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Who - The Lost Surfboards '97 AI Exacta PRO is designed for intermediate to advanced surfers looking for a refined, high-performance shortboard with authentic '90s DNA. Best suited to surfers who appreciate fast, precise rail surfing and want to experience the feel of one of Mayhem's most iconic performance designs, scaled for modern riders.
When - The '97 AI Exacta PRO performs best in quality waist-high to overhead waves with enough push to unlock its speed and drive. While inspired by powerful Hawaiian surf, its updated sizing allows it to excel in a wide range of everyday performance conditions, especially clean point and reef breaks or punchy beach breaks.
What - The '97 AI Exacta PRO is an exact recreation of one of Matt "Mayhem" Biolos' original performance boards built for Andy Irons during the winter of 1996/97. Painstakingly recreated from Andy's original board—which resurfaced more than 25 years later—the design has been digitally scanned and reproduced with period-correct details, including the original rocker, foil, outline, glassed-on UltraLight Hex-Core fins, leash plug, hand-written dimensions, and recreated Posca artwork. Featuring a narrow, elongated outline, thin foil, dramatic needle-nose flip-tip rocker, pulled-in squash tail, subtle hip, soft forgiving rails, and a single-to-double concave bottom with slight vee through the tail, the board blends radical '90s styling with surprisingly modern bottom contours. While visually aggressive, its smooth center rocker allows exceptional speed and flow, making it remarkably relevant by today's performance standards. Available in a modern size range, the '97 AI Exacta PRO captures the look, feel, and performance of one of surfing's most iconic eras while remaining accessible to contemporary surfers.
