Lost x AIPA Surfboard

Aipa “STING” The STING is a surfboard design attribute, inspired by speed boat hydroplane hulls. Invented and developed for surfboards by legendary Surfer/Shaper, Ben Aipa, in the early 1970’s. The design is focused on surface area reduction, by utilizing a unique wing placement that allows a wider forward surface area, for “planing” and carrying speed, with an abruptly reduced tail curve, behind the STING, to initiate early release, intuitive pivot and radical maneuverability reaction, when engaged in turns. It is often used to make larger, wider, grovel type boards, more maneuverable...or to maximize the performance of HP short boards. The STING was the first winged surfboard of its kind and was the blueprint for what would become the winged twin, winged swallow and later on, influence the bump wing, thruster of the the 1980’s. It is one of very few board designs that when you see it, even from afar, you know who created it.