Lost The Ripper (5'5 - 6'2) Lightspeed

The Lost Ripper Surfboard, inspired by Kolohe Andino and the legacy of the Rad Ripper, is the latest innovation from Lost Surfboards. Designed for the modern surfer, it strips away '80s nostalgia for a cleaner, contemporary approach to small wave surfing. This board is all about enhancing fun, agility, and performance in small waves.

Key Features

• Modernized Shape: A more pulled-in nose and added rocker replace the traditional beak nose, facilitating smoother transitions. The deck and rails have been re-foiled for a more forgiving ride, while the tail is thinner and boxier with a subtle hip for improved performance in small waves.
• Optimized Bottom Contours: Features a low overall rocker with a single to double concave/vee tail, ensuring speed, ease in paddling, and control for quick directional changes and aggressive surfing off the tail.
• Lightspeed Construction: Utilizes an EPS foam core wrapped in biaxial carbon fiber, making the board lighter, more buoyant, and durable. This construction offers about 2 liters more float than traditional poly boards, enhancing wave catching and paddling.

Benefits

• Versatility: Suitable for both casual and aggressive surfers, The Ripper supports powerful maneuvers for advanced surfers and provides ease and speed for beginners.
• Enhanced Performance: The modern design and Lightspeed construction improve small wave performance, making paddling easier and surfing more enjoyable.
• Durability: Lightspeed construction ensures the board is stronger, more ding-resistant, and lighter, promising longevity and consistent performance.

Surfing enthusiasts, from beginners to pros, are always on the lookout for the next big innovation in board design. Lost Surfboards has answered the call with their groundbreaking DoubleDart technology, a game-changer in the world of carbon fiber surfboards. This cutting-edge construction method is redefining performance and durability, offering surfers an unparalleled experience on the waves.

The Science Behind DoubleDart

DoubleDart construction process is a carefully engineered blend of materials and techniques designed to maximize performance while maintaining the essential feel and flex of a high-quality surfboard.

Key Features of DoubleDart Construction:

• Full carbon fiber wrap for enhanced strength
• Shortened rail laps for improved flexibility
• 4oz fiberglass cover layer for optimal performance
• Balanced rigidity and torsional twist

Learn More About LOST Double Dart Surfboard Construction

LightSpeed is our proprietary surfboard construction built with lightweight EPS foam and high strength epoxy resin.  LightSpeed uses a combination of Rapid-Reflex Carbon Fiber as well vibration dampening Innegra-Fibers, woven into the finest custom performance fiberglass cloth. 

Like the name implies, LightSpeed is both light and exceptionally fast, allowing you to take your surfing to new levels of speed and Pro-formance.  Developed in-house, our crew of board builders worked closely with our top Jr and WQS team riders to create the best possible technology for High Pro-formance small wave and every day surfing. After well over a year of testing various versions, and R&D with some of the world’s best young surfers, we are now making this exciting custom surfboard construction available to all. 

Ultra-Light / Ultra-Lively Foam Core: Steam molded, High Strength-to-Weight Ratio, fused cell, water resistant, stringer-less EPS foam core.

High-Strength, Flexible, Impact Resistant, Epoxy Resin System. Woven Carbon Fiber Centerline “Stringer” (top and bottom): Engineered to add both strength and Rapid-Reflex “pop”, with just enough release to feel forgiving underfoot. The Carbon loads up under foot pressure, and springs upon release.

Fused Carbon, Tail Reinforcement Patches: Transfers more direct input into rail and adds strength.

Centerline Aligned Carbon “Exo-Stringers”: Enable natural Torsional Twist, similar to a wood stringer board, but lighter, and with a much faster reflex reaction and more “pop”.

Innegra Infused, Engineered Composite Fiberglass: A multi weave (6oz lengthwise, woven with 4oz, rail to rail) fiberglass, top and bottom, adds significant break strength, while keeping the boards Ultra-light and Ultra-lively.

5oz Warp-Weave Fiberglass: A multi weave (6oz lengthwise, woven with 4oz, rail to rail) fiberglass, top and bottom, adds significant break strength, while keeping the boards

Ultra-light and Ultra-lively.

LightSpeed – Light and exceptionally fast technology, allowing you to take your small wave and everyday surfing to new levels of speed and Pro-formance.

Check out the Surfboards on LightSpeed Technology 

PU construction refers to surfboards built from polyurethane blanks with polyester resin, while PE denotes polyurethane blanks with epoxy resin.

These traditional setups remain widely used and affordable across most brands.The weight and density of the foam in PU and PE boards cause them to sit lower in the water, keeping the rail engaged and providing a sharp, "knifey" feel when carving through waves. The added weight also helps on choppy days, reducing bounce and making the board more stable.

The lower profile benefits barrel riding too, offering better hold in hollow waves. One notable characteristic of PU boards is their lively flex pattern, which shapers often try to replicate in EPS/epoxy boards using reinforcements like carbon strips or parabolic rails.

Surfboard Shipping

Due to handling requirements, surfboards are shipped with specific protocols and fees.

a. Oahu Store Pickup

HAWAII SURFBOARD SHIPPING RATES

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS:

➤ Hawaiian Air Cargo

(All Size Boards)  - ETA Usually in two days (Boards can be picked up from the Hawaiian Air Cargo Airport from 7AM in the morning, a day after the board has been sent out.)

Hawaiian Air Cargo charges $25 per day if the board is not picked up within 48 hours of arrival at their facility.

CONTINENTAL USA: SURFBOARD SHIPPING