pike finally gave in... FINALLY. this is the "nugget." its a board i've worked on and ridden since i was 16 years old. the template came from an old single fin i made when i was whittling foam at the haut surfboard factory in santa cruz, and soon evolved to a thruster that works in just about anything. comparable to the Santa Cruz Pumpkin Seed (by comparable i mean- VERY comparable), which has been dubbed the "swiss army knife" of surfboards.