The Neck Beard by Dane Reynolds

Sima Award

Neck Beard Squash – “Voted 2012 SIMA Board of the year”

Dane Reynolds on the Neck Beard

Model Description

After a year of tinkering with different concepts, Dane Reynolds launches the Neck Beard, his favorite free-surf board. No longer working to hide volume from the judges like with the Dumpster Diver, Dane is letting it all hang out with a wider nose and chop tail. With light single concave and vee out the back, this board is faster down the line, has increased rail-to-rail transition, and is more stable when landing airs. Super user-friendly, this is the board Dane grabs when its 1-foot to head-high.

The 2012 Neckbeard tail is taken directly from Dane’s hand-drawn template. Dane kept the overall generous plan-shape to provide a skatey feel but the tail refinement allows for slightly more back foot sensitivity. Light single concave and vee out the back, increased rail-to-rail transition and wider through the nose and tail.

Dane rides the Neck Beard as a tri-fin and as a quad for speed. Comes with a five fin setup to get the best of both worlds. If you are a fan of the Dumpster Diver, then definitely grow out your Neck Beard. Order yours 4 to 6 inches shorter than your height.

Experience

Novice to Pro

Ideal Wave Size

1-foot to head-high

Stock Dimensions and Volumes

		Dimensions		Volumes
Stock Length	Glass	Width	Thickness	Liters
5’4	UL/SO	19	2 1/8	24.0L
5’6	UL/SO	19 1/4	2 1/4	26.5L
5’7	UL/SO	19 1/2	2 5/16	28.0L
5’8	UL/SO	19 3/4	2 3/8	29.6L
5’9	UL/SO	19 7/8	2 7/16	30.4L
5’10	UL/SO	20	2 1/2	32.4L
5’11	UL/SO	20 1/8	2 9/16	34.3L
6’0	UL/SO	20 1/4	2 5/8	35.5L
6’1	UL/SO	20 3/8	2 11/16	37.3L
6’2	UL/SO	20 1/2	2 3/4	39.2L
6’4	UL/SO	20 3/4	2 7/8	42L

Video

Timmy Curran demos the Neck Beard

Read about Timmy’s full analysis on the Neck Beard

Dirk05-25-13

Hi,

What is the difference between this board and the dumpsterdiver.
I am looking for a high performance board for small choppy/mushy surf.

Thanks

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- CI Surfboards05-25-13
  
  Dirk,
  The NBeard has a slightly wider nose, much wider tail, and a less exit rocker. This makes it grovel better than the DDiver, if its perfomance in small chop and mush you are looking for then this is the board.
  CI
  
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Max05-28-13

Hi I was wondering if there Is any difference in volume between the 5’8 square tail and 5’8 squash tail?

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- CI Surfboards05-28-13
  
  Max,
  Barely, perhaps .1 L or less, would be difference in tail lift and turning though. Square would be more skatey, squash would go verticle a little quicker.
  
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Alex05-29-13

hi is there a page where i can make a custom board could you please send me a link

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- CI Surfboards05-29-13
  
  Alex,
  http://www.cisurfboards.com/custom/board_order.php
  You can print this and take it to your local dealer
  CI
  
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Bran05-30-13

Hello, can I order this board setup as a quad without the 5 fin option? if so, how do i do that? thank you

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- CI Surfboards05-30-13
  
  Bran,
  We can make pretty much anything custom, so yes.
  
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Alex06-04-13

Hi what would be the size of a neckbeard squash with the volume between 21 liters and 23 liters

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Rick06-12-13

I bought a 5’7″ neckbeard about a year and a half ago as a small wave board and it slowly but surely became more of my everyday board in almost anything under head high. This board is so fast – if I could only have one board in southern CA this would be it. I’ve got a 6’3″ Lost… Rock-up as a step up for overhead++ or real critical/barreling waves, but I’m looking for a board inbetween – for spots like like slightly overhead Trestles, or overhead+ Swami’s where you need a bit more stability on the drop but don’t want something that limits your turns. Anyone else asked about this? Have you made any prototypes or customs where you “stretched” the plan of a NB out 4-5″ by narrowing the tail and added a bit of foam to handle better waves? I tried a friends 6’1″ Whip and it was a good board but just didn’t hit the spot. Thanks!

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