive wave range. This should be great fun on the small days, and a stable confidence booster on the bigger ones. The fin set up is so flexible that it takes some explaining, so I'll do another post, another day…

  

Glycerine Campbell Bros bonzer

This is a really unusual board from MC going through at the Foam Asylum – kind of bar of soap idea, with a flextail and bonzer 3 fin set-up… I’ve nick-named it the Glycerine (though it’s not mine to name I thought it was worthy of something original). Can’t wait to hear how it goes…

   

Horan-McCoy Nugget bonzer spitfire….

Not one of mine, but something about this design just screams – “try me!”
Its from the ProBox fins site/blog and the templates (board and fins) are pure McCoy/Horan, with a little reverse Campbell Bros thrown in.
The reverse (to norm) foil is meant to be the lowest drag option, which is why this is a more common shape on boats now than swept back like a conventional surfboard fin.
I had the best barrels of my life on my McCoy Nugget in both Indo and the Caribbean. I guess I may have to make a version in the very near future, add the EVO vortex bottom, foil up a spitfire fin… find some decent waves to try it in – watch this space…

Atlantic POD EVO5/6 bonzer gets finned…

Running this Atlantic POD as an EVO5 bonzer with a traditional centre or the new EVO6 bonzer set up using a nice pair of symmetrical G5 rears. Should be getting wet next week so watch this space for first impressions.

Poppy’s Porpoise EVO3 bonzer

   

bonzer EVO6 Freak Fish gets woody…

Was down with Mark yesterday to mark out the fin positions for Pete’s EVO6 Freak Fish… Looking beautiful.

  

House of Bonzer, Vortex bottoms and Sprats

Well Guy has finally got it sorted, his UK blog for all things Campbell Bros, the House of Bonzer. There are a whole batch going through the factory right now so there should be some happy customers later this year, early next. MC seems to be over more and more often so if you are after one of his designs give Guy a shout.

Meanwhile I'm busy on a range of 6 fin bonzers and playing around with my new bonzer Vortex bottom, which really seems to suit the slower UK waves well, making the boards more lively under foot and willing to get up and go across the face more quickly.

Finally a quick review… The 5’8 x 19 5/8” x 2 5/8” Vortex bottom Sprat quad has also been going really well and is a really viable shape and design for larger surfers wanting to enjoy a shorter board (I’m 5’9, 13 1/2 stone, 40+)… it’s wave catching and stability are remarkable for its dimensions, and it has heaps of drive from the parallel rail line.

Freak Fish EVO6 bonzer wood fins

Yesterday I foiled a set of FreakFish fins for another collaboration bonzer with Glass Tiger. These have extended bases to fix the fins into the board.
Time consuming to make but worth every second when you surf them.
  

Oscar Benedict’s 5’9” EVO6 bonzer

Bonzer Blunt Diamond crossed with a Hornet, and given a new EVO6 configuration using FCS rears for maximum flexibility and inter-changeability… all wrapped up in a very user friendly package with v through the nose, blending into a single concave, into 6 concaves set inside panel V through the fins…