The Impala Design
The Impala Model:
I designed the first Impala in 2009 while shaping at Lost Surfboards while they were building and selling my Rawson brand. At the time, Matt Biolos; the Lost owner, was encouraging me to design a hybrid that had the best of the '80's, but with style that was contemporary looking. The result was one of my best small wave model sellers for 8 years: the Impala.
All of the Impalas have the thickness forward of center, with a very flat deck and a beak nose design that helps the paddle-factor! The Impala bottom contours have a panel Vee in tail section with a Tri-Plane Hull type contour setup going forward into the wide point and into the nose. The result was a board that thinks it's a skateboard, yet has plenty of drive, speed, and looseness in many wave sizes and types. It's still popular, only giving up some ground to my newer Sniper model series.
We offer the Impala in 3 basic styles: either the Impala Classic Roundtail, the Impala SS, and the TC Impala Quad which is a step up style off the original Impala design. The basic Impala model accommodates well to either 2+1, thruster-style, quad or 3+2 fin configurations. We offer all the Impala's tail designs as either a Round (Classic) or SS style (swallow, squash or hard Diamond tail.
Impala Board Range:
5'2 ~ 6'10
While I think it’s helpful to have rider weight and dimensions: remember these are only a general guide. My team will work personally with all my customers and their specific needs:
5'8 x 19.50 x 2.50 @30.7cl
6'0 x 20.00 x 2.62 @35.3cl
6'2 x 20.25 x 2.75 @38.1cl
6'4 x 20.87 x 2.87 @42.0cl
6'6 x 21.25 x 3.00 @45.9cl
6'8 x 21.75 x 3.06 @49.8cl
6'10 x 21.87 x 3.18 @52.2cl
The Impala Model:
I designed the first Impala in 2009 while shaping at Lost Surfboards while they were building and selling my Rawson brand. At the time, Matt Biolos; the Lost owner, was encouraging me to design a hybrid that had the best of the '80's, but with style that was contemporary looking. The result was one of my best small wave model sellers for 8 years: the Impala.
All of the Impalas have the thickness forward of center, with a very flat deck and a beak nose design that helps the paddle-factor! The Impala bottom contours have a panel Vee in tail section with a Tri-Plane Hull type contour setup going forward into the wide point and into the nose. The result was a board that thinks it's a skateboard, yet has plenty of drive, speed, and looseness in many wave sizes and types. It's still popular, only giving up some ground to my newer Sniper model series.
We offer the Impala in 3 basic styles: either the Impala Classic Roundtail, the Impala SS, and the TC Impala Quad which is a step up style off the original Impala design. The basic Impala model accommodates well to either 2+1, thruster-style, quad or 3+2 fin configurations. We offer all the Impala's tail designs as either a Round (Classic) or SS style (swallow, squash or hard Diamond tail.
Impala Board Range:
5'2 ~ 6'10
While I think it’s helpful to have rider weight and dimensions: remember these are only a general guide. My team will work personally with all my customers and their specific needs:
5'8 x 19.50 x 2.50 @30.7cl
6'0 x 20.00 x 2.62 @35.3cl
6'2 x 20.25 x 2.75 @38.1cl
6'4 x 20.87 x 2.87 @42.0cl
6'6 x 21.25 x 3.00 @45.9cl
6'8 x 21.75 x 3.06 @49.8cl
6'10 x 21.87 x 3.18 @52.2cl
The Impala Model:
I designed the first Impala in 2009 while shaping at Lost Surfboards while they were building and selling my Rawson brand. At the time, Matt Biolos; the Lost owner, was encouraging me to design a hybrid that had the best of the '80's, but with style that was contemporary looking. The result was one of my best small wave model sellers for 8 years: the Impala.
All of the Impalas have the thickness forward of center, with a very flat deck and a beak nose design that helps the paddle-factor! The Impala bottom contours have a panel Vee in tail section with a Tri-Plane Hull type contour setup going forward into the wide point and into the nose. The result was a board that thinks it's a skateboard, yet has plenty of drive, speed, and looseness in many wave sizes and types. It's still popular, only giving up some ground to my newer Sniper model series.
We offer the Impala in 3 basic styles: either the Impala Classic Roundtail, the Impala SS, and the TC Impala Quad which is a step up style off the original Impala design. The basic Impala model accommodates well to either 2+1, thruster-style, quad or 3+2 fin configurations. We offer all the Impala's tail designs as either a Round (Classic) or SS style (swallow, squash or hard Diamond tail.
Impala Board Range:
5'2 ~ 6'10
While I think it’s helpful to have rider weight and dimensions: remember these are only a general guide. My team will work personally with all my customers and their specific needs:
5'8 x 19.50 x 2.50 @30.7cl
6'0 x 20.00 x 2.62 @35.3cl
6'2 x 20.25 x 2.75 @38.1cl
6'4 x 20.87 x 2.87 @42.0cl
6'6 x 21.25 x 3.00 @45.9cl
6'8 x 21.75 x 3.06 @49.8cl
6'10 x 21.87 x 3.18 @52.2cl