Our exclusive 3rd Coast Surfboard line is a collaboration between TCSS and the professional craftsmen at Bing Surfboards in Encinitas, California. The Bing label is one of the oldest in the world, and today they continue to build some of the highest quality surfboards to be found anywhere. TCSS owner Ryan Gerard and head Bing shaper Matt Calvani worked together to design a line of three models that would be ideal for Great Lakes surf, but like a good surfboard should, also work well anywhere in the world. We are very fortunate to be able to offer these boards at incredibly reasonable prices.

Our Warrior fish is a classic take on an old fish with some modern influence. New for this year, our Warrior is based on the Bing Sunfish template; a slight refinement on the traditional Bing twin fish. Glassed with a two-tone spray, and featuring our classic Warrior logo.

For years The Original Levitator was Bing’s #1 selling wider noserider. When they introduced the Continental model the Levitator took a backseat and started to fade into the distance. Knowing we had the basis for a solidly successful and popular model in the Levitator Matt revisited the design this last year and updated it to our new Levitator Type 2 model.

FROM MATT CALVANI:

“I decided to take the design in a different direction and developed it into a hybrid log with performance characteristics. I wanted a board with drive to get around critical sections while maintaining glide speed, along with the ability to make faster tighter turns, in a sense I ‘took the brakes off’ that is common with most noseriders. I’ve added an edge in the tail that transitions to a 60/40 rail in the middle. I’ve maintained some attributes of the outline but made it noticeably narrower overall; especially in the nose and tail, while keeping its signature pointed nose. Having the wide point slightly forward still makes it an excellent noserider even with the narrower nose. Finally, eliminating the step deck allowed for more volume in the nose, offsetting the need for the additional width in in the original version.”

The resulting Levitator Type 2 has proven itself to be an all-around square tail log that excels in all conditions, is focused on speed, and maintains the traditional attributes of a noserider.