Description

Program

The ultimate longboard for noseriding lovers, honed to perfection.

Presentation

The Frank is a refined and unapologetic version of what a longboard can deliver in small waves.

Sitting between the Deano and the Incredible Ten in the GONG range, it stays true to classic noseriding while enhancing it with bold design choices and cutting-edge technology.

Featuring a long yet refined outline, increased volume, and an extra-wide tail, the Frank delivers exceptional lift and stability for noseriding. Its slim profile ensures quick paddling, offering a smooth glide and maximizing every ounce of wave energy.

The broad tail locks in the water flow, creating remarkable lift and stability at the nose. It feels as if you're floating, effortlessly maintaining your trajectory with perfect control.

A slightly more pronounced rocker finely balances the board’s substantial volume, granting it remarkable maneuverability for its size. Transitions between nose and tail flow effortlessly, delivering a smooth and intuitive ride. The rails stay true to the classic 50-50 shape, ensuring a sweet glide while honoring traditional longboard design.

Thanks to its ample volume and carefully tuned rocker, the Frank gets into waves early and keeps a seamless glide. It’s built for surfers who want the perfect balance of style and performance, with a modern edge that transforms each wave into a creative playground.

From flowing through sections with ease to holding timeless noserides or just embracing the beauty of the ride, the Frank embodies the very essence of a noserider longboard.

NEW

Surf Frank EPS

Name: GONG - Surf Frank EPS
Brand: GONG
SKU: GON25BOASURFRAEPSWHI-98
Price: 609.0 EUR
Availability: InStock

The longboard from another dimension.

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649€

Taille 9'8

8'6
9'3
9'8
10'3

Surf Socks

Longboard 10'0 / BLACK / WHITE

Surf / SUP Perf Ankle Leash - 7mm

10' / Black

Microfiber Poncho

Gris

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Quality boards conceived in France

Direct sale from shaper to surfer

Pay in multiple installments

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Specifications

9'8 | 264.6cm
23 1/4" | 59.0cm
3 3/16" | 8.1cm
Volume: 89.0L

Rider

Intermediate

Expert

80kg

88kg

103kg

110kg

Conditions

Wave size

Knee

Waist

Overhead

Wave speed

Slow

Moderate

Fast

Wave shape

Soft

Steep

Hollow

Aptitudes

Paddling comfort

Verticality

Carving

Cruising

Natural speed

Noseriding

Program

Description

Program

The ultimate longboard for noseriding lovers, honed to perfection.

Presentation

The Frank is a refined and unapologetic version of what a longboard can deliver in small waves.

Sitting between the Deano and the Incredible Ten in the GONG range, it stays true to classic noseriding while enhancing it with bold design choices and cutting-edge technology.

Featuring a long yet refined outline, increased volume, and an extra-wide tail, the Frank delivers exceptional lift and stability for noseriding. Its slim profile ensures quick paddling, offering a smooth glide and maximizing every ounce of wave energy.

The broad tail locks in the water flow, creating remarkable lift and stability at the nose. It feels as if you're floating, effortlessly maintaining your trajectory with perfect control.

A slightly more pronounced rocker finely balances the board’s substantial volume, granting it remarkable maneuverability for its size. Transitions between nose and tail flow effortlessly, delivering a smooth and intuitive ride. The rails stay true to the classic 50-50 shape, ensuring a sweet glide while honoring traditional longboard design.

Thanks to its ample volume and carefully tuned rocker, the Frank gets into waves early and keeps a seamless glide. It’s built for surfers who want the perfect balance of style and performance, with a modern edge that transforms each wave into a creative playground.

From flowing through sections with ease to holding timeless noserides or just embracing the beauty of the ride, the Frank embodies the very essence of a noserider longboard.

OUTLINE

The Frank’s outline is fully dedicated to noseriding, featuring a generous nose but, more importantly, a massive tail with an ultimate OFO. This tail locks the board into its line when noseriding, and combined with a pronounced rocker, it continuously lifts the nose as the tail engages with the water.

The widest point is kept moderate for a board of this volume, ensuring excellent paddling efficiency.

ROCKER

The Frank features a significant rocker—one of the most pronounced in the longboard range. However, it remains exceptionally smooth and almost continuous. This results in a board that doesn’t catch on every little imperfection, carves seamlessly through turns, and uses its inertia to transition fluidly between turns.

HULL

The Frank’s hull shape stays true to tradition: a spoon and convex bottom shape, perfectly suited for this bold noserider in the world of classic logs. Expect smooth rail-to-rail transitions, aggressive stalls, a rock-solid nose, and a water release that enhances glide even at low speeds.

TAIL

The tail of the Frank is huge, yet its smooth, rounded lines ensure it remains fluid and unobtrusive. It provides the perfect platform for stylish drop knee turns and an effortless glide in smaller waves.

RAILS

With classic 50/50 rails, the Frank embraces tradition while prioritizing glide over planing speed. It’s all about a smooth, unrestricted flow, enhancing every moment on the wave.

EPS Surfboard Technology

Premium materials: EPS blanks, Epoxy resin, fiberglass. Materials selected to meet the requirements of our specs.
100% Epoxy resin board on 28kg/m³ EPS foam blank with wood stringer (3mm).
Deck details: 2 layers of 6oz fiberglass, 1 layer of 4oz fiberglass.
Bottom details: 1 layer of 6oz fiberglass, 1 layer of 4oz fiberglass, plus 1 layer of 4oz fiberglass reinforcement patch covering tail and fin boxes.
CNC preshape, shape control via traditional templates, 100% hand-finished.
Matte finish for better glide, reduced scratch sensitivity, and a comp look.
This technology is easily repairable like new in case of damage and offers an excellent strength/responsiveness/weight ratio highlighting all the shape’s technical qualities.
It is THE modern technology, in fiberglass or carbon, currently favored by the most technical surfers seeking top performance.
These boards are 100% shaped and glassed in our Asian factory that strictly replicates our methods developed and tested in France in our workshop.

Technical sheet

Surf Frank EPS EPS / 9'8

Download the user guide

Buying guide

For whom?

The Frank is designed for longboarders passionate about pure noseriding, seeking a board fully dedicated to this discipline. Its design optimizes nose time by delivering the ideal mix of stability, lift, and seamless glide.

The Frank suits both experienced longboarders and intermediate surfers looking to refine their style and progress in the classic log repertoire. It’s not a versatile all-rounder or a radical modern longboard—it’s made for those who seek ultra-stylish glide, precise lines, stalls, and flow on the nose.

For what?

Designed for effortless flow, the Frank is all about engaging with the wave rather than pushing aggressive modern turns. Its generous tail and finely tuned rocker allow it to settle seamlessly into the wave’s line, offering unmatched stability for extended noserides.

With the Frank, everything is designed to adapt your surf to the wave and extract its purest essence. It naturally locks into the perfect line, allowing the surfer to focus on positioning and style without struggle or loss of control.

Which size?

What are the ideal waves?

The Frank is built for small waves, where it can fully unleash its potential.

It excels in knee- to waist-high conditions, with a preference for long, sluggish waves that allow for smooth lines and extended time on the nose. Perfect for point breaks, slow beach breaks, and clean, gently peeling waves.

The Frank isn’t meant for aggressive surfing or high-speed waves. Its design is all about smooth flow and stability, not explosive maneuvers.

Which fin setup?

The choice of fin plays a crucial role in how the Frank performs.

A 10” to 11” single fin with a broad base offers superior control and stability for noseriding, though it may somewhat restrict speed and responsiveness.
A pivot fin will help maintain the line and lock the board in place under the nose, especially in sizes over 10’’. It provides more speed and freedom compared to a fin that is uniformly wide throughout its length.
A fin with a touch more rake can add some drive and playfulness, but the Frank is designed for smooth, refined glide rather than increased maneuverability.
A single-fin setup is essential to stay true to the Frank’s pure noserider program and fully embrace its unique flow.

Which bag?

Equipments

These boards are built with a through-deck leash plug and a US fin box.

1 GONG POSTER central fin:
- 10.5” for 8’6 and 9’3 sizes
- 11” for 9’8 and 10’3 sizes
1 high-resistance central US box
Through-deck leash plug on the tail to never lose your board.

Delivery

Delivery delay

We indicate a preparation and shipping time of 3 working days. In reality, the majority of orders are shipped within 24/48 hours.

The delivery time, i.e. delivery time of the package to your home, then depends on the delivery location and the carrier.

We work with reliable and efficient carriers. 99% of shipments go perfectly and quickly. In the case of the remaining 1%, rest assured that we will do what is necessary with the carrier.

Shipping fees

Unlike other sites, shipping costs are not hidden behind the price of our products. You know exactly what shipping costs you, and you are not disadvantaged if you choose to collect your order at our GONG Space Center.

Shipping costs are calculated based on the weight and volume of each package, and your delivery address.

Tracking your package

Delivery tracking is managed directly by the carriers to whom we have entrusted your packages. They will contact you by email or SMS to allow you to choose delivery methods and follow the route of your package.

Carriers

We work with the best transport societies to deliver to you throughout Europe and the world within very short deadlines. We chose them for their quality of service and their compliance with deadlines.

For mainland France, 80% of your orders arrive at their destination in less than 48 hours of processing.

For Europe, delivery times vary from 3 to 6 working days, depending on the country of destination.

For the rest of the world, delivery times depend on transit time and customs clearance time. This delay depends on customs and can last from a few days to a few weeks depending on the destination and seasonality.

Please note, transport time is added to preparation/shipping time. Two companies collaborate on your order (GONG and the carrier). Each one masters its activity and is committed to optimizing its deadlines so that you are delivered as quickly as possible and at a reasonable price.

Eco-responsible packaging

Preserving the environment is an absolute priority. This is why we do everything possible to reduce our ecological footprint.

The most important thing is to sell quality, durable products that will be repairable and will please you for a long time.

For our shipments, we use:

Scotch craft paper.

Final packaging in high-end cardboard.

For rigid boards: Flexi-Hex, very high resistance ecological packaging.

This means:

Reusable and recyclable packaging.

An almost total reduction in single-use plastic.

Maximum protection and impact resistance for rigid boards thanks to the innovative Flexi-Hex honeycomb design (35mm thick).

Receipt of your product

Upon delivery, check the condition of your package in the presence of the carrier. A complete explanation email on the procedure to follow will be sent to you when your order is shipped.

Despite our requirements and all the care we take in the packaging and protection of your product, transport hazards may occur, and your product may suffer more or less significant transport damage.

Note that the products are protected in their carton. If you have any doubts, simply refuse delivery and contact us.

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