After years of progression in SUP surfing, I have been riding performance boards for the past year.
I love my 9'4 Acid and 8'10 Flow, however, at 69 years old and 235 lbs (105kg), I simply find it too hard to ride them challenging conditions or winter gear.

Last fall I designed this board with winter gear in mind, but sat on it over the winter.
I finally asked Tino & Bert what they thought, and here it is!

My thought process:
The 9'2 Skate is my most stable board, so I took the nose and mid board outline from that.
Plus, I wanted the mid-board turning of a curvy rail line.
The tight carve of the Speeed tail is my absolute favorite, so I took this tail off the 9'2 Speeed
I love the nose kick and performance rocker on my Acid, so this board got all that.

Voila: Performance with stability!

5 sessions on it.... all either chest to head high in howling winds (25-35 mph) or tiny, gutless shin slappers.
It surfs MUCH smaller than the 9'4 length... I couldn't be happier with the results.

Here is my mock-up.... I simply photoshopped body parts from the 9'2 Skate and 9'2 Speeed
Bert approved the premise, added his "shaper magic" to the rail foils, bottom contours and rocker lines, and the "Creek" was made!

I requested a "retro 50's hot rod" color fade.... cuz I figured a custom should get a special look.
Please watch the video to see how amazing it all came together.

Huge thanks to Tino, Bert and Dylan... plus all the folks at "the Board Factory" that made this piece of art for me!

oh yeah.... it is now a model in the Sunova line

Sizing soon.... this may get a very special treatment of sizes and color.... when I know, you will know!