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[ The '69D ]
Mike Diffenderfer
was shaping some of the best boards in the world in the late '60s.
This was an era of extreme development - a revolutiuon for surfing
and surfboard design. Diff's shapes were innovative and well
executed designs that opened up a cornocopia of progressive
performance surfing. These designs raised the level of shaping and
surfing beyond anything surfers had yet experienced. The '69D
Series offers a portal back to that experience and pays tribute
to Diff's skill set and body of work. Design features -
Rocker: Low Relaxed. Profile: Moderate foil with
adequate volume. Outline: Round Pin. Bottom Contours:
Classic early single fin bottom featuring vee or tri plane entry to
tri plane wide point to panel vee wide point to tail. Or classic
early concave design featuring vee entry to single concave wide point
fin and vee through the fin to the tail. Rails: The '69D was
perhaps the first design featuring a neutral rail in the entry and
wide point blending to a low hard edge in the tail. Moderately full
rail with foiled rail profile for control for bigger surfers. Lower
moderately thinner rail for smaller surfers. |
