Heavyweights Rejoice: Thrash Craft Unleashes Big Boy Shortboard Model - Stab Mag
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Heavyweights Rejoice: Thrash Craft Unleashes Big Boy Shortboard Model

“Now you can throw your meat around with confidence and pride.”

cinema // Mar 23, 2026
Words by Jack O'Neill Paterson
Reading Time: < 1 minute

For too long, high-performance surfing has been a narrow, weight-obsessed dictatorship, prejudiced, oppressive, holding surfing hostage.

Shame, shame, shame. 

Today, the wrongs of the past are undone. Brad Flora, the hands behind Thrash Craft Surfboards, has dared what no one else would: a high-performance shortboard for the chank.

“The MEAT CLEAVER is the only specialized big boy shortboard on the market,” says Brad. “Built for heavy weight champs that can spray the moon but haven’t been able to reach their full potential due to the fact that it’s next to impossible to find the right amount of foam distributed in the right places. Now you can throw your meat around with confidence and pride on the Cleaver.” 

The MEAT CLEAVER is the signature model of Thrash Craft team rider Max Lingg, aka Snacks, a man whose turns are as unrepentant as the board that carries him. Watch the clip above. If you have mass and momentum, the Cleaver awaits.

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