Love Machine FM Surfboard - Custom

So I bought a lost 7’6 crowd killer, surfed it and although a great board a bit too big for me. Boardshop were awesome and supported me with the ride out return policy.
So after lots of research and grinding of teeth I’ve gone for the FM, it looks awesome and is an in between ride for my quiver. Took it out in some small summer magic and it was awesome easy to catch and super responsive, a much better option for me than the lost. So I can’t thank ian and the team for their flexibility!

Normal super service from the guys at Boardshop - prebuy info, great communication on the custom order,board delivered sooner than expected and then the ocean goes flat up North.....

Just now waiting to see what it means to make it "board of the year" :)

I recently borrowed a mates 6'9 FM. For a bit of context I've been riding Simon Jones MOTE boars for the last 8 years, pre-Torren, and in the last 5 years have a 6'6 Fiji and 7'2 Massive. A while ago I was listening to a podcast with Torren and he mention that Si got the idea for the Massive from an American surfer who was cycling around Oz with a one board quiver. The guy was Simon Murdoch, who rides Ryan's boards and specifically the FM. So after having ridden the Fiji and Massive for the last 5 years I was looking for a replacement. I also drove over my Massive last year by accident (head in hands). I was just about to go out to Morocco for a solid west swell and have been missing my 7'2, so bought this a few days before and picked it up enroute. Needless to say I am so gald I did and I can hand on heart say that having surfed for 20+ years this board scored me some of the best waves I've had in my life. It's like the Massive but with way more beans and pazazz. I'm very keen for a 6'6 now. I also surf Porthleven and the beaches in Cornwall so know that this board is going to excel down here. Thanks heaps to the kind guys at Board Shop for making this all so smooth and especially the phone call follow up just to make sure all was well. I also got the Ryan Lovelace True Ames Twinzer fins for this, which are obviously are match made perfect!

I had not seen any in hand, the concaves are tremendous, a very fast board, a very well made and well finished board

Having flapped about on a groveller and not really felt it, I got in touch with BoardShop about south coast waves and old man shoulders while looking to up the fun and carve. The FM was recommended and it is a really good board. Weirdly for my neck of the woods it has been overhead both times I've been out. The first in a howling onshore, the FM got me into a wave early and held the rail really well. The second time in clean conditions, the board was brilliant. Even had a Gerry Lopez moment (in my own mind anyway). Once I'd started trusting the board, late-ish drops were smooth, the board holds a really good line and carves are smooth. Paddling is a dream. The FM has stuck a smile on my face, a really good shout by the BoardShop crew. I'm super stoked about the next surf!