Watch: Ian Crane, the Colapinto Brothers, and More Put Tiny Surfboards to the Test in Macking Indo and Hawaii
The original 5'5 x 19 1/4" film paved the way for riding smaller boards in bigger waves. At the time, guys like Andy Irons, Chris Ward and the Lopez brothers were exclusively riding long and narrow boards in basically everything, and the 5'5" surfboard was looked at as a small wave novelty weapon. It wasn't until they paddled it out it at big Log Cabins and solid Pipeline (for the movie) that they realized its true potential.
In the years since, surfers have been riding smaller and smaller boards in bigger and scarier waves. In fact, John Florence rarely paddle out at Pipe on anything bigger than a step up, no matter how nuts it gets.
In the final chapter of the 5'5 x 19 1/4" Century series, Ian Crane, The Colapinto Brothers, Kolohe Andino, Mason Ho and more ride sub 6' surfboards in flexing surf in Indonesia and Hawaii, again proving that bigger is not always better when it comes to surfboard choice. In fact, hidden volume (rather than extra length) is really what makes these boards go.
Click play above for the final chapter of the modern day version of the film. We can thank the 5'5 x 19 1/4" concept for changing surfboard design for the better these last 25 years.
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