WATCH: 'ZEKE & DESTROY' Starring Jacob
posted on Monday, December 26, 2022
You know what to expect from a Zeke's movie by now - skates, bikes, big waves and big airs.
ZEKE & DESTROY is out to keep our expectations alive.
A 2 year best-of taking place in Hawaii, Tahiti, Mexico, and all over California.
That's to say, a must-watch.
Click Play below and enjoy!
CURIOUS WHAT ZEKE WAS RIDING?
"What is a What?? The What? is Rusty’s version of your standard high performance shortboard. It will perform best in shoulder high to well overhead in better conditions with waves that have more power behind them. The What? has a somewhat narrow nose that travels into a mildly curvy mid-section and then to a slight, elongated bump just after the rear of the front fins in the tail. The overall rocker is fairly aggressive to allow for maximum performance and top to bottom surfing. The bottom is where this board starts testing the waters. It starts off in the tip flat and rapidly deepens into a single concave, this gives the board a lot of speed. At the mid-section, it reduces in depth and then develops into a shallow, slightly hooked, double con, then a slight vee off the tail to allow for rail to rail transitions. The What? is what you’re reaching for when you want maximum performance out of a board whether you're doing turns, airs, or hunting tubes." - Rusty
Shop the What? here.
"The New Traveler is a step-up with a design that sits between the original Traveler and the Blackbird. The crew was headed to Indo and other places with warm water and hollow waves and were in need of a knifey step-up, giving us the New Traveler. It performs great in head high to double overhead in pumping beach breaks and steep, hollow reefs. The New Traveler has a bit more narrow of a nose with more rocker overall and leaner rails with the wide point just behind center. It features a light single to double concave and a slight rounded vee out the tail in the last few inches to help keeping the turns smoother and with rail-to-rail transitions. The New Traveler is clean and simple, the way it should be." - Rusty
Shop the New Traveler 8 here.
"The SR-71 is the fastest manned jet ever built. Blackbird is its nickname. Based on that concept, we designed this board to cover ground quickly. Developed for the bigger days chasing down peaks in open waters and battling currents, it is the perfect wave-hawking weapon. It features added volume, an area-forward outline, lower entry rocker and a light vee in the nose, allowing it to paddle into anything, even in the toughest of surf conditions. With a slight single- to double-concave bottom running through the fins and rounded pintail, the Blackbird delivers smooth transitions and fast, clean lines. A heavy hitter for any arsenal." - Rusty
Shop the Blackbird here.
"The origins of The SD are well documented. June 2016, we delivered a board to Stab for one of their Shapers series to be filmed in South Africa later that summer. Rusty wasn't sure who the Pro was. 6'0 190lbs. Maybe Jordy? But he's a bit taller. Rusty built a modified Yes Thanks, one of Josh Kerr's models. Puffed it up a little. Moved the thickness flow, balance point, a little forward. Fairly deep single that zeroed out under the rear fin and finished with a slight vee in the tail. Smooth curve that accelerated towards the tail. 6'0 x 19.25 x 2.5 = 31.4L. The mystery surfer turned out to be Dane Reynolds. "It felt quite a bit different from the other boards I've been riding", remarked Dane. "It's got a low rocker, hard edges and a pinched deck. I wasn't too excited to try it because of the giant snakeskin band along the rail and this formless tail. It just doesn't look that cool. But I was surprised. It had a lot of speed and drive. It felt like a good board. I got a couple of barrels on it but I couldn't really do a turn." As it turns out Rusty wasn't the only one experiencing a little identity confusion. Dane actually thought the board was a Creed McTaggart model cut by the hand of Hayden Cox. Suffice to say the board could move through a tunnel - just watch that first ride. If you watch the video, Dane surfed the board with solid authority... ripped. A few months later Rusty's son, Clint, named it the SD. Tweaked it a little. Added a bit of rocker. And for the last 5 years it has been one of Rusty Surfboards most popular designs. It is offered in the original dims, and Plus dims. The Plus dims are the ones more commonly used." - Rusty
Shop the SD here.
