Details:
Brand: Cole
Model: N/A
Length: 6'0"
Width: 19 3/4"
Thickness: 2 3/4"
Volume: N/A
Fins: FCS II (not included)
Construction: Epoxy
Shipping Cost: $92.00
Description: This board is epoxy & lighter than average.
The deck has medium-ish back foot pressures, see photos to view the rest of the pressure dent details.
Other than the pressures, this board is in excellent condition & water tight! Sick Dark Arts.
More Information
Below Information from Cole Surfboards:
ABOUT COLE SIMLER
Over the years I have been fortunate enough to have shaped for and surfed with some of the most progressive and innovative surfers in the world. Surfers that push the limits of performance have always been intriguing to me. Surfers like Bruce Irons, Andy Irons, Nathan Fletcher, Matt Archbold, and Chris Ward constantly bend and break the rules of what is possible and what is not. My goal is to make the imagination the only limit to what is possible in surfing, not the equipment.
Below Information from Dark Arts:
Carbon experimentation has been on the minds of surfers for over two decades. Despite countless attempts at harnessing carbon’s unique flex and resilience, most avant-garde renditions of the surfboard-of-tomorrow have never reached an equivalent status to the tried-and-true polyurethane construction. Through extensive trial-and-error in the rural desert hills of Jamul, CA, our founder Justin Ternes, pioneered a board construction that could harness the new-board feel for longer, and was tough enough to outlast competing high performance boards.
Originating within the confines of two side-by-side shipping containers converted into a shaping/glassing bay Justin developed test prototypes and began a surfboard construction that would be recognized in 2019 as Dark Arts. Since then we have grown substantially and now have a full-scale production building, nevertheless we continue to create unrivaled boards, led by a conviction that surfboards should preserve and enhance the essence of surfing.
Today, Dark Arts is a budding channel within the surf industry and we continue to collaborate with prominent surfboard shapers from around the world. Wizards of foam such as the acclaimed John Pyzel (Pyzel), Matt Parker (ALBUM), Timmy Patterson (T. Patterson), Rusty Preisendorfer (Rusty), Darren Handley (DHD), as well as Duncan and Malcolm Campbell (Bonzer) quickly incorporated the new technology to compliment their many decades of shaping experience. Justin Ternes has also integrated Dark Arts construction into magnifying his personal shapes at JT surfboards which are shaped, glassed and sanded all in the confines of our local San Diego factory.
Inspired by innovation and quality, we’ve revolutionized the process of crafting surfboards. As a result, we offer the lightest, strongest, best performing models on the market.The unique experience of Dark Arts surfboards can be attributed to a methodology utilizing carbon compression via a vacuum-bagging technique which yields a clean layer of reinforced carbon fiber.
Assembled in our hometown of San Diego, these American made products are formed in collaboration with legendary shapers resulting in the highest performance shapes with a construction that will last. We uphold best environmental practices and wage-justice assurances as pillars in our company structure. We take pride in choosing a different approach than other surf industry corporations that may cut corners to increase margins.
Our boards can be seen under the feet of athletes in the prestigious competition formats. John John Florence, along with three other surfers chose Dark Arts construction for surfing’s debut in the 2020 Olympics. Filipe Toledo secured his WSL championship title in 2022 with a Dark Arts quad fin shaped in collaboration with Marcio Zouvi, and Kanoa Igarashi in the same year used Dark Arts to find victory in the ISA World Surfing Games at Huntington Beach.
Our construction has extended beyond the competition format as well. Garnering praise from Kale Brock for enhanced “springy-ness”, and from Noah Salas (Surf N’ Show) for an “explosiveness” while shifting from rail to rail, surfboard reviewers have enjoyed the new experience of riding carbon.
Our history of searching has culminated into a brand we are proud to offer surfing enthusiasts of all calibers. Dark Arts is reinventing the way surfboards are made and perform so that the board you ride today can be the board you ride tomorrow.
About the Dark Arts Construction:
Carbon Kevlar TOP - PU Blank / EPS Stringer
At the leading edge of layup technology, this construction features a 3K Hybrid Carbon-Kevlar weave that combines the stiffness of carbon with the shock-absorbing qualities of Kevlar and the familiar feel of a polyurethane core. The result? A refined, responsive, and dependable feel that performs across a wide range of conditions—even when the wind shifts.
A 3-inch carbon tape runs nose to tail along the deck, delivering a consistent and sensitive flex pattern. Additional carbon-reinforced nose and tail patches help protect common ding and high-impact zones.
The US Blanks C3 PU core offers traditional weight and slightly less buoyancy than EPS, which translates to greater control in bigger surf and a more forgiving flex under pressure. A 3-inch EPS stringer runs through the PU core, adding durability, snap, and drive through turns.
