NEW Jimmy Lewis Super Frank has landed

Tow ball is a step ahead of you aussies......he already has one

Hi Towball,
I agree....I think because it's a nice size thumb (squash) tail it works better as a thruster whereas my World Wide having the wider tail works better as a quad...

Hi Railbanger, thanks for that & you are probably correct....I had another surf on it this morning in bigger hollower waves & was thinking the quads would have been good...I'm keen to get on the 7'6 & see how it goes...Cheers

The Super Frank surfed great as a quad....waves were 3' plus & super fun....Knubster looks good :)

Mine just landed in WA and looks superb, came in at 7.8kg on the bathroom scales. Can't wait to get her wet at the weekend

I went for the 8 ft x 31, I was looking for something to compliment the Mad Dog on choppy lumpy days so hopefully this will fit the bill.

Finally got out on the new Super Frank at the weekend in 1.6 mtr / cross off conditions at North Beach (Mettams Reef). I can see why Jimmy added "Super" in the title.

First up disclaimer, usually ride Naish (currently on a Maddog 8/6 x 29) and have no connections to Jimmy Lewis brand and pay hard earned $$$$$ for my boards. 85 kg, surfed sup'd for about 4 years. I was after a short stable board for the choppy conditions we often get in WA but the board needed to turn on a sixpence, handle bigger stuff when needed, paddle onto waves easy, be light, tough and preferably turn into a sixpack of Corona at the end of each session. Well after two sessions this weekend I can honestly say it hit all the requirements except the sixpack transformation.

When I first unpacked the board I was glad to see the copious amounts of tail kick and continuous rocker throughout the board. There is a moderate amount of nose lift, compared to my Naish Maddog and past X32's this worried me slightly but after the first few drops into some steep waves at the weekend that worry has gone. The Frank came in at 7.8 kg ex fins out of the box for the 8 ft x 31 version so super light for a standard construction board. Rode this weekend as a quad but will try the thruster setup next weekend.

Out on the water the Frank is very stable and paddles well through some pretty nasty shore break and punched out no problem, although short it didn't yaw about and maintained a decent speed on the way out. Sat out the back was easy in a strong NE offshore wind (choppy waters). Dropping in was great as the Frank paddles well into the wave having lots of planning area up front, the nose is well clear so no chance of catching as the overall rocker seems to aid this. Once on the wave stepping back on the tail and engaging the rail turned the board nice and smooth into bottom turns and she snapped a nice cutback and into the next section. All good and I can see this board quickly becoming my go to board. I was a interested where Jimmy had gone with this design as its very different to anything else in the range but the ease of use and smoothness in some decent sized set waves set my mind at rest. This is a great all rounder and will handle small beachy breaks and larger reef breaks, never felt bouncy like the X32 used to and held a nice edge during some big drops. Quality and finish are excellent and came with a set of five honeycomb JL fins.

All in all happy purchase and a keeper.

Phil

So that was you I was surfing with at sunset at Mettams yesterday Phil?
I was on the Sunova Style.

Putting the 8'6" Super Frank to the test yesterday!

hi phil, paddling the baby bomb,down here at southcoast ,goolwa area south oz, length and float,plus using supplied 5.5 fronts,and 3 x 3.5 trailers seem s to work in 3 to 5 foot surf,how much of a jump for me to go to a 7.6 x 29.5 110 litre super frank,im only 60 kilos, but slow paddler appro 57 years young,aim to use super frank in clean 2 to 4 foot reefs cheers paul