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GROVELER IV.P
My most versatile and well received new shortboard design. This is a very fast design that generates it's own speed when it's small, yet holds in and rails tight arcs in the pocket when it's overhead. The rocker has a flatter area between the feet combined with an even, flowing single-to-inset double concave bottom. This creates a rail line that runs straighter from under the front foot to the lead-in fins, giving the board quick bursts of speed and incredible drive around sections. There is a good amount of tail rocker and release coming off the back fin allowing for lightening quick, explosive turns.

SURFER FEEDBACK
Good morning Todd, it's Dale Rhodes...how are you? It's 10:00 on Tuesday. Happy Holidays. The board worked amazing. I didn't get to ride it in any big surf....Saturday, West PDS was well overhead and I didn't wanna go in it with that board until I got used to it. But I rode it twice in waist to chest-high surf... and it's very responsive, very fast, I love it. I was able to acclimate to that board quite quickly. So I just wanna let you know I'm super impressed with the board, it works amazing. And I haven't even ridden it in really good surf yet, so I think I'm in for a treat. But anyways, I just wanted to give you that feedback cuz I'm sure that you wanted to hear about it. So give me a call back because I want to order another one in another length. And that's that. Hopefully you guys had a beautiful Christmas and I will talk to you later.
Thank you. Bye.
Dale Rhodes, Malibu, CA
6' 1 1/2" x 19" x 2 1/2" Proctor Custom Epoxy "PROXY" Groveler IV.p Diamond Tail QUAD Fin

Todd, been riding your board lately and has been working really good. Made a final(5thplace) in the volcom pro/am down in oside this week. board was really fast and driving off of turns good. also been getting some photos on it. I will try and email you some soon.
thanks
Austin Ware, San Diego ripper
6'1" x 18 1/2" x 2 5/16" Groveler IV.p

I tested the board out today at Boneyards just north of Swamis this afternoon. I really like how it rides. It definitely has more drive off the bottom than other fish I have had, and can go vertical pretty easy. Lots of speed coming through turns. I think it will be a great all-round everyday board for me. The volume, size, concaves, paint job all turned out exactly how I wanted them.
Thanks for the great board!
Chris Oesch, 30, Encinitas, CA
6'4" x 20 1/2" x 2 3/4" Module/Groveler IV.p Flexible Epoxy Series

My work horse. Surfed this from shoulder high to solid 6-7' points. Was a great board in the beefier waves. Pushed back when I needed it out on the shoulder for cutties, paddled like a dream, very fast around sections and held suprisingly well in the hollow stuff. At my first impression upon opening, she seemed pretty over built and to be honest she is for a lot of occassions. A lot of thickness everywhere. I asked you for an all around board and you did a good job. Next time will probably go a little smaller in size and thickness. Overall, was very pleased with the board, again, another good choice.
Matt Panighetti, 31, Morroco
6'6" x 19 5/8" x 2 9/16" Groveler IV.p Rounded Squash Tail

Todd,
The Groveler IV-p has been amazing. The dimensions you recommended for this particular board did exactly what you said it would do which was open up my surfing.
I'll try and list what I am noticing on my board:

*The Board paddles great.
*The speed generated after the first pump is allowing me to start my turns earlier on the wave and not worry so much about trying to pump my way down the line wasting valuable wave time to set up the one or two turns I'll get here at most of the beach-breaks.
* I am getting in tighter turns on the face.
* The rail is holding in really well on waves that are two feet over head .

Thanks again Todd, Zach Steele

Zach Steele, 27, San Diego, CA
6'1" x 18 7/8" x 2 3/8" Groveler IV.p Squash
Hey Todd,
How's it going, it's Jim Cicero. It's a few days before New Years and I just wanted to call and wish you and Charissa a happy new year and thank you for all the great boards you made me this last year. You actually excelled my surfing to a new level and I appreciate all that you've done for me. And I know you probably heard through the grapevine that I had surgery just recently...uh...hopefully I'll come back stronger than ever after this. I just wanted to thank you for everything you've done last year and all the great boards. Take Care.
Jim Cicero, 41, Malibu, CA
6'1" x 18 3/8" x 2 1/4" Groveler IV.p Thumbtail Quad

Todd,
Just surfed the Quad @ Hollywood. That was the best first go out on any board I've ever had. The thing was made for me.
Stoked! MSJ

Mark St. Johns, Malibu, CA
6'0" x 18 3/4" x 2 5/16" Groveler IV.p QUAD

Hey Todd, it's Jeff, how are you man?
Justin and I are somewhere in Long Beach...and I just had to call to say thanks again, cuz that was such an epic day. We just had to high-five the whole drive home, Justin's givin' big claps...epic, epic time. Thanks, the boards were ripping, yeah, we're just psyching....talking about how gross the waves are at home and what glorious surf we had out there.

Alright man, Talk to you soon. Bye,
Jeff Baldwin, Oceanside, CA
6'4" x 18 3/4" x 2 1/4" Groveler IV.p (performance), Proctor Custom Epoxy

Hi Todd,

To start with, I hope everything is going well for you up there in Ventura. With the sudden interest in epoxy technologies, I'm guessing you're still really busy.

With all the surfboards you make, being that I have only ordered the one with you so far, you're probably don't remember me. I ordered my board at the beginning of the year, picked it up at the beginning of April, and am just now taking the time to write you an email. The board I ordered from you was a flexible-epoxy, 6'3" x 19" x 2.5" Groveler IV.P
I gave you a try because I had read and heard about your unique epoxy, and in light of the foam fiasco, decided to invest in someone trying to do something different. Because the board was made with something completely different from what I've ridden for the last 17 years, I was expecting it to take a while to get used to.

What I found is that right away I liked it. It felt more lively and quick than my other boards, and not at all too stiff. After a little while I was quickly able to utilize the unique rocker combination you have on this board. Because I'm a bigger guy, I have always ordered my boards wider and flatter for the average days to help with speed. However, now I realize that I was starting to go too flat, especially in the tail, because on your board I can step back and really pivot the board quickly, kinda like a skateboard. If I need speed, I just center my weight and take advantage of the flatter mid-section. The bump in the tail helps keep it loose, and by going less wide it feels quicker rail to rail.

So now I've had the board a few months and surfed it in all kinds of waves and conditions. What's been great is that the board still feels very alive, and I feel like I'm surfing better. I have even had someone tell me (actually the shaper who I used to get boards from) "that board really works good for you." On top of that, I still have not had to fix one single ding.

A lot of my friends have started riding the EPS/Epoxy combinations and generally like them. Although that structure seems to yield even lighter boards than your flexible epoxy, they seem to not hold up as well.

I'm glad to see that the hard work of many who have been looking at alternatives for years are finally getting recognition. I admire the people who have been trying something different (with the exception of a certiain "pop-out" company and its owner).

Again, thank you for taking the time to talk over the details of the board and then providing exactly what I was looking for. I hope your innovations and technologies allow you to keep making great boards while also allowing you to make a good living. Keep up the good work- Pr. 22:29

Best regards,
Aaron Ross, 32, Ladera Ranch, CA
Proctor Custom Epoxy "PROXY" Series: 6'3" x 19 1/4" x 2 /12" Groveler IV.p, Future Double Foil Composites

Todd,

I got to ride my board Saturday at Saltcreek and I had a blast. The waves were small but the board was awesome! It turns so well off the bottom and carves very well. Of all the custom boards I have had made for me, this one by far is the MAGIC :) one! I love the way it looks-super clean. The board floats me perfectly and I feel real confident on it. Thanks again and I look forward to working with you again.

Thank you,

Alan Nguyen, Ladera Ranch, CA
I rode my board today at Salt Creek and the waves were much better-head high and sometimes bigger. The board again was awesome, I really like the speed it carries and the way it turns especially off the bottom and in the pocket. Thanks again!

Aloha,

Alan
6'2" x 18 5/8" x 2 3/16" Groveler IV.p

Todd,

I got lucky last week and hit the best surf Jersey has had all summer. My board rocks! Best board I've ever ridden, and I have been surfing for almost 25 years.

Thanks for everything.
Keenan Hauke, 35, New Jersey
6'4" x 18 5/8" x 2 1/4" Groveler IV.p

Following up on the other email… I don't think I'll ride anything but a flexible epoxy for a long time. I had ridden an epoxy board before, a "ST", made with the usual PVC sandwich. I actually liked the board, being lighter and stronger, but it was nothing like your board. I think that you have really perfected it, having the durability and the light weight, but with a board that has some real spring. I rode it every day in Cabo and within the first few rides I was just sitting there, thinking that this was the best board I'd ever ridden. I really noticed it through my turns. The board would curve with the wave and then spring me through my turns as I came around. The flexible epoxy has made me a better surfer and much more fluid. Out of the two models, I got the lighter board with more flex and it's a lot like your standard high performance shortboard with 4 oz. glassing, but better. It flexes, making turns harder and faster… just think about a snap, the tail of the flexible epoxy tweaks back and then snaps forward. I felt so much better and smoother. It was just sick, the way it climbs foam and the way it works with you, flexing and snapping.

Thanks a lot Todd, for getting me the board before my trip and that nasty spray job

-Blair Berger, Cockeyesville, Maryland
5'11" x 18 1/2" x 2 1/4" Groveler IV.p ~ Proctor Custom Epoxy "PROXY" Series

A couple years later....
Hey Todd, i hope all is well in Ventura and with the board operations. I've had my hands full over the past few days with TS Ernesto- we scored big and the flexible epoxy was there to get me through it. I can't believe the life this board has, it's incredible. .... I have put that board through hell over the past two summers, just throwing it into the biggest and heaviest surf i could find, and it didnt disappoint. I will be talking with you in the near future about a new twig.

Thanks,
Blair Berger (MD)

Hi Charissa,

I've been riding the board Todd make for me for a couple of months now and I love it. Every session is so fun. The board turns like no other board I've ridden. It is the best board I've ever had.

Thanks to both yourself and Todd. I will certainly be contacting you when it is time to get my next board.

Oh, and the graphics look fantastic!

Kim Holtze, 26, San Diego, CA
Proctor Custom 6'1" x 18 1/4" x 2 3/16" Groveler IV.p Squashtail

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