El Patron Quick Facts
…Lost El Patron quick facts
| Brand / shaper | …Lost Surfboards, Matt “Mayhem” Biolos |
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| Based on | A couple of higher-volume quivers built for Kolohe Andino, who demanded they still carve and turn like a thinner board; …Lost calls El Patron essentially Matt Biolos’s personal surfboard |
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| Board type | Contemporary performance shortboard scaled up for generous dims and higher volume |
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| Built for | Surfers who have felt relegated to hybrids and wide-nose, low-rocker boards by crowds, age or a few extra pounds, and want to ride a performance shortboard again |
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| Tail | Squash tail; we also stock a round tail |
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| Design | Very conservative, low entry rocker with generous, accelerated tail rocker; no concave in the nose to the shallowest single concave, fading to slight vee through the fins and flat out the tail; a 2-ply stringer (a third thinner) to keep a thick board flexy and forgiving; heavily blended rails with thin, boxy rails from the fins back; forward thickness flow |
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| Fins | Thruster (FCS II or Futures boxes). Best template: raked, drive-oriented (FCS Carver family; Futures Rake). Try the FCS II Mayhem Driver Tri or the Futures Mayhem 3.0. |
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| Stock sizes | Squash 6’0 to 6’8 (35.00 L to 45.00 L); Round 6’2 to 6’8 (36.25 L to 44.00 L) |
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| Sizing | Your regular shortboard volume; El Patron simply carries it in a thicker, wider board, 2.75" and up |
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| Constructions we stock | Always: PU (poly), Light Speed II and Black Sheep Built. Also stocked at times: Light Speed, Black Dart and C4. All constructions are available for custom order |
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| Custom orders | Yes, through our …Lost 3D board builder |
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El Patron Q&A
What size El Patron should I get?
We recommend your regular shortboard volume: El Patron is a performance shortboard scaled up, so a given volume comes in a thicker, wider board rather than a longer one. Squash sizes run from 6’0 (20.00" x 2.75", 35.00 L) to 6’8 (21.25" x 2.94", 45.00 L), and round-tail sizes from 6’2 (20.00" x 2.75", 36.25 L) to 6’8 (20.75" x 2.95", 44.00 L). If you don’t know your volume, use the Volume calculator at the top of our …Lost 3D board builder: enter your height, weight, skill, fitness and the waves you surf, and it recommends a volume by board type, from shortboard to fish, hybrid and mid-length. Our shop staff can help you pick a size.
What fins does El Patron use?
The El Patron is a thruster, and we stock it with FCS II or Futures boxes. Neither FCS nor Futures lists this model in its …Lost guide, so we go by the template both brands pair with the Driver 3.0 and …Lost’s other performance shortboards. The template to look for is a raked, drive-oriented fin: on FCS II the Mayhem Driver Tri (Small, Medium, Large), which FCS pairs with the Driver 3.0 and …Lost’s other performance shortboards. FCS classes the Mayhem Driver as a Carver-family fin: an elongated template with more sweep (rake), built for hold and longer, drawn-out turns. FCS sizes these fins by weight: Small 120–155 lbs, Medium 145–175 lbs, Large 165–200 lbs. On Futures, the Mayhem 3.0 (Small, Medium, Large) is the matching rake template, Matt Biolos’s own signature fin, with the R-series Blackstix (R4, R6, R8) as the other rake option. Futures sizes its fins as Small 95–135 lbs, Medium 125–175 lbs and Large 165 lbs and up.
Who is El Patron for?
…Lost says it is essentially Matt Biolos’s personal board: like many surfers he had felt relegated to hybrids and fishy, wide-nose, low-rocker boards by crowds, getting older and a few extra pounds, and El Patron lets him confidently navigate a crowded line-up on a modern performance shortboard again.
What makes El Patron work at high volume?
Less concave and more volume is what …Lost calls its magic: a no-concave nose area running to the shallowest single concave, slight vee through the fins and flat out the tail, so the rail engages and rolls into the water despite the thickness. Because it is designed thick, …Lost uses a 2-ply stringer, a third thinner than usual, to keep the flex of a thinner board rather than a big, stiff plank.
What is El Patron based on?
A couple of higher-volume, wider and thicker quivers …Lost built for Kolohe Andino, where he demanded they still carve and turn like a thinner board.
How does El Patron compare to the Big Rig Driver?
Both are …Lost’s high-volume performance shortboards. El Patron (2018) is built around Matt Biolos’s own needs with minimal concave and a 2-ply stringer; the newer Big Rig Driver scales up the Driver 3.0 and was inspired by Cole Houshmand’s 6’4, 220 lb frame.
Can I custom order an El Patron?
Yes. Use the Custom Order El Patron button on this page, or open the …Lost 3D board builder directly, to design one: you choose the dims, construction, fin boxes, colors and art.
