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[ The '69D ]
DESCRIPTION
In the late '60s Mike Diffenderfer was shaping arguably some of the very
best surfboards in the world. 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 new world of progressive performance
surfing. These boards featured the earliest shortboard rockers and outlines
with curves that fit into the critical sections of waves, bottom contours that
created lift and reduced drag, and rails that engaged the faces of waves with
control and release. These designs raised the level of surfing beyond anything
surfers had yet imagined or experienced. The '69D Series offers a portal back
to that surfing experience and pays tribute to Diff's innovative and polished
skills and the impact his body of work had on the evolution of the modern high
performance surfboard.
DESIGN FEATURES
Rocker: Low Continuous Rocker with notable nose and moderately low
tail rocker. Profile: Moderate foil with adequate volume.
Outline: Round Pin. Bottom Contours: Classic early convex 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 or tri plane entry
to single concave wide point to fin and vee through the fin to the tail.
Rails: The '69D features a neutral rail in the entry and wide point
blending to a low hard edge in the tail. Moderately full crowned deck and rail
profile. Diff's late 60s shortboards were some of the first designs featuring a
low neutral rail in the nose blending to low tucked edge in the tail offering
exceptional release, acceleration, speed, maneuverability, and buttery rail to
rail transitions. |
