Faded

Need a ‘good wave’, one board quiver? Well, this is the board you’re after. The second incarnation of the Faded is designed for hollow, heavier waves, this board paddles like a step-up and surfs like a shortboard. Designed with Jay Davies with both overseas travel and pumping waves at home in mind, this board has been put through its paces in places from Costa Rica to West Oz. While it’s primarily designed for hollow tubes, don’t worry, it’ll glide like butter in good waves anywhere from 3 foot to 8-plus. Through the middle section the board ‘mellows out’ with a single concave, straight outline and low rail bite give this board both speed, and bite to hold a line. The back-third of the board is where the control is generated. The double concave into a vee out the tail gives this board great rail-to-rail transition and also helps the board hold a line when you’re racing across the face, drawing a controlled bottom turn, or aiming to strike noon off the lip. FINS: Comes as a 5-fin set-up. The thruster set-up is standard with the quad rears placed slightly more together. As a result, this board as a quad is fast and has crazy amounts of hold. Fin Recommendations: Control comes to mind with a board like this, so these are the fins we recommend: