{"product_id":"lost-mayhem-rnf-twinzer-96er-55-surfboard","title":"Lost Mayhem Rnf Twinzer+ '96ER 5'5\" Surfboard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension: 5'5\" 19.50 x 2.37 x 28.25LL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe RNF TWINZER ‘96er\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe latest incarnation of our definitive fish design, the RNF ’96—enhanced with our\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTWINZER+\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efin cluster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased off the RNF-’96, a 2021 re-vamped version of our original 5’5” Round Nose Fish (developed 30 years ago), it’s been our best-selling board of the past five years and arguably the best-selling “fish” model of all time. The TWINZER ‘96er combines all the proven performance design details of the RNF-’96 with the added grip, control, and drive of the TWINZER+ fin cluster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll are descendants of the original hand-shaped boards, first ridden by teenaged Chris Ward and Cory Lopez 30 years ago and documented in the seminal surf flick\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e5’5” x 19 1\/4\u003c\/em\u003e—together making an indelible mark on the surfing universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Roots of the TWINZER+\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe impetus for the TWINZER+ has been building for over 25 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt goes back to 1999 and the Rusty Surfboards\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“C5 Challenge”\u003c\/strong\u003e—a surfing\/shaper competition at our home break, Lower Trestles. Rusty had been creating and selling his own take on the Twinzer, using small canard fins strategically positioned on tri-fin\/thruster boards. Thus the namesake “C-5,” because of the five-fin setup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe C5 Challenge invited shapers and surfers to enter as teams, and “challenged” us to build boards using Rusty’s formula: five fins, with the forward Twinzer-esque canards being the unique element. We entered with Dino Andino and Shea Lopez on boards I shaped following Rusty’s C5 fin cluster. Dino made the final and finished as runner-up (to Jay Larson\/Doc Surfboards). It was close, but we felt good about the boards we built and the performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA year later, in 2000, the event moved to Rusty’s home break, Blacks Beach in San Diego. We entered again—this time with Dean Randazzo. Dean ended up taking the win (and a $10,000 check for each of us) on our five-fin canard “Twinzer” version of Rusty’s C-5 design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe were stoked and intrigued, but Rusty had developed and owned the concept, so we didn’t pursue it further. Even with competitive success, I never really thought of adding it to our fish designs… for nearly 20 years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LOST","offers":[{"title":"5'5\" \/ Futures","offer_id":47629820133428,"sku":"46882","price":755.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/5442\/0532\/files\/D1460214-6475-40DB-ADE5-A12C61058097.jpg?v=1774476279","url":"https:\/\/southcoast.com\/products\/lost-mayhem-rnf-twinzer-96er-55-surfboard","provider":"South Coast Surf Shops Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}