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MODERN DOUBLE WIDE SURFBOARD
MODERN DOUBLE WIDE SURFBOARD
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What happens when you take a longboard and make it shorter, and re-distribute the foam into the outline and thickness? Answer, you get the Modern Double Wide. This high volume mid-length surfboard offers great stability and exceptional paddle power for beginner-to-intermediate surfers.
About this Board
Think of this as a longboard that someone trimmed down and redistributed the foam into the outline and thickness. That’s the Modern Double Wide: a high-volume mid-length that gives you longboard-style stability and paddle power in a more manageable length.
On Lake Michigan, that translates to: super easy paddling in wind-chop, tons of forgiveness when you’re figuring out your pop-up, and enough glide to turn knee-high windswell or messy reform sections into real rides.
Best for:
- Beginner–intermediate riders
- Lake Michigan sandbars, pier bowls, and inside reforms
- Anyone who wants longboard ease without hauling a full log around
Why It Works on Lake Michigan
Paddles like a log, turns like a mid-length
Short-period wind swell, quick-moving peaks, and short windows of good wind… this board is built for all that. The extra foam through the chest and rails lets you slide into soft Great Lakes waves early, while the shorter length keeps it maneuverable once you’re up and riding.
Stable in chop and sloppy shoulders
Lake Michigan is rarely glassy. The wide outline and boxy rails keep the board sitting high on the water, smoothing out backwash and boat wake so you’re not fighting for balance every second.
Perfect for real-world learning
If you’re stepping up from a soft-top or wave pool, this is the board that makes your first “real” surf sessions here way less punishing. It forgives late pop-ups, weird stances, and the occasional nose dive while still letting you grow into more confident trimming and turning.
Local tip:
Grab this board here in St. Joe, then take it to Silver Beach or Tiscornia on a waist-high windswell day. Sit a little farther outside than the pack, use that paddle power to slide into the softer shoulders, and you’ll rack up way more actual rides than fighting on a tiny shortboard.
Outline
Generous nose outline up front with parallel rails leading into a wide tail. That extra surface area gives you excellent side-to-side stability—perfect for beginners and intermediates dialing in their pop-up in bumpy, wind-textured lake conditions. The fuller outline also helps you carry speed across soft sections on inside reforms or smaller summer windswell.
Rocker
Relaxed rocker from nose to tail with a gentle lift on both ends. This is what makes the board paddle so well and catch waves easily, even when the period is short and the waves stand up fast, then disappear. On the face, it lets you draw smooth, flowing turns instead of feeling like the board is fighting you.
Contours
Flat through the nose for early entry into softer waves, blending into vee with double rolled concave through the back half. Translation: easy glide when you’re trimming forward, and the ability for more capable riders to roll it rail-to-rail and make clean directional changes when the wave steepens up on the outside bar.
Foil
Boxy rails and a high-volume foil from nose to tail keep this board sitting high on the water. That’s key on Lake Michigan. More glide, easier starts, and the ability to maintain speed and connect sections even when the wave loses power. It’s especially forgiving when you’re learning to weight and unweight your front foot without bogging.
Fins
- 2+1 setup (center fin with side bites).
- Run it as a single for smooth, cruisey trim on mellow sandbars.
Add the side bites when the wind is up and you want more hold and drive in steeper peaks or by the pier.
Tool-less fin systems make it easy to tweak the feel in the parking lot based on what the wind is doing that session.
Who It’s For
If you want the stability and paddle power of a longboard but in a board that’s easier to carry, easier to fit in the car, and way more forgiving in short, punchy Lake Michigan surf then this is your daily driver.
Available in three key sizes, the Modern Double Wide works best for riders who want a confidence-building platform now, with enough headroom to keep progressing as your surfing and local spot knowledge evolve.
PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE UNABLE TO SHIP SURFBOARDS.
Pickup Only – St. Joseph, Michigan
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