Kai Sallas - THE CAMPER 9'1 V66.7 Xeon Baby Blue

BRAND: KAI SALLAS LONGBOARD CO

MODEL: THE CAMPER

FINS:  2+1 FIN SYSTEM

CONSTRUCTION: THUNDERBOLT RED

AVAILABLE COLORS: BABY BLUE, DARK BLUE, WHITE

 

Height	Width	Thick	Vol (L)
9'1"	23	2 5/8"	66.7L
9'5"	23 1/2"	2 7/8"	75.3L

 

The Camper

Talking Boards With World Champion Longboarder Kai Sallas

 

Kai Sallas is a classic example of the Hawaiian longboarding aesthetic. Mentored by high-performance longboarding legends like Bonga Perkins and Russ K, Kai has proven himself on the world stage, taking 3^rd and 2^nd on the WSL Longboard Tour in 2017 and 2018 respectively, and also winning the ISA longboard world championships in 2018. But he is also a world-class logger, having honed his traditional skills at his home break of Queen’s Beach in Waikiki. Thus, it makes sense that his quiver would allow him to both shred and style his way to victory.

Kai’s Camper model is built to be ridden on the nose. It has a wide template and a particularly wide nose to support tip time, with concave running through the entire bottom for direction control and speed. A single concave up front blends into a double concave through the rear of the board, and eventually a slight vee out the square tail for responsive turning from the rear of the board. But the camper isn’t just a dedicated log. It is also infinitely shreddable, from knee-high to triple overhead. In fact, Kai has ridden his at one-foot Queens and eight-foot Lanikea, proving just how versatile the board really is.

The Camper comes in two sizes—a 9'1" x 23" x 2 5/8" and a 9'5" for bigger guys, or those who want to use it as a nose rider. Kai tends to use the larger model as a single fin when the waves are small and he wants to do traditional longboarding, whereas he likes the 9'1" as a 2+1 when the wave is pumping and he’s looking to shred. He normally uses a 7-inch middle fin with Accelerators for side fins.

My favorite thing to do on a High Performance Longboard is do fast long drawn out turns. That’s something you can’t really do on a log. So I designed this board to do exactly that! But I also love to hang ten, so I wanted this board to do that as well and it is the best high performance noserider I have ever rode. This board has a slight single concave in the nose that goes in to a slight double concave under your feet in to a V just behind your feet. So it has a ton of speed from the concave but has the release you need for turning from the V, and a nice wide stable nose that’ll allow you to walk up there and perch! Designed and tested by me shaped by Tommy Maus.

- Kai Sallas

 

OAHU Rate: FREE FOOR-TO-DOOR DELIVERY TO OAHU

 

FOR STORE PICK UP ONLY - You can pay a $200 initial deposit here (for pre-order and in stock boards) and pay the remaining balance on the day of pick-up.

SOLD OUT Boards email us here we can order for you, if it is in stock in the warehouse we can get it on 10-15 days