There’s no place where quads have really pushed the limits more so than into the big wave frontier. The January 2006 issue of Surfing Magazine announced Stretch as Shaper of the Year and highlighted his fin theories, big wave designs and evolution of surfing.įast forward over a decade later and the quad movement is as strong as ever. The Stretch Gun had every surfer re-thinking their perspective on what was to be considered a performance quad. The publicity of Tazzy’s win on a Stretch quad gun lit fire to the already snowballing movement of the four-fin being led by Nathan Fletcher. It was shorter, had a wider tail, different lines and most obviously had one fin too many compared to the rest of the field. The board that Stretch shaped him was unconventional. In 2005, a young Anthony Tashnick paddled a 9’4” bat tail quad gun into surfing history by winning the prestigious Men Who Ride Mountains contest at Mavericks. Contemporary and proven design for those looking to get their adrenalin fix.Reverse vee bottom contours cut through chop and reduce surface stiction at speed.
Curvy yet ample outline for versatility, confidence and familiarity.The board that re-wrote the meaning of performance quad.
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