When the waves get solid, the Porto comes to life. The ideal step-up with a connective link from your performance board to a performance-based step up. A favourite amongst the /ADV team and guys that love to give it a nudge.
Originally a personal hand shaped board for a trip to the wave rich Portugal while on a shaping stint in the Basque Country, Spain. The waves pack some punch, so the focus was on a curvy, connective tissue board that would power up when under pressure.
DESIGN BRIEF
Full rocker throughout the board, with an equally consistent deep single to double for speed and grip under pressure.
Being a board that you would be using in heavier conditions the volume is carried evenly throughout the deck line with a dropped rail profile for sensitivity.
The outline is active in nature, pulled in through the tail and nose with a hidden bump-hip in the mid drift for sparky that you would usually fee in a shortboard.
V PORTO (vee entry and hull design for stepping up again in consequence)
Volume Reference
Volume
Length
Width
Thickness
24L
5’11
18 1/8
2 1/8
26L
6’1
18 3/8
2 1/4
28L
6’2
18 1/2
2 3/8
30L
6’3
18 3/4
2 1/2
32L
6’4
19
2 5/8
34L
6’5
19 1/8
2 3/4
Volume and dimensions subject to change per customer or order