The "Silver" is basically a stiffness to emulate the old "logs" feeling back in the 60's, but unlike traditional logs, be fast. The Black is much stiffer than the Red construction. The "Black" is for larger persons (weight wise) surfing large powerful waves like chest high to overhead. The "Red" is designed for smaller surfers (weight wise) like myself surfing small to medium waves. I found Thunderbolt Technologies where Thunderbolt has three degrees of stiffness. Since I'm 5'8 in height and my weight is 148 pounds, since I normally encounter wave heights in my message above, I needed a board with enough "flex" (stiffness) and "spring" in it to generate a fast speed from the waves I regularly surf at my weight. When it comes to the Parallax model, there are "now" four lengths. My Parallax longboard was shaped by Ryan Engle. These are fast boards with lots of volume in them which is tricky to do in their given lengths. They are the Outlier, Parallax and Neo Classic. And he designed three of these boards to do just that. I think this design change was promoted by CJ Nelson. But I changed my mind when I found there is a third type of board.Ī board that can be trimmed (steered) from the middle of the board where one does not have to turn the board by having one of their back feet on the left or right rail or stepping back on the board and putting the back foot over the fin. Since I do not do any nose riding, I "initially" wanted a high performance longboard. Most longboards are either high performance boards with multiple fin boxes or single fin nose rider boards. Waves from 1 1/2' to 4' in height (on me, from knee to chest high).Ģ) The board would have to be fast for my weight and the waves I would encounter.ģ) The board would have enough flex (stiffness) and (spring) to accomplish what I wanted in the first two above criteria and it would also have enough volume in it so I could surf these types of waves without any problems.Ĥ) And the last missing detail is the correct fin size and shape. CJ Nelsons range of boards in the Thunderbolt tech includes all his best shapes, the Parallax, Neo Classic, Sprout, Colapintail, and Outlier, you can bet your bottom dollar there will be more to follow.When I decided to get a prone surfing longboard, I had set out some criteria for it.ġ) A longboard which would work will with my weight of (as of right now) 148 pounds where the waves I would normally encounter. Firewire surfboards like it so much they bought the company. This Thunderbolt tech stores the energy generated through surfing and then releases the stored energy through the board and fin to give an amazingly fast and responsive surf, once you tried this tech there is no going back. A stringerless EPS epoxy blank is laid up with A.V.T carbon strips which give the board its flex pattern, after that its then laminated and ready to surf. The practical side of this has been CJ’s move forward with the incredible Thunderbolt Technologies surfboard construction.
In addition to the variety and ability to take on more varied conditions, mixing it up has made him a better and he says a much happier surfer as a whole. This philosophy has driven him to expand his surfing from what was once an almost singular focus on nose riding and serious traditional surfing to riding all kinds of boards with his primary focus on function and fun. CJ’s life is about advancement and development and he’s applied this to his surfing and the boards he rides. CJ is know as a longboarder primarily but he can surf anything, his amazing surfing has taken him all over the world both competing and surfing. Offset your old stick against a brand new board!ĬJ Nelson is a surfer, surfboard shaper and adventurer who enjoys what looks like a seriously enviable lifestyle! CJ Nelson designs surfboards represent some of the most exciting boards to surf as well as cutting edge designs and technology.
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