Condition: Brand New.

Description: An early iteration of the FM that really proved out this 72 is scanned off of Punker Pat Towerseys magical sled. Shaped in the first few months of the FMs development, it sports a less pronounced triplane and a straight channel the softened features make it a bit more forgiving and rippable for slower surf, and still just as confident and capable of on-rail-power as any variation since.

The FM isnt a channel bottom in the classical sense the channel is there as a break for water flow, but it isnt doing for the board what most designers are chasing in the deeper more exaggerated channel bottoms.

This design sports a pretty hefty spiral vee in the back half of the board, and while that is amazing for rail transitions and feel, it creates suction between the board and wave; the channel breaks that water flow that is sucking onto the board, so you get the three-dimensional value of the spiral vee and its rolling sensation, but without the stickiness. Youll notice the 72 has a straight channel as opposed to the curved one that most have become accustomed to in seeing the FM.