This board has a narrower tail than the Fishcuit so it will surf less like a retro board and more like a super fast, responsive high performance board….

First Name:  mark

Age:  28

Height:  5′10″

Weight:  205-215

Experience:  4-5 years

Type of board you’re interested in:  rascal 2

Type of waves you will be surfing with this board:  florida slop

The direction you want to go with your surfing

fast, front and backside, maximum wave catching

What boards are you currently riding?

i have the 6′6″ 22″ 2 7/8″ skinny fish twin finner. I’m ditching the wetsuit and gonna be surfing florida. I have a 6′6″ CI flyer quad on order right now, but i’m just discovering proctor and these boards look sick!!! i’m thinking about making the change. I also am about to buy the used fishcuit from Proctor, it’s 6′0″ stock dims. How will the Rascal 2 compare to my flyer/fischuit?? i’ve never ridden either.

Anything else you want Todd to know

i’m over in the mideast with the military. saw the spread on proctor in this past magazine. awesome website and i’m trying to get orders to pt mugu so in a way i’m supporting a local shaper!!! prospectively. what dims do you recommend on my rascal series board if i had the fishcuit and wanted to get one instead of the flyer??

Hi Mark,

The ideal Rascal II dimensions for you would be 6’3” x 21” x 2 ¾” with a flat deck and full, boxy rails.

This board has a narrower tail than the Fishcuit

so it will surf less like a retro board and

more like a super fast, responsive

high performance board….

in even the smallest most gutless surf.

The Rascal II is much more versatile than the Fishcuit and can handle a wider variety of surf from small and mushy ankle biters to head high and slightly over.

Thanks for the props regarding my boards and company….I’ve been giving it my all for over 18 years.

Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have. I know you would be stoked on a magic Proctor Rascal II. Looking forward to your reply,

Aloha,

Todd

Rascal II, Shaper Breakdown

Yes, you guessed correctly; the Rascal II is an offspring of the original Lil’ Rascal. Don’t worry, it’s not meant to replace the trusty, tried and true design of the original Rascal….

It started as just some thoughts…..ideas for a new board design after contemplating just how much fun I’d had on my Lil’ Rascal over the last year and a half. So, here’s what I came up with….and you know what? ….it goes gangbusters:

Rascal II – I added a slight bit more curve in the last 12 inches of the nose rocker so it rails nice and tight in little nook and cranny pockets.

I put in a concave deck. It feels like your riding a skateboard and responds super quick edge-to-edge. The caved deck also gives you this insane feeling like you are riding “in” the board and “in“ the wave…you gotta just try it to understand what I mean. I also shaped in four “parabolic” (fancy for curved) channels that give extra lift, drive and directional hold. The moontail releases the water being compressed through the channels in a way that keeps the tail crisp and free to break it loose when you want to.

It has also been set-up to ride as either a quad or thruster…..keeping your fin options open. In a nutshell…..it’s more versatile, faster and looser; skates though the flats quicker, and surfs tighter and more responsive in the pocket than ever before.

Surfer Feedback on the Rascal II

howdy todd and charissa,

I’ve only been on the new rascal II for 2 days now,

but i wanted to take a second to tell you why

it’s already the best board I’ve ever had.

In short, the rascal II has given me hope

that my best days of surfing are still ahead of me.

let me explain…  I started surfing at 10yrs old and I surfed frequently until the age of 18.  at that point, I was very happy with how my surfing was progressing, but then i went to college, medical school, and residency training, and

the next thing I knew I was 31 yrs old, 30 lbs heavier and

had barely surfed at all in 13 years.

But then i moved to San Francisco, and, all of the sudden, I had the opportunity to start surfing consistently again.  that said,

i thought  that i could just buy a board and

i’d pick up surfing at exactly the level where i left off…

things didn’t quite work out that way though.

throughout the last year, it was becoming increasingly frustrating to paddle out day after day and not be able to surf as well as i remembered myself surfing when i was 18.  So, I made excuses for my poor performance; i told myself that the waves i was surfing just weren’t good for high performance type surfing and that i just wasn’t surfing on the right boards.  But one year and 4 surfboards later, doubt started creeping in and I was starting to feel that maybe it wasn’t the waves or the boards, perhaps it was just me, maybe the combination of my 13 year hiatus, my advancing age, and my worsening physical condition had amounted to some absolute diminution of talent;

I was starting to feel that i just wasn’t a good surfer

anymore and that feeling was becoming extremely disheartening.

…then, 2 days ago, I got my custom Proxy Rascal II,

and everything’s changed.

now, all of the sudden, i’m flying

down sections with confidence, making tight turns, busting out and sliding the tail, and i’ve even boosted a couple of airs (and I’ve been doing all of this in some pretty terrible waves).

For the first time in a very long time, i feel like

progression is inevitable and i’m happy again with my surfing,

and that is why the rascal II is the best board i’ve ever ridden.

sorry for being so verbose, but i can’t help but feel compelled to let you know how much i love the board.

consider  me a customer for life.

Thanks

Barney Dillard, San Francisco
Custom Proxy 4 Channel Rascal II, 5 fin

Holy Shakas Todd! The Rascal II is absolutely insane. I’ve surfed it
nonstop since picking it up from you, and I’m loving it.

This is not just a small wave board; it’s an all around awesome board for

everything from knee high dribblers to head high peelers.

No need to grab the shortboard for the average good days.

The Rascal II is so manueverable, fast, and

responsive, I don’t want to ever put it back

in the board bag. Everyone should get one.

Thanks for the magic board.

Ben DiChiacchio
Custom Surfboard: Proxy Epoxy construction: Rascal II, modern round nose fish
5′6″ x 19 3/8″ x 2 1/4″ moontail

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Todd and Charissa,

Well this email is horribly late but I blame that solely on the board you made me.  The lime green 5′9″ x 19″ 7/8 x 2″ 3/4 Rascal II you built for me is in a word…. “insane”.  I have literally ridden it for 4 weeks straight every single day of the week and am continually impressed with how it performs.  It has turned around what would normally be a boring surf sessions in gutless surf into killer sessions.  The board just kind of lifts up underneath your feet giving you a gliding/ skimming feeling that I have not experienced before.  My surfing has never looked or felt better and I can’t thank you enough for that!

I know that this board is reported as a “small wave / gutless surf” board, but I have to say it is one of the most versatile boards I have ever ridden.  With the 5 fin setup, I can make adjustments for when faces start jacking up to give the board more bite into the wave (It ripped right through pumping head high to HH+ waves).  The waves have gotten quite a bit bigger the last two days and I moved back to my standard shortboard…… I lasted for all of 4 rides before I pulled the Rascal II out again.  That would be my only complaint about this board, I want to ride it in everything!!

I will definitely be calling upon you in the future for another board.

Thanks again to both of you!  Todd for making the board I always wanted and Charissa for being hands down the coolest person to do business with.

Regards,
Matthew Glaspey (customer for life), San Diego, CA
Custom Surfboard: Proxy Epoxy construction: Rascal II
5′8″ x 19 7/8″ x 2 3/8″ moontail
4 parabolic channels, FCS 5 fin install, GAM with GX rears for quad or thruster setup

custom order a Rascal II

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~ by shapingboards on May 8, 2009.