Pocket Rocket Mini Pae Po’o

Description

Our signature model- like all our products, designed in homage to Harry Akisada, Master Pae po’o builder, champion and legend.

The pocket rocket mini is designed for maximum speed and maneuverability in the pocket of waves from 2′ to 10′.  The ride begins with a bodysurfing style take off.  As you begin to slide down the face of the wave, and angle across, the hydrodynamic principles of the pocket rocket come into play, allowing you rise up on your arms and especially your inside elbow as leverage. As more of your body comes out of the water your speed increases and you can match the speed of the wave, riding the high line for speed, stalling for the barrel, cutting back for the next section. The small size makes it easy to turn and hang onto and limited buoyancy allows easy duck dives under waves and good control pulling through the back on closeout sections. In my opinion these boards are much faster than handplanes with less chatter and arm and shoulder tension required. See our design page for theoretical musings.

These boards are handmade, one at a time in Santa Cruz California. They are very strong, flexible, repairable and will give a lifetime of service.

Wood and cork epoxy sandwich construction, slight triple concave, hand formed rails, light-on-dark racing stripe stain on the bottom, thumb grips and soft touch, comfortable cork top. 23.5″ x 18″ wide x 1/2″ thick  Weight approx 40 oz.  (Approx. 60cm x 40cm wide x 1.27cm thick weight 1135 grams)