The Pyzel Power Tiger is John John's latest wave slayer. It's a high performance surfboard designed fo good waves. Designed to sit bewteen the Red Tiger and the Ghost this board is a refined version of the Red Tiger designed to deal with bigger, better waves when the Red Tiger feels out of its depth.

The main and most obvious difference is in the outline. Pyzel has 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 sliding out off the bottom), and the extra curve through the tail adds looseness in tighter pockets. The pulled-in nose also allows the board to fit into the curve on hollow, more "cupped out" types of waves without getting caught up. The overall added outline curve makes the board easier to throw up into the lip at speed and keeps it ultra-responsive. Another subtle but important change made is that he has thinned out the rails on the Power Tiger, which helps you sink the rail on speedier, more powerful waves without having to worry about too much pushback. The thinner rails also help in knifing into barrels and holding through big carves. Finally, he's made some small adjustments to the bottom rocker, specifically added ⅛" of curve through the last 18" in the tail. This loosens up the board, helps it tip over onto the rail through at speed, and adds to the holding ability through turns.

He recommends riding this board when your Red Tiger is starting to feel a little small for the waves you want to ride, at the same length as your Red Tiger but with a touch less volume, or going up an inch in length and going a touch narrower. Stock dims for the Power Tiger are about ¼" narrower and 1/16" thinner than Red Tigers in the same lengths.

Jon Pyzel was raised in California, Santa Barbara to be exact and first started surfing while in junior high. Jon soon became hooked on surfing and was riding boards shaped by Carpinteria and Rincon Designs legend Matt Moore. Matt put Jon on his team and always took time to explain the finer points of surfboard shaping and surfboard design with Jon often watching-on as Matt shaped his boards.

Fast forward to 1992 and Jon made a permanent move to Oahu’s North Shore where he picked up work repairing boards at Country Surfboards. Jon then started working with master shaper and North Shore legend Jeff Bushman who used Jon as his back-shaper which proved to be the start of a glossy career in surfboard design and shaping.

The list of team riders speaks for itself with some of the greatest surfers of all-time still choosing Pyzel surfboards to compete at the very highest level and take on the worlds most challenging waves:

John John Florence, Kelly Slater, Jack Freestone, Michel Bourez, Koa Rothman, Koa Smith, Matt Archbold, Billy Kemper, Stu Kennedy, Mason Ho, Ross Williams, Fred Pattachia, Sally Fitzgibons, Ryan Hipwood, Billy Kemper, Shane Beschen, Punker Pat Towersy, Timmy Reyes and many many more.

Don't forget you can also order a customised version of this surfboard choosing your exact dims, fin set up and fin system, check out our customizer service at Boardshop right now. All you need to do is pump in the details and pay a £100 deposit with the balance due when we send you the board, average build time is 3-4 weeks.

We're super-stoked to be key retailer of Pyzel surfboards and are really looking forward to hooking our lovely customers up with one of Jon Pyzel's proven designs. The guys here get to surf most of the boards we stock and we get great feedback from our customers on how the boards perform in all sorts of conditions so we're well placed to talk about all aspects of Pyzel Surfboards.

We're happy to consider taking your old board as a trade-in against a new one, so If you have any questions regarding this we'd be delighted to answer them and advise on any potential board choices, just drop us an email [email protected] or call us on 0044 (0) 1243 674250.