Thommen Custom Sailboards

04/04/2026

smiles for miles for Dirk Cornelis and his Junior, who drove up all the way from Belgium to collect his first REAL DEAL Peter Thommen shaped GLIDE265LTD, the original Glidewonder Concept Shape. Dirk started windsurfing on a real Windsurfer with teak boom, from there on he went thru all the phases to fall in and out of love with the Mother of all Funsports now aiming to get back into shape gliding the Glide and pass on his passion to his son. it was a real pleasure meeting you Dirk, wish you many happy years sailing your new stick.

16/03/2026

kiek nâh da's toch Peter Jonker de uit Utreg? ja de vader van Mas Jonker met ze nieuwe grote kleine, de 70 liter had ie al en nu nog een verse 80 erbij - lekker blijffuh surruffuh ouwe rocker, rip on!

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10/03/2026

our friend Florian Kai Jauch from Windsurfing Urnersee on the new FAST-R² 117L in his happy place, that's Lahami Bay Egypt where the water is warm, the wind is strong and the missiles are peaceful and only shoot across the water.

sail + mast - Morpho Sails 6.3 + Morpho RDM100/430
board - new Thommen Custom Sailboards FAST-R² 117
fin - 36cm Meanline from Kai Hopf (20 yr old fin still rocking!)
boom - al360.it
spot - Lahami Bay, Berenice Egypt.

28/02/2026

OK ok ok ok there's some Thommen friends who got inspired to make our GLIDE265 glide up even earlier - I don't know how much quicker it planes up, but still's a damned cool project from from Innsbruck.

26/02/2026

https://www.surf-magazin.de/windsurfen/boards/freerace/laenger-und-komfortabler-thommen-fast-r-neues-board-fuer-slalom-fans/

DANKE SURFMAGAZINE.DE FÜR EUREN SUPPORT!

Thommen bringt mit dem FAST-R² ein neues Board für den Slalom-Bereich. Der Shape kommt mit längerer Outline, Doppelkonkaven und moderaten Step-Rails.

23/02/2026

FAST-R² *NEW*

Go Faster, Easier.

“There are fast boards or easy boards.” That was the common belief—past tense. Now, we’ve managed to combine both concepts: you can go faster and do it easier. Introducing the new Fast-R² models.

For too long, we’ve watched slalom and race board development moving toward increasingly extreme designs. Each season has brought a new must-have feature for best-ever downwind dash performance. At the same time, we watched our friends mostly sailing back and forth – across the wind – on boards designed to excel on a very different course. We’ve found ourselves wondering what’s that all about.

We listened to ever more frequent complaints about how harsh and difficult the “new” boards were, and how sailing them took its toll on everyone’s knees and backs. Yet our peeps were willing to suffer through it all, because “boys just wanna go fast”.

We’ve seen you struggle. We’ve been listening, observing, contemplating. Building upon what we’ve learned through our Gleitwunder Concept, we knew the go-fast community needed a new tool. The Fast-R². Designed for everyone who just wants to go faster up, down and across the wind. Without struggle, without pain.

Fast-R² Design Characteristics

Longer outlines allow for smoother rocker lines and improved efficiency in planing performance, especially in the lower and mid-strength wind ranges.
Continuous double-concave and Vee bottom contours provide lift at lower initial speeds, favor increasing and maintaining lift, and delivering smoother rides even in rough waters.
The boards rely on their bottom designs rather than on oversized fins to produce lift. This difference in concept reveals itself favorably sailing across the wind and through the wind range. Going fast-r² on all points of sail.
Moderate step-rails provide a comfortable stance and enhance control.
A recessed mast track position allows for better sail positioning and more effective power transfer.

VOLUME LENGTH WIDTH OFO THICKNESS
107 241 67 44.6 11.4
117 243 70 46.5 11.8
134 248 75 48.6 12.3
154 250 79 53.6 13
(dimensions in liters and centimeters subject to alteration)

https://thommen1.com/semi-custom-boards/

stay tuned for availabilty and more....

22/12/2025

yes you got it right and no your eyes are not deceiving you but there's a new 'single fin' development from the hands of Peter Thommen coming next year and it will be frikin' F-A-S-T!

stay tuned for more.

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27/10/2025

HOLY TRIDENT - our Ride 255 just got a big thumbs up from German SURF, thanks for taking it for a spin Stephan!!

here's the overseas translation (by google) >>>

HOLY TRIDENT
Shaping icon Peter Thommen presents a daring concept with the Thruster Freerider.
Here's your quick and reliable buying guide for the Thommen Ride in 60 seconds: Are you looking for a freeride board that starts planing quickly and easily, starting at approximately 2.55 meters? And on which you can slip into the straps even faster and easier than into an oversized slippers? A board that never rears up uncontrollably, even with a 5.5 sail in strong winds? A board that always zips flat and controlled across the water, yet can be squeezed through tight turns on jibes, and, thanks to its short fins, also performs well in shallow, flat waters? On which the pressure is evenly distributed across both feet, even at top speed, and which glides completely independently through choppy water without the need for active stabilization? A board on which you can stand very relaxed and with a comfortable foot position, even in the comparatively far inner outer strap positions, thanks to the low leverage of the fins? The Ride 125 offers all of this – and the LTD version also has a sophisticated, lightweight construction. However, the three short fins (1 x 28 cm + 2 x 10 cm) generate little lift when planing. Therefore, the Ride can't be pumped up like a "normal" sporty freeride or freecarve board and then accelerated with pressure via the fins. Especially in light planing winds and on upwind courses, the support of a long fin is lacking – which, however, also requires more riding skill and body tension. Wide planing jibes are easy to achieve, and the board can be properly carved, especially in flat water. However, for perfect planing, the fins also offer less support in turns. Could this exceptional board be right for you? Then you can find detailed reviews on surf-magazin.de.
Surf conclusion: A narrow and rather small-looking, but very easy-to-surf freemove board with a very wide wind range and very easy control. Less powerful in light planing winds than boards with a long single fin.
Captions:
Three short fins and a slim tail enable very tight jibe radii, even at high speed.
Three short fins and the step deck are the standout features. The glazed, lapped nose completes the sophisticated look of the LTD version.

22/10/2025

here's a very Happy Henker with his new "North Sea Cruiser 155", a new development based on our extended GLEITWUNDER shape which is standing tall and proud with 270cm (!) in length at 78cm width - watch the Man on Orange float over the rollers at his home spot Wijk aan Zee and Makkum!

24/07/2025

https://youtu.be/qtNI0E1H62c?si=NoapIgks458HWL31

WHOOOP WHOOOOOOOP

mega - thanks Tris Best and Scott Stallman from the OTC for nailing it with our GLEITWUNDER CONCEPT on the RIDE255STD - great review and thanks for giving a platform to our niche brand!



Peter Thommen Cobra International Morpho Sails

The boys have been busy at it testing out The Thommen Ride 225 and Morpho Sails 6.9m.Plug and play ease is the name of the game with this set up. Aimed at th...

07/05/2025

YES! this also is our T1 RIDE255ltd measuring 255cm (!!) x 72.5cm @ 125L - this longboardwonder is our 3 fin allrounder offering the early planing of a 140L at a control only a 105L and smaller boards may offer.

admitted the rider our T1/Morpho friend Marcel Klein on his smoking-home-spot is Hulky and the 4.7m2 Morpho Sails in green has similar powers ;-)

rider: MARCEL
venue: WORKUM It Soal FRL
board: RIDE255LTD
fins: standard 28cm center + 2 x 10cm trackers from T1/Gasoil
rig: Morpho 4.7 + Morpho RDM100/370 + AL360 Carbon Slim 140.
supplier: GearFreak Hindeloopen

02/05/2025

>true windsurf passion< that's the one and only reason to take 2 of our greatest shapes into production, making THE REAL DEAL affordable to more windsurf afficionados around the globe - look at Sylvia's new RIDE255LTD resting on the pebble beach at her Lake Uri home spot - admitted, it took some time to convince but now Sylvia is glad she chose it over some 'single-fin-slalom-oriented-shape' of brand XYZ on which she'd had to push hard on the rails and found it very diff to get in the outboard footstraps, not so with the Ride255 where you can find an easy-rider-stance closer to the center line. our taller and therefore early planing "Gleitwunder Concept Shape" gave the final push and now she's enjoying every to the fullest, using only a 5.5 and 6.5 Ezzy for propulsion.