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Heavy Water Wizard

user00 — Wed, 28 May 2025 09:59:35 +0000

Elevate Your Game with the Heavy Water Wizard by Glassing Monkey

The Heavy Water Wizard is our most versatile high-performance weapon to date, masterfully shaped to dominate almost any wave condition on the planet. Conceived in the Glassing Monkey factory and refined under the expert eye of shaper Ray Angosto, this elite high-performance shortboard features a sleek, low-volume silhouette with a pulled-in nose and tail for ultimate agility. Locked loaded with a rounded square tail, it strikes the perfect balance between surgical control and total creative freedom for riders who demand instant response.

Extreme Down-the-Line Speed and Superior Bite

Unlock incredible projection where other boards bog down. The magic lies in a deep single-to-double concave contour running over a smooth, optimized base that channels water flow directly under your feet. This unique combination generates extreme down-the-line speed while maintaining a rock-solid grip during wide carves and critical maneuvers. The refined bottom curvature allows for lightning-fast transitions, responding with absolute precision to your every impulse.

Fluidity and Control in the Pocket

When the waves turn hollow, this board truly comes alive. A moderate entry rocker ensures a clean, effortless entry into steep drops, while the low-volume rails make it easy to slice into the face of vertical sections. This model excels when you need that extra burst of speed inside tight tube sections, backed by a balanced volume distribution that keeps the board completely stable under high pressure. It turns heavy, intimidating sections into your personal playground.

Limitless Versatility for Demanding Surfers

The Heavy Water Wizard is a true all-terrain craft built for progressive, aggressive surfing. Its technical construction delivers a lively, springy feel while ensuring long-term durability session after session. This is the ultimate game-changer to round out your quiver, providing the total confidence you need to push your limits, map out tighter lines, and conquer any peak on the map.

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Heavy Water Killer

user00 — Wed, 28 May 2025 09:59:09 +0000

Redefine Your Lines with the Heavy Water Killer by Glassing Monkey

The Heavy Water Killer breaks all conventional design rules, completely redefining the concept of the modern shortboard through elite engineering. Conceived in the Glassing Monkey factory and refined under the expert eye of shaper Ray Angosto, this model strikes the ultimate balance between generous volume and extreme agility. If you demand a lightning-fast response and absolute control in a wide variety of sea conditions, the Killer is the definitive weapon to elevate your session.

Forward-Shifted Volume and Explosive Paddle Power

No more burning out before the sets arrive. The Killer features a strategically forward-shifted wide point, placing extra volume directly under your front foot. This specific design trait delivers a highly efficient paddle, letting you chip into waves earlier than everyone else with significantly less physical effort. This optimized mass distribution provides rock-solid stability during the initial takeoff, giving you a confident, reliable platform from the very first second.

Precision Control with the Smooth Round Pin Tail

Draw cleaner lines and hook into the tightest pockets on the wave face. The Killer features a masterfully tuned round pin tail designed to maximize precision and hold at high speeds. This specific tail shape allows you to execute critical maneuvers with an immediate, secure tactile response. It flawlessly channels the wave’s energy, ensuring that every heavy hack and vertical turn feels completely fluid, connected, and under control.

This board adapts like a chameleon to whatever the ocean throws your way. When the waves turn heavy and hollow, it maintains a surgical grip to prevent catching an edge during critical rail-to-rail transitions. Conversely, if conditions drop, you can step up a size to boost your planing speed through flat sections without losing an ounce of turning capacity. It is the ultimate everyday performance tool for surfers who want a single, reliable weapon for the most demanding days of the year.

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Heavy Water LSD

user00 — Wed, 28 May 2025 09:59:09 +0000

Shorten Your Arc with the Heavy Water LSD by Glassing Monkey

The Heavy Water LSD is your ultimate weapon to elevate your surfing in everyday conditions, masterfully designed as a shorter, wider evolution of the standard shortboard. Conceived in the Glassing Monkeyfactory and refined under the expert eye of shaper Ray Angosto, this model specifically targets surfers who want to shorten their turning arc, stay tight in the pocket, and generate exceptional down-the-line speedwithout sacrificing an ounce of performance.

Compact Outline with High-Performance Paddle Power

Forget the main downside of shorter boards. The LSD solves the paddle-power puzzle by positioning extra width through the center to perfectly compensate for the reduction in length. This design choice gives you maximum wave-catching ability while unlocking a much looser, highly maneuverable platform. Despite its compact outline, the rocker profile and bottom contours mimic a elite high-performance shortboard, allowing you to maintain aggressive, lightning-fast transitions.

Precision Tail Control: The “Hip” Advantage

The magic behind this board’s insane responsiveness lies right before the fins. The LSD features a distinct hip positioned strategically to narrow the tail width at the critical contact point. This architectural choice preserves crucial rail-to-rail sensitivity, giving you the solid stability of a wider hybrid combined with the surgical precision of a pro-level performance blade. It allows you to pivot on a dime and release the tail whenever you want.

The Ultimate Daily Driver for Every Session

The Heavy Water LSD is a versatile daily driver engineered to maximize your enjoyment whether the waves are punchy or average. For advanced riders, surfing it in smaller sizes turns it into a rocket ship built for progressive, above-the-lip maneuvers and aerials. For heavier surfers, stepping up in size offers the extra volume needed to reach full potential without the annoying drag of a bulky board.

(Sizing tip: For the perfect balance of flow and control, we recommend riding the LSD approximately 4 inches shorter than your standard shortboard).

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Heavy Water Small Duty

user00 — Wed, 28 May 2025 09:58:13 +0000

Defeat Micro-Swells with the Heavy Water Small Duty by Glassing Monkey

The Heavy Water Small Duty is the ultimate pocket-sized powerhouse, specifically engineered to maximize fun and performance on the smallest days of the year. Conceived in the Glassing Monkey factory and refined under the expert eye of shaper Ray Angosto, this model packs the hidden engine of a high-performance shortboard into a super-compact, wide-body design. If you are looking to turn ankle-to-chest-high mush into an explosive playground where you can link radical sections with absolute ease, the Small Duty is your ultimate summer vehicle.

Ultra-Efficient Surface Area and Sudden Acceleration

Don’t let weak, crumbly waves keep you on the beach. The Small Duty features a generously widened outline and a low entry rocker profile designed to capture maximum planing surface and extreme paddle power. This smart mass distribution allows you to scratch into micro-waves early and experience immediate, sudden acceleration from the second you pop up. It generates effortless down-the-line speed, letting you glide seamlessly over the flattest sections and maintain critical flow where standard boards completely bog down.

Performance Groveler Tail for High-Speed Pivots

Shorter, thicker dimensions don’t mean you have to sacrifice your vertical game. The tail section incorporates a finely tuned curve paired with specialized bottom contours that flawlessly channel water flow directly under your fins. This architecture allows you to break free from the traditional stiff feel of a groveler, enabling you to pivot on a dime in tight pockets, launch off crumbly lips, and execute progressive maneuvers with a lively, springy feel that keeps your surfing incredibly fast and loose.

Rock-Solid Stability and Complete Control in Sloppy Surf

When the wave face is choppy, slow, or crumbling under wind pressure, this ultra-fun all-round surfboardmaintains complete composure. Its full, forgiving rails are masterfully softened to prevent catching a stray edge, providing a massive confidence boost during high-speed transitions. It successfully bridges the gap between maximum flat-water stability and instant tactical response, ensuring your rail-to-rail surfing remains beautifully fluid, connected, and sharp even in the worst maritime conditions.

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Heavy Water Black Rose

user00 — Wed, 28 May 2025 09:57:41 +0000

Heavy Water Black Rose (Performance Fish)

The Heavy Water Black Rose bridges the gap between retro fluid design and high-performance surfing. Rather than locking you into the stiff or overly tracky feel of vintage alternative outlines, this modern performance fish surfboard blends massive down-the-line speed with a highly agile rail profile. It is engineered for surfers who want to glide effortlessly across soft sections while retaining the ability to jam hard off the bottom and snap critical turns right in the pocket.

Strategic Geometry: Entry Rocker and Refined Foil

The technical intelligence of the Black Rose lies in its highly calculated volume management. It carries a balanced medium entry rocker, a specific nose-to-tail curvature refined under Ray Angosto’s expert guidance to maximize wave entry and paddle efficiency. This curve prevents pushing water on flatter beach breaks, allowing you to establish immediate momentum right out of the take-off.

Unlike older fish designs with bulky, unrefined rails that float too high on the face, this foil features a modern, tapered rail profile. It packs plenty of stability under your chest for early wave entry, but thins out dramatically toward the edges to keep you deeply connected to the wave face when transitioning at high speeds.

On-Water Mechanics: Fluid Speed and Pivot Control

The bottom contour is specifically tuned to generate instant hydroplaning lift. By combining a flat-to-single concave that bleeds smoothly into a double concave through the tail, the design accelerates water flow beneath your feet, allowing you to coast over soft sections with zero loss of drive.

Optimized Swallow Tail: Features a refined swallow block that provides excellent horizontal projection while releasing water cleanly during quick direction changes.
Versatile Multi-Fin Setup: Allows you to customize your fin cluster to ride it as a loose, traditional twin fin or a structured thruster for more vertical control.
Medium Entry Rocker: Guarantees ultra-smooth drops on steeper wave faces without sacrificing your overall planing surface on smaller days.

If you are looking to buy a performance fish surfboard that effortlessly maintains speed while offering the tactical precision to push your turns to the limit, the Black Rose delivers the exact response, traction, and organic flow under your feet.

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Heavy Water HM Performance

user00 — Wed, 28 May 2025 09:47:44 +0000

Heavy Water HM Performance (All-Round Shortboard)

The Heavy Water HM Performance is the ultimate definition of a true quiver killer. Specifically engineered to dominate an extremely wide spectrum of ocean conditions, this highly adaptable all-round shortboardserves as the single best choice to pack inside your board bag for any surf trip. It brilliantly balances a reliable daily performance template with the precision needed to push your boundaries when the waves turn critical. [1, 2]

Dual Rocker Mechanics: Speed and Vertical Attack

The technical secret behind the HM Performance lies in its highly strategic profile geometry. It features a low nose rocker that maximizes your planing surface right out of the take-off. Carefully refined under Ray Angosto’s expert guidance, this clean entry curve dramatically enhances your paddling power, facilitating early wave entry and ensuring optimal positioning right at the peak. [1, 2]

In complete contrast to its flat front template, the rear section incorporates a highly reactive, pure performance-style tail rocker. This sharp curvature allows you to transition to vertical surfing at any split second, offering a professional level of response and keeping you glued to the pocket during tight maneuvers. [1, 2]

On-Water Dynamics: Absolute Control and Acceleration

Unlike overly specialized shortboards that only work in perfect conditions, the HM Performance generates massive natural acceleration across both mushy beach breaks and steep walls. Its highly balanced outline ensures structural stability while remaining incredibly agile underfoot. [1]

Tube riding precision: Delivers total control over subtle weight shifts, allowing you to establish immediate lines inside critical barrels.
Radical maneuverability: Enables you to destroy heavy, closing sections with explosive and safe vertical snaps.
Consistent drive: Maintains a high velocity through flatter shoulders, preventing the board from bogging down when the wave loses energy.

If you are looking to buy an all-round shortboard built to transform your daily confidence across changing conditions throughout the year, the HM Performance delivers the exact response, versatility, and flow your progression demands. [1]

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Heavy Water Biscuit

user00 — Wed, 28 May 2025 09:47:16 +0000

Heavy Water Biscuit (All-Round Funboard Groveler)

The Heavy Water Biscuit is a high-volume small wave machine inspired by the classic Stumpy outline, redesigned to bring ultimate speed, paddle ease, and smooth flow to everyday conditions. Engineered as an incredibly fun and accessible all-round funboard surfboard, this model bridges the gap between maximum flotation and playful shortboard agility. It serves as the definitive tool to catch everything that moves and carry blinding momentum across weak beach breaks.

Expanded Template: Wide Nose and Instant Paddle Power

The technical brilliance of the Biscuit lies in its modification of the original Stumpy profile. By significantly expanding the nose template and widening the overall surface area, the board shifts its mass distribution directly beneath your chest. Under Ray Angosto’s expert guidance, this generous foil maximizes surface contact with the water to deliver exceptional paddling efficiency, enabling early wave entry long before the lip begins to crumble.

This smart volume configuration eliminates the heavy or clumsy feeling of traditional longboards. It packs immense flotation into a compact centerline, providing a highly stable platform for surfers of all levels without sacrificing down-the-line projection.

On-Water Dynamics: The Smooth Round Tail Flow

Unlike wider hybrid boards that utilize angular squash or wide swallow tails that can pivot too abruptly, the Biscuit features a highly refined round tail. This architectural choice changes the entire dynamic of the board, enabling seamless transitions and continuous carves.

Fluid rail-to-rail changes: The continuous curve of the round tail allows you to glide from turn to turn with a remarkably smooth, unbroken flow.
Self-generated velocity: Features a low entry rocker profile that flies across flat shoulders and soft sections without needing continuous pumping.
All-condition stability: Medium-to-full rails provide a highly forgiving edge that cuts cleanly through choppy water or onshore conditions.

If you are looking to buy an all-round funboard surfboard engineered to maximize your daily wave count while delivering a fast, loose, and incredibly smooth ride, the Biscuit provides the exact response and hydrodynamic glide your sessions demand.

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Heavy Water Acid Drop

user00 — Wed, 28 May 2025 09:47:15 +0000

Heavy Water Acid Drop (High-Performance Shortboard)

The Heavy Water Acid Drop is a high-performance shortboard engineered to deliver total control, absolute stability, and lightning-fast reaction times in fast-paced, hollow wave conditions. Designed specifically for intermediate to advanced surfers who refuse to back down when the ocean turns on, this model acts as your ultimate precision instrument when the pocket gets steep and critical. It provides the exact structural hold required to navigate heavy drops and lock into tight, secure lines.

Hydrodynamic Blueprint: Flat Rocker and Single Concave Drive

The technical advantage of the Acid Drop lies in its highly strategic bottom architecture and calculated profile line. It features a low, flat rocker that runs continuously through the shape, maximizing your active planing surface to guarantee blistering down-the-line speed from the split second you pop up. Carefully balanced under Ray Angosto’s expert guidance, this flat template works in perfect unison with a deep, full length single concave.

This specific configuration channels water flow beneath your feet with massive force and zero resistance. It creates instant lift and relentless projection, allowing you to generate your own speed to blast past crumbling sections while maintaining total control when anchoring your fins into a heavy bottom turn.

Critical Wave Mechanics: Sleek Rails and Pocket Control

Unlike bulkier hybrid shapes that skip out or chatter on powerful, bumpy wave faces, the Acid Drop utilizes a heavily refined, low-profile performance outline built for vertical attacks.

Surgical rail transitions: Features sleek, modern rails that slice cleanly into the wave face, enabling lightning-fast, catch-free rail-to-rail changes.
Flawless pocket precision: Holds its line firmly inside steep walls and heavy barrels, responding instantly to subtle weight shifts without sliding.
Vertical attack authority: The optimized tail architecture allows you to break your line instantly to target closing sections and execute tight snaps right in the lip.

If you are looking to buy a high-performance shortboard built to elevate your confidence and maximize your control in powerful reef breaks and punchy beach breaks, the Acid Drop delivers the exact response, traction, and hydrodynamic flow your surfing demands.

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Chemistry R2

user00 — Wed, 28 May 2025 09:43:57 +0000

With this combination we found the board to be fast in slower surf yet holds in bigger conditions. The board also has a thicker nose foil which assists in catching waves.

The R2 has been proven to work consistently in all conditions whether you’re surfing a 2-foot beach break or an 8-foot reef.

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Chemistry Side-A

user00 — Wed, 28 May 2025 09:43:57 +0000

A complement to our B-Side model, Side-A is our new shortboard for 2019.

Our newest performance shortboard in collaboration with Chemistry’s team riders. The Side-A model fits between our user friendly R2 model and our most high-performance board the B-Side. The Side-A has a deep single concave which allows this model to gain speed very quickly. The nose is more pulled in than our R2, and the back half of the outline is a bit straighter which allows you to gain maximum speed effortlessly.

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