The Fatboy Flyer, 6'10" x 20 1/2" x 2 1/2" Spray

Our most successful model ever. Designed for bigger guys, beginners, or just for fun. Surfed all over the world, single concave with belly channels. Volume of a Mini Mal that can be duck-dived.

The FB Flyer is a big, buoyant shortboard. Increased volume, paddling speed, duck dive-ability and maneuverability are the main emphasis of this shape.
The overall volume of this shape of board is great for various abilities, wide-ish and thick-ish so buoyant. The width in the nose and under the chest brings your centre of gravity up the board which is good for wave catching, stability under you front foot and paddle speed and good width is held through into the tail (generally more width in the tail than a mini mal of comparative size). This gives the board extra stability on the back foot when popping up to your feet but then the tail plan also gives great manoeuvrability when your back foot is planted over the fins.
The mellow rocker makes the board plain/paddle really well, which aids catching waves, paddling out quickly and keeps the board fast cruising through flat sections. The concave under the chest reduces the central area of entry rocker under the chest which, as above, aids wave catching greatly, helps the board to plain earlier, for earlier entry into waves and keeps it plaining super well through flat sections ie MUSH!
The pointed nose rather than the fuller, round, mini-mal nose makes it far more easy to duck dive the board, so when you get into duck diving you won't have to deal with all that extra (and in many ways unnecessary) volume. It also just makes the board more manageable in the water when turning for waves/manoeuvrability/less weight etc.
The tail shape makes the FBF shape far more progressive than the general mini-mal shape. The board gains drive and speed from the fairly parallel rails behind the centre wide point, this helps the board give the surfer speed for beating sections on waves. The hips on the rails, on the front fins, 12" up from the tail, draw the width in quickly to a swallow tail. The hips give ace points to pivot on when getting into turning the board more, acting as leverage points. The swallow tail loosens the board up so you will progress into turning the board harder, also the principle of the swallow means tighter turns are more possible which is great for smaller waves. The channels create an 'air/water mix pocket' under the tail of the board which also helps to keep the tail up, less bogging down in the water on flat sections and when developing getting to feet. It also loosens the board up in the turns and also makes the board more forgiving. A super highly recommended shape for people beginning, fairly new to surfing and progressing/wanting to catch loasa waves/wanting loadsa fun/wanting to progress/etc. And also for the older/unfit surfer that maybe resigning himself or herself to hang up the tooth pick and go for more volume. Basically a great all round bigger board proven the world over.
A 6'10" will be a good first board for someone around 9.5 - 10.5 Stone, depending on that challenger they want! Or a medium to heavy guy that already surfs but needs the float because they havent been in the water for a while etc etc etc blaa blaa blaa! It will go a 1ft to 6ft! tested all over the place.