We believe that The QuiverKiller is a truly special board and we want to make it easily available to a wider range of surfers. I ended up adding a between 1.5 and 2.50 liters to each board. Feedback has also been that a significant amount of surfers were hearing the hype about the QuiverKiller, but upon going into stores they saw the dims were a bit emaciated for their needs. Not really “Domesticated” sizing, but simply a a second, more generous, size scale to fit a larger assortment of people.
In most sizes there was room to make an upsized set of dims for the QK. I started feeling that the original size scale to be a bit slim in the lower size range. The stock dims tend to force a lot of guys to go longer than wanted to net enough volume. The inserts actually reinforce the ski making them. We drill the ski as normal then put the inserts into the slightly larger holes. You can use a touring and alpine binding on the same ski or use your fancy new Salomon Shift bindings on all of your skis. Being a board for not only young rippers but older guys as well, I decided to take at look at the sizing scale. Quiver Killer inserts let you take bindings on and off your skis - just like a snowboard. The thing was, they were all custom ordered and had significantly more volume than our current stock dims.
On a recent surf trip to Indonesia, I realized nearly everyone in our crew had a QuiverKiller. The Quiver Killer… a shot straight through the heart.
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Free and easy in small-ish surf while still precise and forgiving in solid surf. Staying with the ammo theme, we swapped the stubby little speeding bullet for the new logo, an elongated, Spitzer influenced munition. The rounded tail, reduced nose area, and the added rocker, prevents too much rail being wetted at once in small surf, and allows control and ease of pocket and power surfing in proper waves. The surface area and volume are still generous enough to create speed and feel lively in anything but the smallest, or true “grovel” surf. The overall outline and rocker lines are a minimalistic and simplistic continuous curve. We then changed the tail to a forgiving, rounded “thumb” tail without narrowing it too much where the front fins are. At this the point, it would be unfair to continue calling it by the same name.īeginning with the ShortRound, we added a couple inches of length, moderately added to the overall rocker, and pulled the nose outline in a bit. While spending time in Bali this summer I began doing some tweaking to the design. With myself and so many people enjoying the ShortRound, it quickly became clear that the short, relatively flat, and stubby board was an easy answer for fast fun in smaller surf, but with some limitations. This opens up aerial maneuvers, and keys in with the latest progression of airs in surfIng.The Quiver Killer is an extension of the Short Round model. This means that you can pump this truck like a C7, but it lands airs and rides fakie with more stability as well. On the one hand it’s a lightweight standard RKP (Reverse King Pin) hanger and base, on the other it has a patented geometry that squeezes every bit of turn and pump from the system. This is Carver’s hybrid surf and skate truck. The name says it all: just one and you’re done.Ĭomes with the CX truck system for snappy thruster/quad performance. Carver Skateboard - 32" Quiver Killer Surfskate CompleteĪ hybrid groveler designed to take on everything from steep hill fun to a thirsty market run, the Son of Cobra cranked up the color to bring his unique technique to this iconic model.