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Two Crows Custom

Free Style, Style Free!

From the day I laid eyes on a Two Crows board I coveted them. They are unlike anything out there, really artistic, colorful and fun. Carl Olson had shaped under the well-known Santa Cruz brand Arrow before breaking off on his own to form Two Crows with his buddy Nic Wells. A few good friends had boards shaped by Carl and absolutely loved them. This fall when I got a chance to meet Carl and check out the shaping room in Santa Cruz I couldn’t stop thinking about what board I would get.

Ever since I started surfing a few years back, I had been using Criagslist boards. My longboard was slowly deteriorating and as great as it was to learn on, it lacked some of the real benefits of having a big board. With thin rails, narrow width and lots of rocker I often got smoked by your traditional logs and couldn’t get myself into soft waves. I decided it was time to go for a real long board, a wave machine, something super fun and easy to paddle. After talking to Carl we debated what fin setup, thickness and length and settled on 9’ tri fin with thinned out rails and tapered tail.

After a few patient months my custom Two Crows longboard is complete. Well worth the wait, this 9 foot tanker ship of a board is truly a piece of art. I keep taking it out of the bag and looking at its shiny glass job polished to perfection.  Not only does it look better than most the boards in the lineup, it totally rips. Although it is a different style of surfing than I am used to, it’s going to be a fun board to play around with, walk around and make it to the nose. Already in the first day I found the ride to be solid and smooth as it accelerates to the end of the line.