Why Would We Shape a 3'10" Surfboard?

The other day, Griffin shaped a 3'10" version of our Rover model. 

Why would he shape such a ridiculously small surfboard?

Well, in part because we're expanding our vision for the Early & Often Surf Club.

For the last several years, once a month we pick a Friday (or Saturday) morning, drop a pin, and invited whoever is available to join us in the lineup for a surf. It has honestly been one of the most enjoyable parts of our routine around here.

It's something we want to be doing more of, not less.

So we are going to start making some moves to pull together more meet-ups in more places. (More on that soon).

But we also want to make those gatherings even better than they have been by adding interesting challenges, off-menu demo boards, and exchanging of stories, ideas, and travel tips.

So, where does a 3'10 Rover fit into this picture?

We were laughing the other day about restaurants that do those "if you can finish this 12lb cheeseburger, then it's free" challenges.

Which got us asking the question "what is the surf equivalent of that?" 

And the best idea we could come up with was to build a really, really small surfboard and make the challenge "if you can catch a wave, do a turn, and ride this thing all the way to the beach, you can have the board...".

Nuts? Maybe.

Fun to watch others attempt it? Certainly. 

So keep an eye out for the 3'10 Rover challenge at an upcoming EOSC meet-up. If someone wins it too easily, the successor to this might have to be the 3'9" Rover challenge...