Jimmy Lewis Flying VM Board

• 4-8 x 22 x 4-3/8 x 60L
• 5-0 x 24 x 4-5/8 x 75L
• 5-4 x 26 x 4-5/8 x 85L
• 5-8 x 27 x 4-5/8 x 95L

Vitor Marcal, lifeguard at the North Shore and one of the first foilers 18 years ago when Laird and a few others first tested it, had asked me to build him a foilboard with low drag when the board comes off the foil.

The first thing I could think of that landed well on the water was a seaplane. So I did a little research and shaped him a board with a similar underwater hull to a seaplane, and it worked top notch for him at the time. Now, almost 20 years later, I have revived that shape for wing-board models.

These boards not only guide the rider back onto the foil with little or no resistance when they touch down, but they also take off much easier and faster. This unique bottom shape, along with the rails beveled at the right angle, provides very little drag and extra lift once the board has a little forward motion.

I don't do gimmicks with my shapes. All my designs and shapes are proven, hydrodynamic marvels.