Album Lightbender

While it keeps the classic fish silhouette, the Lightbender features a sleeker outline and refined foil that allow for more modern, high-performance surfing. It trades the sluggishness often found in retro boards for a responsive, agile feel that handles maneuvers above the lip with ease.

The Lightbender is designed to be incredibly versatile. Its bottom contour and rail design allow it to generate speed in smaller, weaker surf while maintaining enough control to handle punchier, hollower waves when the conditions turn on.

Yes, you should ride the Lightbender with slightly more volume than your typical performance shortboard. The extra foam helps with paddle power and maintaining momentum through flat sections without sacrificing the board's maneuverability.

The board is compatible with twin, quad, or twin-plus-stabilizer setups, giving you plenty of room to experiment. A twin setup will provide that classic, loose fish feel, while a quad setup will offer more hold and drive if you are looking to push harder through turns.

This specific bottom shape is engineered to balance speed and control. The single concave under the front foot generates lift and speed, while the double concave and vee through the tail help you transition from rail to rail smoothly and maintain control during high-speed turns.