If you’re of a certain age, you remember the way Bobby Martinez quit the tour. “I don’t want to be a part of this dumb fucking wannabe tennis tour,” he said on September 7, 2011. “I ain’t going to these stupid contests no more.” It was a mic drop moment that spoke to many surf fans around the world and cemented his position as one of surfing’s most out-spoken people. But a lot them also wondered about what it meant for the future of Bobby’s career in surfing.
No more constant travel to surf the best waves on the planet. Just regular old surf trips for one of the world’s best surfers. More time at home, where surfing daily means surfing shitty waves. Luckily for Bobby, he can surf shitty waves about as well as he can surf good ones.
In this raw edit from CI Surfboards, Bobby and Jak Ziets paddle out (barely) to a day that looks a lot like what most days look like. A day that requires a groveler. A day that some wouldn’t even bother with. But Bobby? Bobby rips. So does Ziets, for that matter, and they’re both riding Bobby’s signature groveler model, the Bobby Quad.
“Bobby is riding his favorite 5’2″ dimensions while Jak went with a much-longer-than-usual sizing at 5’6″,” CI wrote. “Interesting differences in approach with the longer rail. Both are riding standard AM quads in Medium.”
The Bobby Quad was made for waves like the ones you see here. Of course, it’s worth remembering that you will not surf like Bobby Martinez if you have a Bobby Quad, but you might have a little more fun. With a low entry rocker that basically turns into a flat planing surface, the board can hold speed in the flattest of waves. It’s a weird looking surfboard, designed to be ridden quite a bit shorter than your average shortboard.
