Wave Rippers

[Antionette Eastin]

Toachieve this, we removed the beak nose and re-foiled the entire deck line, abandoning the flat deck and steep rails for a more contemporary, moderately rolled rail and deck. The tail is scooped out with a thinner, boxy block. We removed the deep fluted wing, leaving behind a subtle bump/hip, but retained plenty of small wave surface area. The nose is slightly pulled, with a touch more rocker, to fit just a bit better into kinky transitions.

Like its forefather, the Rad Ripper, The RIPPER retains an overall low rocker with a single concave center and a deep double concave/vee that runs through the fins and out the tail. The built-in speed, paddle-ability, and firm carving control that defined the Rad Ripper are integrated into this update.

The rolled deck, lower/softer rails, increased nose rocker, and reduced nose area, combined with a more blended tail outline and scooped out deck, all work together to modernize and unleash The RIPPER, out of the shadows and into the limelight. The RIPPER is a small wave weapon for hacking and lacerating minuscule to moderate surf, under the feet of both average Joes and pumped-up pros.

The fusion of a shortboard and fish outline, featuring a generous center width and ample front-area volume, guarantees good gliding properties and extremely good tilt stability. The Mini Swallow Tail ensures the smoothest behavior in wide turns, and the possibility to push tight turns into the wave.

Inside the sandwich construction is the EPS core, a lightweight, densely foamed material with high damping and deformation properties. This gives the board somewhat "softer" properties for a particularly dynamic ride. The shell made of the extremely strong T10 in the top deck, as well as a fiberglass-epoxy resin laminate make the board light and robust.

The V4A stainless steel inserts laminated into the deck provide the freedom to decide whether you want to ride your Green Room with or without straps. The wooden stringer has been removed from the board, now the inserts sit in two separate inserts, which has a weight-saving effect.

The Advanced Rippers Freestyle Wave Camps have been one of our long term projects to develop a full pathway with our 2XS kids program. We work closely with Master Coach, Sam Ross, who has developed the advanced rippers group from just planing to taking to the next level in freestyle and wave competition.

Sam runs the course with the help of one of our resident Instructors who has taught many of the 2XS Rippers crew from an early age. The Advanced Rippers course has included everything from fitness, competition preparation, advanced freestyle and wave moves, video analysis, competition heats, SUP wave and water safety knowledge.

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