A high-performance small wave board built longer, not wider. Designed together with Pepijn Tigges. It’s now his go to shred stick for below-average surf.
High performance for shitty surf, that’s what the Pepino is all about. The idea came to life in collaboration with Pepijn Tigges, surf coach and all-round ripper. This board was designed to let you surf technically, even when the waves are far from perfect. Instead of going short and wide like a typical groveller, we flipped the concept: longer and thinner, with more glide, flex, and pivot. It’s our alternative take on what a small-wave shred stick should be.
Pepijn's philosophy matched ours: longer boards don’t reward jerky movements, they force clean technique and smooth, connected lines. That makes the Pepino not just a small-wave board, but also a tool to improve your surfing.
Slightly asymmetric, quick off the mark, and surprisingly drivey, the Pepino turns weak surf into a playground. It’s a shred stick for below-average conditions.
How it rides
Works best in 0.5 – 2 m waves, from sloppy and weak to medium power. It carves smoothly on the long rail and pivots quick off the lip. From intermediate surfers learning to carve back to the whitewater to advanced surfers chasing flow and control on gutless days. Pepijn especially enjoys long hang-fives on the round nose.
Key features
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Rating of 5 means High.
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Medium rocker
This rocker hits the ideal midpoint between the speed-and-glide of a mid-length and the responsiveness of a high-performance shortboard. This makes the board glide over flat parts of the wave and carve tight when truly set on rail.
Key features
Asymmetry
After a long, wide mid-section, the tail narrows through a hip into a warped asymmetric shortboard tail. The toeside stays straight and sharp for drive, while the heel side is rounded and shifted forward, loosening up the heelside turn in smaller surf.
Key features
Step deck
The step deck is a trade-off between volume and thickness. It minimises the boards thickness for increased flex while holding volume for float without thickening up the rails. This allows for easy paddling and at the same time opens up everything the Flexframe construction has to offer.
Key features
Single concave
The bottom contours of this board place the engine of the board right between our feet. The heavy single concave provides tons of glide on low speeds.
Interested in the aspects of board shapes and how they influence your surfing? Join one of our board shape workshops that we regularly organise in our workshop.
Key features
Rating of 1 means Low.
Middle rating means Medium.
Rating of 5 means High.
The rating of this product for "" is 3.
Low
Medium
High
Medium rocker
This rocker hits the ideal midpoint between the speed-and-glide of a mid-length and the responsiveness of a high-performance shortboard. This makes the board glide over flat parts of the wave and carve tight when truly set on rail.
Asymmetry
After a long, wide mid-section, the tail narrows through a hip into a warped asymmetric shortboard tail. The toeside stays straight and sharp for drive, while the heel side is rounded and shifted forward, loosening up the heelside turn in smaller surf.
Step deck
The step deck is a trade-off between volume and thickness. It minimises the boards thickness for increased flex while holding volume for float without thickening up the rails. This allows for easy paddling and at the same time opens up everything the Flexframe construction has to offer.
Single concave
The bottom contours of this board place the engine of the board right between our feet. The heavy single concave provides tons of glide on low speeds.
Interested in the aspects of board shapes and how they influence your surfing? Join one of our board shape workshops that we regularly organise in our workshop.
Size reference
If you’re coming from a midlength but want to get some tighter turns in, stay close to your current board size. If you’re used to surfing grovellers and shortboards and want to stay close to that feeling, don’t be afraid to go 5 or 6 inches taller than your regular shortboard.
Every surfer is different. If you’d like this board in custom dimensions, or if you’re not sure which size works best for you, we’re here to help. Let us know what you’re looking for and we’ll get in touch to chat about the perfect fit.
