We at LY surfboards love it when it goes flat... our rocker line, that is...

With the success of the Robot and Cyborg models we’ve been spending time forging ways to make more of our surfboards go even faster, even looser, in even more conditions.
With the help of certain team riders and good ol’ trial and error we’ve refined the rocker and concaves from the cyborg model and increased and smoothed out the tail rocker so that the lift begins a little further in front of the front fins. This allows the surfer to gain early entry into waves, immediate acceleration and high performance surfing over the tail.
“The Cyborg is such a great board in many conditions and has more ‘shortboard’ characteristics than other small wave or fish models, but due to its wide, flat tail plan shape it can be a handful in more gutsy surf. We also found that when we hopped onto our shortboards or step up boards we really noticed the extra curve in the bottom shape. I suppose we’d gotten used to the early/easy entry into waves and the quick acceleration and easy glide over flat parts of the wave.” Luke added.
We’ve also been testing the cyborg and other Flyte Path boards in hollower and more demanding conditions realising that we can ride shorter boards (with a few tweaks to deck foils) than we’d thought we needed before, due to the fact that we were paddling into the waves earlier, and getting ‘off the mark’ quicker. This is where Flyte Path Rocker Technologies comes in to take performance surfing to another level.
We can apply the technology to your favourite LY Surfboards model and with a few small extra modifications to your existing dimensions, ie reduce the length of your board by two inches, add one quarter to a half an inch to the width and draw the centre thickness further out to the rails (but keeping the same rail size/shape). Your surfing will take on a whole new path... faster, smoother, looser.
“Yeah, but you need a big board in big surf” true, in some conditions like when the swell is thick and travelling really fast such as Sunset beach, Hawaii then you do need a big thick board to build forward momentum to get into the waves, we’re not trying to revolutionise the whole surfing world or re-invent the wheel, just to increase performance levels in more everyday conditions.
Flyte Path Rocker Technology boards are not just ‘more of the same small flat boards cut from the middle of a mini mal blank with thick or no foil with a groovy tail shape’, these are the most modern and most high performance shapes modified slightly for the next level of surfing.
Check back for more feedback and info on Flyte Path boards, or come by the factory for a look and a chat...