Donald Takayama, legendary shaper of Hawaiian Pro Designs, has had over 55 years of experience in the surfing industry. He designs, shapes, and manufactures shortboards, funboards, and retro and progressive longboards. Hawaiian Pro Designs has several retail locations in Hawaii, California, and Texas. Not only is Takayama known for his line of custom surfboards, he is also a five time United States Surfing Champion. His surfing experience undoubtedly helps him make the ideal surfboards for a wide range of surfing expectations. His shapes have been proven both in Hawaii, California, and around the world as evidenced by his Surftech line which are some of the most popular epoxy boards around today.

A glance at the variety of Takayama Surfboards:

Shortboards:

• Twin Fin: classic board built for speed and agility that holds bigger waves than a tri fin would of the same size
• Thurster: maneuverable model that allows for quick vertical snaps and cutbacks
• Single Fin Gun: built to tackle the biggest waves with a more than capable baord
• Quad: designed to work in all conditions with more speed than a twin fin

Progressive Longboards:

• DT1-4: series of longboards designed for speed and maneuverability
• Beach Break: hard down rails and the extra rocker make this tri-fin a high performance progressive long board
• In the Pink: modern 2+1 fin arrangement with a harder edge to allow board noseriding and turning
• Stephen Slater Model: tri-fin set up with rounded pintail designed for Stephen Slater to match a full range of surfing, from nose riding to straight up snaps

Retro Longboards:

• Model T: the broad nose and wide tail of this versatile retro longboard make it perfect for shoulder to ankle high waves
• NR2: retro version of the DT2 with a similar design to the model T, but with a more narrow tail allowing for tighter turns
• Classic Noserider: the volan cloth and single fin bring back the mid-60s style longboard
• Double ender: made to ride any size wave but its nose and tail are built to ride overhead waves

Funboards:

• Scorpion: this mini-noserider is a fast mid-length board with controlled maneuverability
• Flo egg: progressive short board with volan cloth, a single fin, and a long full rail that enable tighter pocket turns
• Retro single fin: single fin short bard designed to handle barrels with confidence
• NR3: shorter version of the NR2 with a tri-fin setup