Voodoo Child Quick Facts
…Lost Voodoo Child quick facts
| Brand / shaper | …Lost Surfboards, Matt “Mayhem” Biolos |
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| Collaboration | Mason Ho’s first-ever pro model, designed with creative input and vision from the freewheeling freesurfer |
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| Board type | Easy-to-ride, generously proportioned all-round shortboard: Mason’s mash-up of classic and current performance characteristics, with post-modern and retro influences |
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| Built for | Surfers who, like Mason, want effortless forward glide off the front foot with quick, loose release off the tail |
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| Tail | Wide squash behind a noticeable bump/hip, with a slight double-concave deck in the tail |
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| Design | Lower-than-typical nose rocker, relaxed curve through the center and a healthy kick in the tail; a modern concave hull with generous single and double concave through a curvy rail rocker, deepest through the fins under the rear foot; a more parallel outline through the center for drive that blends rapidly into a pulled-in nose tip; a classic, 1980s-influenced beak nose that carries a bit of extra volume forward for momentum and paddle power; modern full, forgiving, tucked-soft rails, foiled down in the last 12" of the tail to keep volume under the rear foot and let Mason “knife in” the wide, deeply concaved tail block |
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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 | 5’0 to 6’4 (20.00 L to 37.25 L) |
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| Sizing | Your regular shortboard volume; in …Lost’s stock dims it runs about 1" shorter than a Driver 3.0 at the same volume |
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| Constructions we stock | Always: PU (poly), Light Speed II and Black Sheep Built. Also stocked at times: Black Dart 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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Voodoo Child Q&A
What size Voodoo Child should I get?
Ride the Voodoo Child at your regular shortboard volume: …Lost describes it as an easy-to-ride, generously proportioned all-round shortboard, and the beak nose carries a little extra volume forward. Comparing …Lost’s stock dims, it runs about 1" shorter than a Driver 3.0 of the same volume. For example, if you ride a 5’11 Driver 3.0 (28.50 L), look at the 5’10 (19.25" x 2.38", 29.00 L). Stock sizes run from 5’0 (17.75" x 2.13", 20.00 L) to 6’4 (20.50" x 2.66", 37.25 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 Voodoo Child use?
The Voodoo Child 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 both brands’ pick for …Lost’s performance shortboards; the Voodoo Child’s parallel outline through the center is built for drive, which a raked fin adds to. 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.
What makes the Voodoo Child different?
It is Mason Ho’s mash-up of classic and current design. Mason likes effortless forward glide projecting from his front foot but demands quick, loose release off the tail, so …Lost gave it a lower-than-typical nose rocker, a relaxed curve through the center and a healthy kick in the tail, with a modern concave hull that is deepest through the fins. The outline is more parallel through the center for drive, with a noticeable bump/hip into a wide squash tail that encourages quick, angular surfing and harkens back to late-’80s lines, and the whole thing is topped with a classic 1980s beak nose.
Why does the Voodoo Child have a beak nose?
Mason demanded it. The classic, 1980s-influenced beak nose is a nod to the days when his father Michael Ho and uncle Derek Ho ruled the North Shore, and …Lost says it is functional too: it carries a bit of extra volume forward into the nose for momentum and paddle power, lessens the risk of breaks, then rapidly reduces thickness in a stylish way, which works well with a low nose rocker like the Voodoo Child’s.
What is the double-concave deck on the Voodoo Child for?
…Lost built a slight double concave into the deck in the tail to help Mason lock his rear foot into the board, especially with his typical no-traction-pad approach, and to give the board that magic “surfed in” feeling right off the sanding rack. Along with rails that are foiled down in the last 12" of the tail, it keeps some extra volume under the rear foot for stability while letting the wide, deeply concaved tail block knife in.
What constructions does the Voodoo Child come in?
We always stock the Voodoo Child in PU (poly), Light Speed II and Black Sheep Built, and we have also stocked it in Black Dart and Carbon Wrap. Each in-stock board on this page lists its construction. All constructions are available for custom order through our …Lost 3D board builder.
Can I custom order a Voodoo Child?
Yes. Use the Custom Order Voodoo Child 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.
