Rare Bird

Yiming · Age: 39 · Height: 171 cm · Weight: 72 kg · Skill: Experienced · 26 Jan 2021

Do it all one board quiver! The hybrid that converted me from hi performance shortboards. Great everyday east coast board with future black stix fins. Daily indo driver (pre - covid) with honey comb fins Perfect barrel hunter on quad fins. Easy to paddle, catches waves and planes early. Turns on a dime. Still holds on the steeper hollower waves. Works in 1-5 feet. Highly recommendable to anyone. Don’t afraid to size this around your height and wider with slightly more volume. Ride at your usual rail thickness. Comparable boards: Hayden love buzz/ white noiz, CI NB2.

Morgan · Age: 60 · Height: 178 cm · Weight: 73 kg · Skill: Experienced · 17 Jan 2021

Had a custom made with lower volume....simply an epic awesome all round do anything pretty much board. Fast off the mark and solid underfoot....absolutely love this board. Promoted as a smaller wave board (which it is very good at) but have ridden in some solid Bukit waves and it was epic....probably my favourite all round board ever (after 20+ boards)

John · Age: 39 · Height: 179 cm · Weight: 89 kg · Skill: Experienced · 13 Oct 2020

A great all rounder. Paddled really well into smaller waves. Fairly forgiving & easy to throw around. Felt like it would handle some decent size also (if my own ability was up to it!).

Amber · Age: 10 · Height: 120 cm · Weight: 40 kg · Skill: Experienced · 7 Oct 2020

Super fun board in almost any surf! I use this board in 1-2ft messy surf and almost never struggle to catch waves. Easy to maintain speed when the waves are sloppy and turns super easy with pretty good stability. This is my go to summer wave board however it does ding pretty easy and had a few pressure dings on it after my first few surfs.

Mark · Age: 36 · Height: 192 cm · Weight: 90 kg · Skill: Experienced · 27 July 2020

Can’t say enough good things about this board. Any conditions any time. It is on song. Unbelievable performance and perfectly balanced to get me into any wave I choose. Never a dull day on this board. An essential part of my quiver.

Tom · Age: 19 · Height: 172 cm · Weight: 60 kg · Skill: Competent · 20 May 2020

Great board for crumbly summer waves. Easy to catch waves in trash conditions. Great board for crumbly days making pretty fun.

Karl · Age: 36 · Height: 175 cm · Weight: 70 kg · Skill: Experienced · 9 May 2020

Good board. Paddles great. Fast board. Came with a deep single concave all the way through to a very slight double under the fins. Gets a bit loose above head high. Only let down is the glassing. Seems to ding pretty easily in places.

Ryan · Age: 34 · Height: 192 cm · Weight: 72 kg · Skill: Experienced · 29 Mar 2020

Loved this board. Went well in most conditions from 1ft slop to hollow overhead. Rode with with FCS Performer quad set up.

Thomas · Age: 21 · Height: 186 cm · Weight: 80 kg · Skill: Experienced · 10 Nov 2019

My idea behind getting a rare bird was to have something smaller then your high performance shortboard that can handle a step drop into a 2-5ft reef break or beachie that would enable me to get tubed whilst still having the option of using the board in below par waves. The rare bird is super fast which enables you to make it down the line past the close out section and I found it excelled on point breaks and solid reef breaks using a quad setup. Surfing a good solid 3-5ft beachie in southern WA I found that the rare bird, provided that I made the steep drop, enabled me to get barrelled a lot easier then my Pyzel Bastard.