Length: 5’8” / Width: 19” / Thickness: 2” 1/8”
Fin set up: Thruster / Volume: 26 litres
The fourth generation Ripper is Core’s high performance surfboard shape that’s totally revamped with wider fish outline, new bottom concave and mini swallow tail. Core’s surf line is built like a traditional performance, hand-shaped surfboard with fiberglass layup and wood stringers. This board feels and rides like a true short board shape, but its got a heavier glass build, and all the right reinforcements in critical areas with wood stringers and strap inserts. The Ripper gives you the most authentic, performance surfboard feel for towing into waves with your kite, but it’s built to withstand the extra abuse and pressures of kitesurfing. The Ripper 5’8” has all the elements to handle any sized waves and is comfortable to ride and great upwind. The slight concave bottom shape and rounded, hand-shaped rails make it smooth over chop and really reactive from edge to edge. The Ripper also has a nice wide central area with lots of width and volume under foot that lets you find the most power on every wave. The nice narrow swallow tail also gives the board some snappy turns and nice bite for sharp top and bottom turns. The classic look and feel will appeal to any advanced level rider, but it is also a stable and easy board to ride, so intermediates can easily adapt and grow with the Ripper 4. The Ripper 4 also comes with FCS II Accelerator fins and a full front deck pad that is soft EVA foam with a corduroy grip pattern.
