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Accelerator:

6′0″ X 18 3/4″ x 2 1/4″

Our Price: $735.00
Recommended Cure Time: ideal cure time is 1 week
Construction: proxy custom flexible epoxy
Glassing: S-glass
Fins: comes with Future Fins
Rider Weight: 145 – 175 lb. / 65 – 80 kg

Availability: Usually Ships in 3 to 5 Business Days

Accelerator
This board is specifically designed to make small wave performance surfing easy. You get fast-driving speed bursts off the front foot and hair-trigger, tail whipping warp-arcs off the back foot. A wider nose outline and low entry rocker get this board into waves quicker and blot it down the line faster. A bendy tail rocker sweeps off the back fin making it quick and responsive in tight rail-arcing hook-turns. An even single concave runs through the midsection of the board making for a “wide open sweet spot” i.e. the board wants to go even if you don’t have your feet right in the perfect spot every time.

Right at the fins the rocker ‘drops out’ and the single concave goes deep….this creates what feels like an engine under your back foot. The deep concave forms an air pocket as well as a straighter path to compress the water through the extreme rocker of the tail….this air pocket acts like a gas pedal or “accelerator”…push back on the tail and it rockets through turns like a piece of ice on wax paper.

Here’s the dimension I suggest based off your normal “good waves” shortboard: ride this board one inch shorter, 1/4″ wider in the middle, 1/2″ wider in the nose, and 1/8” wider in the tail. Go with the same thickness just with a fuller, boxy rail. This creates a flatter deck which gives the board a springier flex pattern….key for that extra little thwang in small waves.

Oh yea…as a bonus, it also goes looneybinsmental in everything up to slightly overhead.

Skill level: intermediate to advanced
Type of waves: primarily designed for knee high to shoulder and weak, but it goes great in everything up to slightly overhead.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THIS SURFBOARD IN THE ONLINE BOARD SHOP & HAVE IT SHIPPED TO YOUR FRONT DOOR. OR, ORDER IT CUSTOM TO YOUR OWN SPECIFICATIONS.

Product Specs:
Dimensions: 6′0″ X 18 3/4″ x 2 1/4″
Tail Shape: squash tail
Construction: proxy custom flexible epoxy
Fins: comes with Future Fins

Watch the Accelerator in action

Surfer Feedback

Hey Todd and Charissa,

I hope all is well!

I wanted to suggest a nickname for the Accelerator – “The Preserver”, because that’s what this board is doing to all of my other boards on the rack. It’s like the MVP player that is getting played the whole game, while the rest sit there sadly waiting their turn. If it’s less than ideal conditions, the Accelerator is coming out! It flies in anything from knee high to slightly overhead and turns on a dime! I haven’t ridden any other board in the entire rack since I picked it up from you over a month ago. Every time I stand in front of my quiver, the Accelerator calls to me, almost glowing from the pack, reminding me of how many waves I catch, the speed it generates, the turns, and how no wave seems to be a close out on this board. Though I know winter swells will bring out the Blackbird and SR71s, for now, the fall doldrums are perfectly fine since I found the Accelerator!

I had a contest 2 weekends ago and didn’t even bring any other boards other than the Accelerator and I usually bring minimum of 3-4. I made the finals again, by the way!

Thanks so much for the support! Take care and God Bless!

Paul Pence, Cardiff, CA

Todd, that new Accelerator you shaped me is sick!
You are a true craftsman… it shows in your boards as well as your artwork

I can’t thank you enough.
I look at this board as a true step to take me to the next level and thats what I’ve been searching for.

As you know I’ve ridden all the top shapers boards out there and the difference with you is being able to be in direct contact with you, as well as your commitment to producing the board I was looking for.

Thanks for walking it like you talk it, you and Charissa are really cool people.

My only regret is not contacting your company a few years ago.

When I get my SR71 I want to leave this board with you , so you can ride to see the tweaks we made to it. Just keep in mind you will probably have to pry it out of my hands.

Thanks again and God bless you and your family.

Rob Kenworthy
Accelerator: 6′0″ x 18 7/8″ x 2 1/4″ round/thumb tail

THE PROXY

Proctor Custom Flexible Epoxy version 2.0

- Stronger than before, lighter than before, with an even more responsive/ longer lasting flex memory –

Made from materials designed for the highest performance surfing possible – utilizes specific flex patterns to increase the board’s torque through turns.
Stronger than the molded boards (i.e. Boardworks, Surftech, etc…)
Lighter than traditional p/u boards (polyurethane)
Custom designed…no pop-outs.
Now with unlimited custom graphics options.

The Proxy….definition. – Custom epoxy surfboard that matches the flex and performance advantages of a polyester board with strength that surpasses the molded pop-out boards.

This is our latest development in the flexible epoxy series.
We begin with an ultra-lightweight epoxy “fusion Core” for the shaped blank – a uniquely formulated eps that has been fused under higher pressures to achieve greater compression strength and less ‘worm holes’ (i.e open pores typical with standard eps foams. These open pores, or worm holes add unnecessary weight due to water or resin absorption into the blank.) The “Fusion Core” does not suck in water, or bubble or delaminate over time like other custom epoxy core materials are prone to do.

I custom shape and design each board on the DSD surfboard cad design program. This allows me to use my most proven shapes to further customize the perfect board for each surfer. Through personal discussion and interaction, I am able to determine each surfers’ height, weight, experience, the type of waves they surf, and the direction they want to take their surfing. I have always believed that plain old communication is an integral part of the design process.

The glassing is done with premium grade S-glass (the best fiberglass for yielding the highest strength-to-weight surfboards). Strategically placed flex points, or hinges are added at this stage as well. We are offering two performance enhancing upgrades to the new PROXY line….I’m calling this the Titanium Series. Upgrades include: (1) reinforced carbon-hinge flex tail and/ or (2) Kevlar deck compression patch.
The epoxy resin used in the process is also uniquely formulated to have more elongation, or flex than is typically characteristic of most epoxies. This is very important to how a board rides. The best surfboards flex and recoil back out of turns…..they flex lengthwise as well as side-to-side along the board….this is the “spring”, the “life” that you feel in a magic board. No matter how great the shape of a board may be, you kill it if you build it so it rides stiff and rigid.

Each board is made from start to finish here in our Ventura factory. This allows me and the Proctor Surfboards crew to ensure that the highest level of attention and quality is put into every board.

Shaper’s notes:
I‘ve been working on alternative surfboard materials for 10 years with the commitment to improve technology while enhancing performance. I believe surfboard building is a unique hands-on process that will always be done best by the innovators who love the sport. The unique construction detailed here is done in our factory in Ventura, California. I custom design every board using cutting edge computer assisted design software. This allows me to detail every board keeping the quality, consistency and custom aspects of my shaping always at the forefront.

Surfer’s Feedback:
compared to my old board was like comparing a horse and cart to a Lambourghini Diablo!

Proxy 5 Fin shortboard ready to ship from online board shop

admin — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:44:14 +0000

Purchase the PROXY Epoxy 5 Fin shortboard from the online board shop – We ship worldwide

Product Details
Board dimensions are: 5′11″ x 18 1/2″ x 2 3/16″ 5 Leaf Clover 5-Finner
“Proxy” Proctor Custom Flexible Epoxy construction
Titanium Series Upgrade Option 1.0: Carbon Hinge Flex Tail
FCS Fin System and fins
Experience: Intermediate to Advanced
Optimum wave height: various
Board will ship within 3-5 days of order. Please contact us if you need a rush on this board.

5 Leaf Clover 5-Finner
…Offspring of the 4 Leaf Clover Quad Fin

…offspring of the 4 Leaf Clover – now available-
the “5 Leaf Clover”

Options:
quad setup-drivey yet loose
standard thruster-combination of drive and hold
large twins with small trailer- drivey & skatey,with holding power
large twins- super skatey; great for small waves & summertime

“FOUR LEAF CLOVER”
(Drivey Yet Loose – Quad Finner)
What is better than a really drivey board that is still loose? – Nothing; that’s the perfect combo. The board featured here with the quad fin set-up is the perfect summertime board; fuller outline to power drive you through the small-scale stuff. The quad fin set-up is available on any shape, so don’t feel limited….go ahead and try it, you’ll like it. The key to the whole concept is the fin placement – No back fin reduces drag while the two side fins work with the rail line and rocker to throttle you through turns. Swap out your v-6 for a v-8 under the hood with a “FOUR LEAF CLOVER” quad-fin set-up.

Proctor Surfboards are custom, 100% handcrafted surfboards made in the USA with the highest level of precision design and with the highest quality materials available. It’s your board….talk to the shaper.

See the Movie

Harnessing the New Order of Flex – “Proxy” Custom Flexible Epoxy Titanium Series

• Fusion Core – Premium grade eps foam fused under higher pressure yields greater compression strength. This core is slightly more buoyant than polyurethane foam, so the boards can be ridden smaller and fit in the pocket of the wave better.
• High impact rail matrix – drive through turns and hold up to a beating.
• Instead of just using standard fiberglass cloth in the glassing process, a combination of S-glass (the premium fiberglass for boardbuilding & inter-woven composite are employed. Kevlar offered as a premium upgrade in the Proxy Titanium Series.
• Reinforced carbon-hinged flextail – A thinner tail makes for better flex and a more lively feeling board by reducing rigidity and increasing torque. Interwoven carbon-kevlar composite has a rapid recoil flex memory that acts as a hinge to slingshot the board out of turns, as well as protecting the toe and heel areas of the rails from crushing in over time.
• Uniquely formulated epoxy resins that have more elongation, or elasticity allow flex lengthwise as well as laterally throughout the board. This increases the performance of the board as well as its flex life/ longevity.
• All fin systems are available including glass-ons (shown here) which are rare on epoxy boards.
• Environmentally friendly – when a traditional p/u board’s life is over, there’s only one place it can go….to a landfill where it sits for 100 years before it starts to decompose. “Proxy” technology is recyclable.
• Made custom in the free world from concept to construction. It’s your board….talk to the shaper.
Todd Proctor

Surfer’s Feedback:
…the board I’ve been so ravin’ about lately is that Blackbird, the Proxy one. That thing’s incredible. Thanks mate. Jay Phillips, Gold Coast, Australia

Surfer Testimonials Todd,
Just surfed the Quad @ Hollywood. That was the best first go out on any board I’ve ever had. The thing was made for me.
Stoked! MSJ
Mark St. Johns, 43, Malibu, CA
6′0″ x 18 3/4″ x 2 5/16″ Groveler IV QUAD Diamond Tail

Props go out to Todd on his crazy 4-fin super speed monster……… It really holds in on the tight sections at PDS,and if you surf there u know what im talking about. I knew on the 1st wave this board was for me and i hope others take note……..Very fast and loose.. Just what i needed…………
Take care, Dale Rhodes
January 4, 2007 blog post