From: 849 USD
Configure
Target production time for custom boards is about 6 weeks.
After confirmation of order we will inform you about the actual production time.
If you would like more customization, feel free to contact us!
The Big Apple
Ultra all round model from beginner to expert.
This design was sparked by team riders that were looking for a versatile board with added volume and slightly longer rail line. The goal was to be able to surf any day in any condition, even when they’d usually pick their longboard or foil boards.
We took the basic design from the Jonagold and started adding a rounder and more voluminous nose keeping the back end the same. Using a wide planing area for maximum drive and a decent amount of V in the bottom, the board is kept loose and the rider will feel under control. To add even more versatility, we put in 4 normal fin boxes, plus a single fin box in the centre to allow you to surf this board in any fin setup you can imagine!
Roundhouse and Hang fives
The Big Apple is the perfect companion for any advanced surfer looking for a new feeling, but it’s also stable enough to be your first proper surfboard once graduated from soft tops.
You can get into a wave early, do a stylish roundhouse, and still have enough nose width to hang five on. The Big Apple is a board that you just never outgrow as you can’t wish for more from a single surfboard!
Surf construction
50K CLOSED CELL FOAM
It’s Waterproof!
It all starts with the core and every board we make starts with a foam core of our very own 50K closed cell foam. This foam is formalized exclusively for us, it is not used in any other board in the market.
The foam can withstand 50.000 kg per square meter, while staying very light, and most of all very flexible. Another plus of our 50K foam is that it is closed cell, meaning that the foam will not take in water, and the board will not blow out when it gets hot. Any small crack or ding does not need immediate repair. Eventually a repair is advised, but you can first finish your well deserved session or trip!
50K foam is not easy to shape, all commercially available shaping machines will have great trouble shaping it and hand shaping is not possible. At Appletree surfboards we use our own shaping machines that we built and control ourselves. This way we can not only shape the foam, but we can also create channels and extreme contours, straight from the machine.
Lamination
All our surfboards are laminated using our unique vacuum technology. After the core is shaped with our custom CNC and hand finished by our skilled craftsmen, it’s time for the lamination to give the board it’s final strength.
Surfboards can be finished in both glass fibre and carbon fibre, but both go through the same lamination. The laminate is applied to the blank dry, both the top and the bottom, additionally fin boxes and leash plugs are installed. Then the whole package goes into a vacuum bag and under pressure is injected with epoxy resin. This way the whole lamination is much tighter and requires almost no more work. This way of laminating results in the best fibre to epoxy ratio, leaving the boards both lighter and stronger. We are able to produce carbon boards at a weight under 2.5 kg while keeping them ultra strong. normal glass fibre boards finish under 3 kg depending on the volume.
| Big Apple | Width | Thickness | Volume | ||
| 5’10″ | 21.05” | 2.58” | 39.0 L | ||
| 6’0″ | 21.05” | 2.58” | 40.0 L | ||
| 6’2″ | 21.45” | 2.65″ | 42.6 L | ||
| 6’35” | 21.85” | 2.7″ | 45.2 L |
