FORMULA-1 (F1)
Yago’s Round Pin
“Look back, in order to see forward.”
Based off (and scaled from) 2025 World Champion Yago Dora’s Lowers-winning6’0RoundPin surfboard.In celebration of Yago’s freshly minted World Title, we are“early releasing”hisRound Pin tail version of the all-new FORMULA-1, for Fall’25.
The Formula-1 was originally an older model, made popular by Julian Wilson 15 years ago.We completely updated it and recently brought it back to life, testing under the feet of ColeHoushmandand 2025 World Champ Yago Dora, among others.
It all started with a team day down at Lowers, filming all the boys riding a collection of vintage team rider boards pulled from the attic for our still-unreleased“USED”edit.
Among the collection (ranging from the’80s–2010s), a pair of Julian Wilson’s F1 boardsfrom 2010 and 2011 were hits, inspiring me to...“Look back, in order to see forward.”
We searched out the original“AKU”file from Julian’s magic Lowers“Clown”board andoverlapped it on top of a current Driver 3.0 team board, incorporating many of the original’sdesign aspects and curves, melding the two together...to create something completelynew.
At first, we developed a squash tail version, similar to the old Julian board, and got it underthe feet of Cole Houshmand and other local team riders, with electric responses. Colerode his first one to great success in multiple WSL events—El Salvador, Lowers, and finallywinning the WCT event in Brazil.
Feeling onto something, we made a handful of Round Pin tails leading up to the Lowers CTevent.
We gave one of the first F-1 Round Pin versions to Yago mid-event, just a couple of nightsbefore Finals Day at Lowers. He tried it that night and was so impressed, he switched to abrand-new board, riding it inthe Semi-Finals and Final—winning our home event on thisdesign. A prototype test F-1 Round Pin.
In relation to the Driver3.0:
- In general, the new F1, is more “set back”, in both outline and rail line rocker, than the Driver3.0.
- The nose is a bit narrower at 12” and 24”, with the wide point a bit further back and more hip, in the outline. Its got more outline and rail-line curve, from the between the feet, through the tail, which is wider 12” from the tail (under the rear foot) with more curve and pulled in from there.
- A more defined “pin” in the last few inches, than the Driver3.0’s “Round” tail, for added bite and connectivity.
- The F-1 features a fairly thick centerline, with a “vee" deck, tapering to rails that are a bit more full and forgiving.
- A bit more nose rocker, ahead of the front foot and touch less tail rocker, but with more concave between the feet and through the tail.
- Noticeably deeper single concave, with purposeful double concave, all the way through the rear fin, lending speed and lift.
- The deep concave creates a more pronounced rail-line curve, under the rear foot and through the fins, for precise, tight radius turns.
- The tail block is thinner with boxy rails, for grip and hold.
The over all feeling is a combination of instant speed, lively lift and very fast, driving turns that initiate from the front foot, with a precise, sharp finish under the back foot.
The stock/standard files for the Fall-‘25 early release, are all based off (and scaled from) Yagos Lowers winning 6’0 19” 2.50” 29.75 liter, board.
Please note Red Rails are the standard rail colour.
FOR THE FOLLOWING CUSTOM RAIL COLOURS PLEASE CONTACT CUSTOMER SERVICE AFTER YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER: HERE
- Green Rails (custom order)
- Orange Rails (custom order)
- Blue Rails (custom order)
- Magenta Rails (custom order)
