BEN SKINNER OVA   Ben “Skindog” Skinner has been at the center of the UK’s longboard scene for decades. A proven competitor who put on a dominant performance at the Malibu Pro this past season, he is also a widely respected board builder who has proven the validity of his shapes by surfing them to competitive success. Skindog is an adept noserider and knows his way around a traditional log, but is also a fan of modern, high-performance longboarding, surfing with power and authority, particularly when the waves get juicy. His ability on a longboard is unquestioned, but what many people don’t realize is that he also rips on shorter boards. The Ova is Skindog’s mid-length design for days when the waves are pumping—or when you simply feel like taking a break from your longboard. It is also a great option for those looking to step up from a shortboard and ride something with a bit more flow and glide. Combining a wide-point-forward outline with a unique foil, relaxed rocker, and 50/50 rails up front, The Ova paddles fast and flies down the line faster, finding speed even when the wave fattens up. At the same time, the round tail...

SURFER'S FEEDBACK ON THEIR THUNDERBOLT LONGBOARDS BEN SKINNER/SKINDOG REVIEWS   CHERRY PICKER REVIEW BY BRETT (HwnSouthShore Manager)  "I took our Cherry Picker for the first time. The board is super fun! I caught everything I went for"     CHERRY PICKER REVIEW BY JD Single Fin: Taylor Jensen Pro Flex "Amazing caught every wave that I wanted!"     SMOOTHIE SURFBOARD REVIEW  Side: Harley Ingleby Fin  Center: XL Performers "Paddles super easy. It was really good!"       CJ NELSON SURFBOARD REVIEWS APEX SURFBOARD REVIEW  BY JOHN FIN: CJ NELSON 9.5 POWER FLEX (Single Fin) "It's amazing! Super fast super stable at the nose. Very stable and very responsive!"     OUTLIER SURFBOARD REVIEW  BY ARI FISHER FIN: 8 1/2 single fin "My favorite board of all time! It's just cruisy and easy, paddles in to everything!"         OUTLIER SURFBOARD REVIEW  BY ARI FISHER FIN: 2+1 FLYING DIAMONDS "It's awesome! Took me a few tries but totally awesome! It's been really good, super easy to paddle" HARLEY INGLEBY SURFBOARD REVIEWS MID 6 SURFBOARD REVIEW  BY DAVID FIN: FCS "As soon as I jumped on it and paddled out, it just paddles so fast!"   MOE SURFBOARD REVIEW  BY KEVIN "It's an awesome board! Really like soft and run around 3-4, 4-6 range."   MOE SURFBOARD REVIEW BY BLAKE...

What's New! Ben “Skindog” Skinner’s Signature Fins The best surfers often make the best board and fin designers, and Ben “Skindog” Skinner is no exception. A world-class longboarder from the UK, Skinner has won the European titles 11 times and finished as high as second on the longboard world tour. He also has his own line of boards, designed and built in collaboration with shaper Jason Gray. Now Skindog has added signature Flying Diamond fins to his quiver, with both a specially designed center fin and his own set of twin fins. Skindog has been refining the Subcenter Surfboard fin for years. It features a broad base to create drive, then tapers to a thin rake in the tip, providing snappy flex as it comes off the bottom. The clean curve of the fin also supports extended noserides, making this a great all-around fin for traditional longboarding. When Ben Skinner isn’t on logs, he enjoys riding twin fins, so it’s only natural that he’d design his own set of twins. This drivey, performance twin fin provides the traditional feel of a keel fin, but with modern design elements and cutaways that allow for more aggressive, high-performance surfing. The hand-foiled fins have a...

Welcoming Ben Skinner to the Hawaiian South Shore Team Coming from the UK, you have may not have heard much about Ben “Skindog” Skinner in the past—but we have a feeling that is about to change. From a successful junior career in Britain to a third-place finish in the longboarding world championships in 2015, Skinner’s star has been on the rise for a while now, and every year his reputation as a surfer grows. And recently, his reputation as a shaper has taken off as well. Like many professional longboarders, Skinner has an intimate understanding of what makes a good surfboard, and he has been shaping his own line of logs for years now. As his international following continues to grow, so has the interest in his boards, and he is now shaping for shops and surfers all over the world. He has also teamed up with Thunderbolt Technology, which provides cutting-edge surfboard construction. Skinner is joined in the Thunderbolt family by surfer/shaper/designers such as CJ Nelson and Harley Ingleby, and is right at home in that elite company. Hawaiian South Shore is stoked to be carrying Skinner’s boards (built with Thunderbolt Technology), and we are pretty sure you will be stoked as...