JJF'S Quiver

The Boards John John Florence Actually Rides

Three-time WSL World Champion, Eddie Aikau winner, Olympian and one of the most influential surfers of his generation - John John Florence rides Pyzel, and he has done so for nearly three decades. Born and raised on the North Shore of Oahu, he grew up with Pipeline as a backyard, and his quiver has been shaped by the most demanding line-ups on the planet.

Every board on this page started as a conversation between John and shaper Jon Pyzel. From small-wave performance to triple-overhead Pipe, each model was prototyped, ridden, tweaked and refined session after session until it earned its spot in his go-to rotation. This is not a marketing line-up - it is the actual set of boards JJF travels with, competes on, and rides at home.

The full quiver is now available in Europe, hand-shaped in Hawaii and California, finished and shipped from our warehouse in France.

3X World Champion 3X Triple Crown Eddie 2016 Winner Olympian 28 Years with Pyzel

The Ultimate Quiver

The four shapes Jon Pyzel and John John have spent years refining together - small waves to overhead, this is the rotation that covers 90% of his sessions.

The Ultimate Quiver - JJF's 4 Pyzel boards
White Tiger - Pyzel surfboard

White Tiger

The White Tiger started as a side project - a fun board for a surfer who barely rides fun boards. It sat in John's garage for a year before he pulled out a 5'6" and discovered he loved it. Stubby plan-shape, beak nose, wide squash tail, thickness concentrated up front for paddle - everything is built around catching waves easily and surfing fast and loose. A moderate hip near the front fins keeps it pivoty enough for sharp turns and lip release. Ride it shorter than your regular shortboard.

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Red Tiger - Pyzel surfboard

Red Tiger

When the surf goes flat and weak, the Red Tiger keeps performance surfing alive. The flattest HPSB Pyzel has ever made - rocker that translates into immediate, effortless speed from the moment you stand up. To stop it from feeling stiff, the outline has been pulled in nose and tail and the curve through the rocker line lets you throw it at the lip like a much shorter board. John took this design all the way to his 2024 World Title at Lower Trestles.

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Power Tiger - Pyzel surfboard

Power Tiger

There is a window where the Red Tiger feels under-gunned but the Ghost feels like overkill - and that is exactly the gap the Power Tiger fills. Built off the Red Tiger platform, the nose and tail have been pulled in to add curve, rocker has been increased, and rails have been refined to hold at speed through powerful turns. The narrower tail tracks better when pushed hard. Confirmed in John's dominant 2024 Surf City El Salvador Pro run at Punta Roca.

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Ghost - Pyzel surfboard

Ghost

The Ghost is the board John keeps coming back to. Drop into Margaret River, carve through J-Bay, link sections at Trestles - it does it all. A medium-low front rocker lets you paddle in early and pick up speed quickly, while a curvier tail rocker keeps turns tight and responsive. Single concave bottom for drive, slightly pulled-in nose that tucks cleanly into hollow sections, and refined rails that hold their line at speed. If you can only own one board, this is the one.

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The Specialty Boards

Three more shapes John reaches for when conditions call for something specific - a snappier tail, a step-up, or a big-wave gun.

Ghost Squash - Pyzel surfboard

Ghost Squash

Built off John's most recent (2026) Ghost file, the Ghost Squash keeps everything that makes the original magical and trades the round pin for a slightly pulled-in squash. Last 12 inches of the outline straighten out, adding lift and a sharper pivot point. Same drive and hold in clean overhead surf, with extra liveliness when conditions drop.

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Next Step - Pyzel surfboard

Next Step

The board you reach for when the swell is bigger than your shortboard can handle. It surfs loose, like a shortboard, but carries the paddle power and rail hold you need in solid surf. Extra rocker for clean step-drops, refined rails for control where it matters most - the barrel. Proven at Pipeline, Mainland Mexico, Tahiti, Fiji and Western Australia.

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Padillac - Pyzel surfboard

Padillac

JJF won the 2016 Eddie at Waimea on a 9'8" Padillac. Billy Kemper rode his to four wins at Jaws. Mark Healey named the shape and helped develop it. Built to paddle fast and catch big waves with ease - fuller outline, extra thickness, clean flowing rocker, light vee bottom with double concaves, and the control you need when it gets heavy.

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Build Your Own Pyzel

Every board in the quiver is available as a custom order - your dimensions, your fin setup, your construction, your artwork. Made by hand in Portugal, finished and shipped from our European warehouse.

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