Rusty Surfboard ACT SD

The SD or San Diego Shortboard is the perfect shortboard Rusty, designed for the southern California coast. The SD is suited for everything from the gentler beach breaks of Del Mar and Leucadia to the hollow reef breaks of La Jolla and Sunset Cliffs. The versatility of the SD's design makes it the ideal one-board quiver for your surf trip.
The origins of The SD are well documented. In June 2016, we delivered a board to Stab for one of their shapers series (Stab in the Dark), which was to be filmed later that summer in South Africa. I wasn't sure who the pro was. 6'0 190lbs. Maybe Jordy? But he's a little taller. I built a modified "Yes Thanks". One of Josh Kerr's models. 46. I pumped up the "Yes Thanks" a bit. I moved the thickness flow and the centre of gravity a little forward. A fairly deep single concave that goes to zero under the back fin and finishes with a slight V at the tail. The mysterious surfer turned out to be Dane Reynolds. "It felt very different from any other boards I have surfed so far," Dane noted. "It has a low rocker, hard edges, and a stubby deck. I wasn't too excited about trying it because of the huge Snakeskin strip along the rail and that shapeless tail. It just doesn't look that cool. But I was surprised. There was a lot of speed and drive. I felt like it was a good board. I got a few barrels, but I couldn't pull off a real turn." It turned out that Rusty wasn't the only one experiencing a bit of identity confusion. Dane actually thought the board was a Creed McTaggart model shaped by Hayden Cox. Dane surfed the board with solid authority – he ripped. A few months later, my son Clint named it the SD. He optimized it a bit. Added some rocker. For the past 5 years, it has been one of our most popular designs.
Dimensions: 6.2 x 20 x 2.65 - 35.2 litres
3 fin Thruster Setup, compatible with Future fins
: board without fins
Torq ACT Prepreg Construction:
From race cars to race yachts, the highest-performing composites are made and processed from pre-preg materials. This is the pinnacle of composite technology.
By working for years on epoxy surfboards, developing and testing pre-preg materials, we created the world's first pre-preg EPS/epoxy surfboard. This is a major breakthrough in surfboard technology. The term Pre-Preg describes a material in which the resin is pre-impregnated mechanically under control. Pre-Preg composites are cured with heat and under high pressure. Baking ensures a much greater curing of the resin. The effects on surfboards are numerous – more precision, less waste, perfect reproduction – but the biggest advantage lies in the performance of the key factors relative to each other: flex and strength compared to weight.