What is a Future Form bottom contour? A leaf analogy

Future Form has been a revolutionary breakthrough in surfboard design for us. It's a hybrid blend of concave and vee - A finely tuned vee rises up out of the middle of the concave. This combination merges the smooth glide and rail to rail transition of a vee bottom with the drive, acceleration and spark of a concave.

These​ two design concepts traditionally oppose each other. However, through marrying a vee into a concave, we have come to believe it's the highest performing bottom contour. One that leaves other bottom contours in the dust.

Usually with surfboard design it's a trade off. A design change that gives more manoeuvrability will lose speed, or gain more glide but lose tighter turn ability etc.

And this is what has been so amazing with the Future Form contour - combining the vee with the concave has been a plus in every direction.

"The most surprising and fascinating aspect of the Future Form is that it retains the positive aspects of both the concave and the vee, while at the same time losing the negative aspects of the two contours." Jim Banks

Future Form is not a double concave…nor is it a concave vee.

A classic, slightly rolled vee rises up out of the concave so that the stringer sits higher than rails.

​If for example it was a double concave, the stringer would still be sitting below the rail line. Even though this difference might appear to be insignificant, the difference in feel, response and performance of having the rolled vee rising up out of the concave is completely different to a double concave or concave vee.

​And so far, everyone that has surfed it, has noticed the greatly improved speed, feel and response of the boards with the Future Form contour.