Not too bad

The Not Too Bad midlength is our favourite mini log. The design is based on a board one of our friends once bought in France. The first time we tried it we fell in love with the cruizy vibe it had while still being surprisingly lively and easy to turn. We took inspiration from this board and made some iterations over the years. We ended up with this design and gave it an ironic name: not too bad.

It holds a lot of volume in the center while it’s very thinned out towards the rails. This combined with a relatively high bottom rocker is the main reason this board rides like it does. It’s hard to find a place where you can’t use this board. The big nose and high volume makes for a very early, almost longboard like entry. You can catch a tiny wave and ride it out to the beach. The spoon in the nose makes cheeky noserides possible. The thin rails and rocker make it loose and versatile and we have some friends who rode it on French waves up to 2.5m. It’s a very cruizy board for more log-style surfing designed for long rides and big turns, but nothing you can’t find in the North-Sea.

We would usually just ride it with a singefin but on bigger or steeper waves we would go for a 2+1 to give it more stability.

If this sounds like your type of surfing, go ahead and give our test board a try.