5’7” x 20” x 2 3/8” Very flat deck brings a lot of foam out to the rails, so it feels much thicker than that last measurement suggests. Thick, “hockey puck” lookin’ roundtail.
50/50 Waveskate surfboard Reviewed By Sak @ Eastcoastsurfer.com |
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These boards are shaped out of California by cross-over skateboarder/surfer/shaper/artist Ben Wei. They made some press a few years back, but I have not heard much of them since except the occasional sighting in punked-out surf vids featuring aerialist anti-establishment surfers. 5’7” x 20” x 2 3/8” Very flat deck brings a lot of foam out to the rails, so it feels much thicker than that last measurement suggests. Thick, “hockey puck” lookin’ roundtail. |
They are actually made to translate skateboard-style maneuvers to the water (the website www.fiftyfiftywaveskates.com explains it better than I can), but I’ve been absolutely shocked at how well they flow in the small stuff. I was expecting lots of speed, but also slidey, wobbly and out of control feeling. Definitely not so. I feel like my small-wave shortboarding abilities have been renewed. Normally, I'm used to much much thinner tails for "edge control". The hard edges and thickness of the tail keeps the board very "free", but the bigger double-foiled M7 fins seem to keep it under control. I've even been able to square-off the bottom pretty hard, which was surprising (but did take a little adaptation of technique.. hard to explain, but this board allows me to think farther ahead and aim farther down the line). |
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| To read some online conversations I have had regarding this design, go to (I am “hackeysaky” at both forums, and the shaper Ben Wei has participated in some conversations as “5050waveskates”): Surfermag.com forum: Click Here to Go to Forum Swaylocks.com (board design) forum: |