Dave Rastovich is one of the most stylish surfers of all time. Although what it is, exactly, that makes “style”, it is undeniable that Rasta has a lot of it. So when he tested out a Bing Surfboards fish model called the Sunfish, good things were bound to happen. And happen they did.
Three years ago, Matt Calvani–the mastermind behind the Sunfish–was asked by a friend to build a fish that would compliment the Sea Shepherd keel fins that Futures put out. “I had never based a board design off of a fin template before, but I enjoy a good challenge,” Matt explained. “Having never been a fan of removable keel fins because the size of the fins creates a lot of load on a fin box, I knew the shape had to be extremely refined to take the load off the fins and, instead, distribute it between the outline and rails.”
The board turned out to be one of those magic combinations of elements, especially when Rasta surfed in more powerful waves. “Dave loved the glide and control of the Sunfish and the diversity of wave types it could be surfed in, so I made a quiver of Sunfishes ranging from 5’8″ to 6’9″ for him. Dave prefers Mark Richards style fin in his Sunfish so the design is definitely open to experimenting with smaller, less keel-oriented fin templates.”
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