Far before longboarding had labels for everything, there was the pig.
In the early days of modern surfing, “pig” boards earned their name from their shape — a wider, fuller tail tapering into a narrower nose, built low and stout the way a pig’s body tapers from back to front. They were some of the most influential boards of their era: fast, maneuverable, and built for a style of surfing that hadn’t yet been overtaken by the longer, more rigid boards that came after.
The PMP — Post Modern Pig — is our tribute to that lineage, built for surfers today.
It keeps the bones of the original: that narrower nose, that wide point set back in the tail. But everything around those bones has been brought into the present. The result is a board that pivots swiftly off the bottom, the way a classic pig always could, and then runs fast through sections once you’ve made your way to the nose. It’s quick where it needs to be quick and stable where it needs to hold a line — a board built to move the way surfing moved before everyone agreed on what a longboard was supposed to do.
There’s something fitting about reviving this shape now. The pig boards of the past weren’t trying to fit a mold — they were the mold, before the mold existed. The PMP carries that same spirit forward: a board that knows where it came from and isn’t interested in pretending otherwise, even while it rides like something built for right now.
Old soul. Modern bite.
Best suited for: surfers who want quick pivots and fast nose sections, riders drawn to classic shapes with modern performance
Known for: narrow nose, wide-set tail, swift bottom turns, fast nose-to-tail flow