
5'11 Pyzel Power Tiger
Early this year John John Florence came to me asking for a board that would fit in between the Red Tiger and his Ghost as far as wave size and quality goes. John had already helped me to develop the Red Tiger for performance surfing in smaller and weaker types of waves and we have all seen his amazing surfing on that board. The short story here is that the new Power Tiger is a refined version of the Red Tiger with design changes made to help handle bigger, better, more powerful waves. The Red Tiger is still John's go-to for slower waves in the head-high and below range, but the Power Tiger fits in perfectly once the surf gets a little bigger, especially when it gets more powerful (thus the name). The main and most obvious difference is in the outline. We pulled in both the nose and the tail which creates more curve in the whole outline which has a huge effect on the way the Power Tiger surfs. The narrower tail will hold better at speed while being pushed hard through turns (no slidin