5'4 Mayhem Puddle Jumper Sting (243683)

Regular price $ 815.00

Surfboard

Puddle Jumper Sting shaped by Matt Biolos x Ben Aipa

• Length - 5'4

• Width - 20.25"

• Thickness - 2.37"

• Volume - 29L

Board Construction:

• Poly - Tried and true. Still the industry standard. Denser foam and traditional stringer.

Board Description:

The Puddle Jumper-Sting features a winged squash tail version of the original Puddle Jumper, but we wanted to build on this design and take it a step further by incorporating the iconic Sting design element. One of our widest and most stable/playful plan-shapes has now been radicalized with the Sting. Placed at 18” (roughly 1/4 up from the tail) it immediately looked like a perfect fit. Enabling a sharper, tighter and more intense turning fulcrum, into this easy riding, playful fun machine. One of the limitations of exceedingly wide hybrids has always been that they are easy to enjoy, but difficult to get truly radical on.

• The Sting - Invented and developed for surfboards by legendary Surfer/Shaper, Ben Aipa, in the early 1970’s, The Sting is a surfboard design attribute inspired by speed boat hydroplane hulls. The design is focused on surface area reduction by utilizing a unique wing placement that allows a wider forward surface area for “planing” and carrying speed, with an abruptly reduced tail curve, behind the Sting, to initiate early release, intuitive pivot, and radical maneuverability reaction when engaged in turns. It is often used to make larger, wider, grovel type boards more maneuverable …or to maximize the performance of HP short boards. The Sting was the first winged surfboard of its kind and was the blueprint for what would become the winged twin, winged swallow, and later on, influence the bump wing thruster of the 1980’s.  It is one of very few board designs that when you see it, even from afar, you know who created it.

Free in-store pick up at our Gdynia or Kitty Hawk locations. US Shipping starts at €99 for boards under 6’2. We will contact you with an exact quote rate to seek your approval before processing your order.

We are currently working on building our online board inventory. Since we have hundreds of boards in stock at each of our store locations, our website only reflects a fraction of the boards we have for sale. We have multiple sizes of each model at each of our locations. If you can't find what you are looking for on our site, please call the Boards Department at (757)-422-8823 Ext. 2 to check our full stock, or click here to start building a custom board.

Note: All boards posted online are also for sale on our sales floor. All sales are first come first served, and any online sales made over a weekend are not guaranteed. If purchased on a weekend, we will contact you first of the week to confirm availability.

For further information about this board, please contact the WRV Boards Department during regular business hours at (757)-422-8823 Ext. 2. For information regarding custom orders, please contact the WRV Factory at (252)-491-8535 or [email protected]

                                 *100% Made in the USA*

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