The SD or San Diego Shortboard is the ideal Rusty shortboard designed for the Southern California coastline. The SD is suitable for everything from the softer beach breaks of Del Mar and Leucadia to the hollow reef breaks of La Jolla and Sunset Cliffs. The versatility of the SD design makes it the ideal one-board quiver for your surf trip.
The origins of The SD are well documented. In June 2016 we supplied a board to Stab for one of their Shapers series (Stab in the Dark), which was to be filmed in South Africa later that summer. I wasn't sure who the pro was. 6'0 190lbs. Maybe Jordy? But he's a bit bigger. I built a modified Yes Thanks. One of Josh Kerr's models. #46 I inflated the Yes Thanks a bit. Shifted the thickness flow and the center of gravity a little forward. A fairly deep single concave that goes to zero under the rear fin and ends with a slight V in the tail. The mysterious surfer turned out to be Dane Reynolds. "It felt very different to the other boards I've surfed so far," Dane remarked. "It has a low rocker, hard edges and a squat deck. I wasn't particularly excited to try it out because of the huge snakeskin band along the rail and that shapeless tail. It just doesn't look that cool. But I was surprised. It had a lot of speed and drive. It felt like a good board. I got a few barrels, but I couldn't make a proper turn. "As it turned out, Rusty wasn't the only one experiencing a little identity confusion. Dane actually thought the board was a Creed McTaggart model shaped by Hayden Cox. Dane surfed the board with solid authority.... he ripped. A few months later, my son Clint christened it the SD. He tweaked it a little. Added a bit of rocker. Over the last 5 years it has been one of our most popular designs.
Dimensions: 6.2 x 20 x 2.65 - 35.2 liters 3 fin thruster setup, fits Futures fins Included: Board without fins
TEC - TORQ EPOXY COMPOSITE Torq Epoxy Composite offers high performance shapes in our state of the art epoxy layup. These boards offer the best balance between lightness and durability. With our own unique lamination process we are able to use a very strong fiberglass layup of 6oz and 4oz in a three layer deck and a two layer base (with a four layer rail overlap) with a high density EPS foam and still achieve a board weight equivalent to a lightweight fiberglass layup. The result is a light but very stable board with good flex characteristics and as with all torq's an excellent price/performance ratio.
