Puddle Jumper HP Quick Facts
…Lost Puddle Jumper HP quick facts
| Brand / shaper | …Lost Surfboards, Matt “Mayhem” Biolos |
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| Based on | The Puddle Jumper, souped up, slimmed down and refined (2018); the HP Round was first requested by …Lost Indonesia |
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| Board type | Refined, higher-performance Puddle Jumper for small to medium waves |
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| Best waves | Small surf; the round tail extends it into more powerful, punchy and larger surf |
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| Tail | Squash tail (the original), or rounded pin (HP Round) |
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| Design | Pulled-in nose with the wide point brought back and a narrower, pulled-in tail block; flat overall rocker, generous width and a deep central concave; foiled rails and deep vee in the tail |
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| Fins | 5-fin: ride as a thruster or quad (FCS II or Futures boxes). Best template: raked, drive-oriented (FCS Carver family; Futures Rake). Try the FCS II Mayhem Driver Tri, with the Driver quad rears for a quad, or the Futures Mayhem 3.0 5-Fin. |
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| Stock sizes | Squash 5’2 to 6’6 (25.00 L to 46.00 L); Round 5’2 to 6’6 (25.00 L to 45.00 L) |
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| Sizing | Shorter and wider than your regular shortboard, with 1 to 2 L more volume; about 4" to 5" shorter than a Driver 3.0. …Lost sets the round tail up to be ridden 1" to 2" longer than the squash at similar volume |
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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, Lib Tech, C4 and Carbon Wrap. All constructions are available for custom order |
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| Custom orders | Yes, through our …Lost 3D board builder |
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Puddle Jumper HP Q&A
What size Puddle Jumper HP should I get?
The Puddle Jumper HP is a small-wave board, ridden shorter and wider than your regular shortboard, with a tad more volume: we recommend 1 to 2 liters more. In …Lost’s stock dims that works out about 4" to 5" shorter than a Driver 3.0. For example, if you ride a 5’11 Driver 3.0 (28.50 L), look at the 5’6 (20.00" x 2.45", 29.50 L). …Lost sets up the round tail to be ridden 1" to 2" longer than the squash at similar volume. Squash sizes run from 5’2 (19.00" x 2.30", 25.00 L) to 6’6 (22.50" x 2.84", 46.00 L), and round-tail sizes from 5’2 (19.00" x 2.32", 25.00 L) to 6’6 (22.25" x 2.82", 45.00 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 the Puddle Jumper HP use?
The Puddle Jumper HP has five fin boxes (FCS II or Futures), so you can ride it as a thruster or a quad. FCS’s official …Lost fin guide pairs the original Puddle Jumper with the Mayhem Driver Tri (it does not list the HP separately), and Futures’ Puddle Jumper picks are the F6 Blackstix (neutral) or the Mayhem 3.0 5-Fin (rake). The template to look for is a raked, drive-oriented fin: on FCS II the Mayhem Driver Tri (Small, Medium, Large), with the Mayhem Driver quad rears (Medium, Large) for a quad. 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 5-Fin (Medium, Large) gives you the same rake template in a thruster-plus-quad set, or use the R-series Blackstix (R4, R6, R8) as a thruster. Futures sizes its fins as Small 95–135 lbs, Medium 125–175 lbs and Large 165 lbs and up.
Should I get the Puddle Jumper HP with a squash tail or a round tail?
The squash is the original and the small-wave specialist. …Lost says the rounded pin greatly extends the effective wave-size range into more powerful, punchy and even larger surf without being detrimental in small waves; the round also has lower rail volume, a slightly foiled tail and sleeker dims, and is meant to be ridden 1" to 2" longer at similar volume. Together, …Lost says, they make a two-board punch for all shapes of small to medium surf.
How is the Puddle Jumper HP different from the original Puddle Jumper?
…Lost pulled in the nose, brought the wide point back and narrowed the tail block, so the HP surfs more like a normal board and allows quicker, more radical turns than the other Puddle Jumper models, while keeping the flat rocker, generous width and deep central concave that give the Puddle Jumper its small-wave squirt.
What is the Puddle Jumper HP like to ride?
…Lost describes it as speed with quickness, fast but loose, precise but playful: easy to paddle and ride, with built-in speed to spare and a tail whose foiled rails and deep vee hold in at high speed.
How does the Puddle Jumper HP relate to the Puddle Jumper Pro?
The Puddle Jumper Pro was developed from the HP: at the request of Nate Yeomans and Ben Kelley, …Lost stretched the 5’6 HP to 5’8, narrowed it to 19.50", pulled in the nose and tail and raised the nose rocker closer to a performance shortboard.
Can I custom order a Puddle Jumper HP?
Yes. Use the Custom Order Puddle Jumper HP 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.
