Drawing elements from the Greenough Spoon and the Mini Simmons, the Arc Swallowtail Quad from Mandala Surfboards is a modern fish shape designed to make tight turns while maintaining intense drive.
Towards the northern end of Peru, lies the town of Chicama. A place where every wave peels endlessly down the line like magic, and even the widest, sketchiest looking wedges never seem to close out.
It's an inarguable fact that you have to surf differently on your back and front sides. Your ankles just bend differently when you lean into your toes versus your heels and your body positioning changes going left or right. The Asymmetrical Einstein adjusts each railside to cater to those appropriate differences.
With the ASP Title year coming to a close, the possibilities have whittled down to a permutative few. Mick Fanning is still leading by a fair margin, with Kelly Slater trailing in the nearest 2nd. But possibilities remain for Jordy, Taj, and Parko.