And then there was one,
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Last week we started out with 4 stock Mandala surfboards and are now down to this final one.
This board was handshaped (no shaping machine) out of a King Mac blank by Manuel Caro in San Francisco exclusively for our shop. It features a tapered stringer which gives the board a nice springy flex out of bottom turns.
The Lokbox fin system is adjustable 1/2″ forward and back so you can dial in your set of AK4’s by Rainbow Fin Co. just the way you like it. Note the tapered stringer.
The forward fins are single foiled and the rear fins are double foiled. There is chocolate in my peanut butter.
Airbrushed and pinlined by Peter St Pierre.
The official Mandala Surfboards logo.
This board looks lonely. It needs a good home.
Shaper Manuel Caro always measures twice. Photo by the lovely Maggie Marsek.
From the modern rocker, crisply foiled rails, adjustable fin system and custom blank, this is NOT a retro surfboard. This is the 21st century baby.
5’11” length
20 1/2″ width
2 1/2″ thick
Glassing 6+4 deck 4 bottom
$765.00
Contact Moonlight Glassing 760-942-3319 or
bonzersurfer@gmail.com
Bonus: The Mollusk surf shop website has a videos section with a nice feature on Mani. link
Anonymous
July 12, 2007Tapered stringer? Please explain.
Width or height? Front or back thicker?
🙂
JP
July 12, 2007The stringer tapers down in thickness from nose to tail, allowing for fancy surfing instead of just regular surfing.
Bob
July 12, 2007Does the board work for the type of person that likes to wear short-john wetsuits?
Who's Your Daddy
July 12, 2007LOL. Bob, you’re a pal. The dims are just about perfect for this short-john wearing surfer…but I’m not sure I want to go down the quad road again after my Pavel experiment.
Anonymous
July 12, 2007That’s a sweet logo…..a little hard to read though when you have it upside down.
Jeffery
July 12, 2007That board is all mine, assuming moon kitty is OK with it.
Jeffery
July 12, 2007Where can I take ‘fancy surfing’ lessons?
moon man
July 12, 2007Sold to the lucky guy in the short john and fine blog.
m.caro
July 13, 2007Wow, all gone. Thanks to everyone for all your enthusiasm about my shapes. I’m back in town from an extended adventure to the UK and NYC, but unfortunately I’ve had to close my shaping queue in order to catch up on orders and get my turnaround to a semi-decent length of time. Keep an eye out for more boards coming through Mollusk SF, NYC, and Venice…
Cheers,
Manuel
Anonymous
July 15, 2007This comes from a place of respect, but dudes can you have your store mandalas a bit shorter. Just keep boards for guys that know how to surf. 6 foot fishes are kinda cheese. Under 5’9″ at least. If some big dude wants one cool but they were all so big. Same with Campbells boards, make those high performance boards no eggs and shit. Who cares about eggs and boards for lame ass waves. Your super killer and the moonlight familly is CLASS ACT> NO DOUBT, but please get Modern kick ass bonzers please. WORD>
JP
July 15, 2007We had a 5’9″, it was sick.
Anonymous
July 15, 2007If you want a kick ass Bonzer as you say, call me. 808 638 7027
Duncan