Dan Mann and Taylor Jensen Team Up to Create the Gem

After a 20-year hiatus, longboarding has once again become ubiquitous in the surfing world. Whether you are a dedicated logger, a big-wave guy finding a way to stay frothy during the offseason, a high-fi shredder trying to clean up your style, or a beginner with a soft-top from Costco, virtually everyone out there owns some sort of longboard-inspired shape. The superior paddle power and trim of longer boards with more volume simply make surfing more fun-especially when the waves aren’t exactly pumping.
Of course, not everyone wants to ride a 10'0" log all the time, which is where high-performance longboards come in. Providing the benefits of logs, but in a slightly more manageable package, high-pro longboards are easy to surf and fun for just about everyone. Shaper Dan Mann has made a career out of building boards that help the average surfer have fun in average waves, so it is only natural that he would eventually shape a performance longboard. And Taylor Jensen is one of the best high-performance longboarders in the world and a three-time world champion, so it was sort of a no-brainer for Jensen and Mann to team up.
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[@theAussie01]

I have the 9'1 Gem carbon black. My weight 74kgs.... and it's perfect. Great longboard design. The 3inch centre thickness combined with rolled deck and low rails make it easy to carve on in waist high surf and above.The board weight seems ideal as well. Not too light.Super strong and durable.

[@hawaiiansouthshore]

Right on! Mahalo for the feedback 🤙🤙

[@dekismokton2407]

Super nice board. Got 2 of them in Timbertech, really love this model. Hope I can try a Red Thunderbolt some day

[@hawaiiansouthshore]

I hope some day soon, we'll have a demo! The 8'8 Gem was released also. Thanks for checking out the video - David

[@mikebranum4380]

I have 2 also of them, the thunderbolt is so great!

[@dekismokton2407]

@@mikebranum4380 nice! I got a Thunderbolt HI4 and I like it a lot too for larger waves. Is the thunderbolt gem heavier than the timbertech?

[@mikebranum4380]

Deki Smokton Thunder bolt is super light, feels amazing and great for the High performance side of things. , I ride a TT and the Tbolt any they are night and day different but equally good just a different feel.

[@ninjagotguns]

I have the gem 9.1 Timbertek and it's amazing

[@hawaiiansouthshore]

Right on! Mahalo for the feedback 🤙🤙

[@ninjagotguns]

@@hawaiiansouthshore yea no problem! I don't have the expertise or experience with other boards to give an actual review. But for me as an intermediate I can have a lot of fun with it. It really dependa on the conditions what kind of surfing I'm going to do with this board. Put in a big pivot and you can do some great logging and noseriding. Put in the raylor jensen 2+1 on a "big" day and you'll catch anything. On a smaller day just the single fin from this set all the way to the front of the box let's me do a lot of fun manoeuvres. It really is a one option for everything kind of board.