Adrokultura Surfboards | Sputnik

Recommended Fin: For smaller days | Futures - Akila For solid days | Captain Fin - Tyler Warren

 

 · The Sputnik's solid magic · 

Adrian has been shaping Sputniks to navigate barreling waves and draw speedy lines on them. His first attempt on shaping a Sputnik was a few years back on a trip to Morocco with surfing Safi in mind. Safi is strong, powerful and one of the best heavy barreling sand points in Morocco. The board worked and Adrian kept working on the design. 

 · So... what does this board surf? · 

His first Sputnik had the rails very parallel which made it work great in bigger, more pushy waves. Surfing barrels and solid point breaks became an absolute pleasure and he loved to surf it in Safi and elsewhere. So why change it? Well, “it was hard to move it in softer conditions” says Adrian. So he started working, testing and changing some features of the board to make it more “user-friendly” as he likes to say. 

 · The features of a rocket · 

During the process he wanted to maintain the board's sharpness and power so he made the outline rounder but kept the board narrow to make it easy to go from rail to rail without loosing the grip of the board. With speed and hold in big waves locked in, he has been shaping the bottom with a more pronounced rocker combined with a V concave to make it easier to pivot the board for manoeuvres.

Back at home (Sopelana, Spain) Txaber Garminde (@txabba_weepah) and lots of his peers have been rooting for this model from the very beginning. Mundaka? Sputnik please. A solid, hollow and imposing Mundaka? Sputnik please. 

 · Size matters · 

The Sputnik has had years of development and it has been shaped in sizes that range from 5’6” to 7’6”. You can only think of the variety of feedback Adrian had on this design. This shape will carry you through your favourite conditions with speed, power and solidness. These boards are glassed in 4oz/6oz/4oz to keep them light and to make sure that the board doesn’t get too hard to turn. 

 · About Adrian · 

Heavily supported by the Bizkaia core surfing community in The Basque country, Adrian Lopez is a shaper from Sopelana who started building surfboards in 2012. At Pukas Surf Shop we keep thriving on showcasing the shapes and designs from local and international shapers. Adrokultura feels home, and we like it. Check his vibe at @adrokultura and scroll down the boards we hold in stock.

 

As mentioned previously, he shaped his first board in 2012 for a friend. It was a Mini Simmons and since then, he has done quite some boards bit without any continuity or compromise to the job in a long term. 

It was not until November 2019 that he decided to dedicate himself to shaping surfboards. Since the last ones he made were getting better and better, people and friends who tried them were happy and enjoyed them... Things were working quite well so he decided to give shaping surfboards a real chance.

"I like to make boards that motivate me to surf, that can work on the beach where you surf or on the waves that are close to home. I'm lucky that I've been surfing all my life which also makes me meet a lot of people.  Those people are motivated by the fact that you make their surfboards, and feel even more motivated to surf them if they know that have been shaped by you, a friend as well. That's what keeps my fire going when it comes to shaping surfboards, while learning and improving in the process."–Adrian Lopez.

 · Contact us for Custom Orders · 

If you are looking for this board in other sizes you can contact us and have Adrian custom building it for you. Just send a quick email with details to [email protected]