Birthed from a broken blank and the brains of Beschen (Shane) and Budroe, the original Rocket was to simply be a board for baby Beschen (Noah) to learn on. Once ridden by Shane, everything changed, and he felt compelled to bring us his fabulous find to be refined.  Happy accidents have been a staple of surfboard progression, since the beginning.  As we started fine tuning and building them for the boys, we knew were had something special.  Fast forward a year, and the 2009 video release of “5’5 Redux”.  The ROCKET was a star of the show, ridden by a parade of guest rippers cutting loose on the little weapon.  From Bros to Pros, The ROCKET was soon a global hit, being enjoyed by surfers of all shapes, sizes and skill sets.  Now, more than a decade after its initial release, the ROCKET returns.  A re-incarnated Redux for the new generation to enjoy another run of fun… The ROCKET REDUX

We’ve strived to retain all the original ROCKET design details and magic:

The extremely low and fast entry rocker, counterbalanced by a hyper-extended tail curve, for instantaneous down the line drive and playfully precise turning.  The deepest of concaves, created by a straight centerline stringer and a curvaceous rail rocker lends lift and liveliness.  The wide tail and parallel, bullet like, outline provides plenty of speed and hold. The hooked diamond “Rocket” tail adds bite and hold in firm, rear footed carves.

While the ROCKET REDUX stays true to the original ROCKET, to bring a serious performance boost we’ve:

Refined and cleaned curves, made the rails a bit more refined, and updated some details just enough to keep up with the things we’ve learned since.

Generous dims, low rocker, flat deck, steep rails and wide tail, made catching waves and speeding along, easier than any fish we’d ever designed.  What set the RNF_RETRO apart from the endless schools of fish, was the use of a snowboard inspired design element, reverse radius side-cut, in the outline.

We first used side-cut, in our “Pelagic” model, a decade or so earlier.  Side-cut outlines are nothing new in surfboards, San Diego pioneers like Mirandon and Caster had used them for ages.  We feel the sidecut enables a flat rockered and generally parallel outlined board, to turn sharper and retain speed in tight radius turns.  They “lock in” to the wave face and carve, off the rail, without sliding out or digging.  The RNF_RETRO uses not one, but two side cut radiuses: one between the feet, starting just behind the wide point and another, shorter/tighter one, right under the rear foot, in place of a hip, or wing.

We believe this outline lends the RNF_RETRO a truly unique ride in a sea of relentlessly similar “fish”.  Waves 2-4ft+