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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 Speed Box rocker with notable entry nose and moderately
low tail rocker.
PROFILE & FOIL Well foiled "S" deck profile and foil with
substantial volume.
OUTLINE Round Pintail.
BOTTOM CONTOURS Classic early concave design featuring tri plane
entry to single concave wide point to fin and vee through the fin to
the tail. Or classic early convex bottom featuring tri plane entry to
tri plane wide point to rolled panel vee wide point to 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. |
