Description
LENGTH: 6'1"
WIDTH: 19 5/16"
THICKNESS: 2 11/16"
VOLUME: 32.3L
FIN SYSTEM: FUTURES
FIN SETUP: 5 FIN
FINS INCLUDED: NO
CONDITION: This lightly-used "FRK" in LFT construction from Slater Designs Mannkine is in excellent condition! The deck is super clean with only some very light pressures under the front foot.. The belly is nearly flawless, with no pressures detected. There were no repairs need on this board and as always 100% watertight and ready to surf! This FRK is ready to wax and shred!!
FROM SLATER DESIGNS:
According to Dan Mann: “In 2015 I was asked to shape Kelly a board for the first time. I knew immediately what I wanted to make him.
I saw it all in my head immediately; from the bottom contour to the tail template. The way the volume would distribute through the width, the whole shape… It might actually be the most intuitive design I’ve ever done, probably because I’ve spent so many years both watching Kelly surf, and shaping boards.
The odd thing is, after sending him the board in 2015, I never heard from Kelly about how the board went, and I sort of just moved on to other stuff. Then one afternoon in 2017 I got this stream of text messages one day about how Kelly was blowing up at Trestles on my board. It totally caught me off guard. Just text messages and phone calls flying in from everyone. I sorted through everyone’s messages and learned that Kelly’s good friend from Florida who was in town at the time had grabbed the board from Kelly’s shed where it had sat un-surfed for two years.
Actually the FRKs he’s been riding this Winter have been straight out of Firewire’s factory, and I’m stoked we were able to so smoothly transition the custom FRKs I’ve been making him since 17’ into the final version from Firewire’s factory that will be at surf shops everywhere. To see Kelly embrace the shape and build exactly as it will hit surf shops is awesome.
If I had to describe the nuts and bolts of the FRKs design, I’d simply say it’s made to make you forget it’s there. When designing boards for Kelly I’m trying to remove as many variables as possible and make it something that can level up his talents, or the talents of other surfers, without any glitches, or ever feeling like its in your way."
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