Low entry rocker
The low entry rocker is designed to help the Gremlin XL glide through weaker, slower sections and generate speed without needing perfect waves.
Pyzel Gremlin XL Surfboard
Pyzel Surfboards · FunFormance
Gremlin XL
A fuller-volume, shorter and wider Pyzel built for quick acceleration, easy speed and paddle power — without losing the performance side.
FunFormance 1–6ft Thruster · Quad · 5-Fin Small-Wave Performance
The Gremlin XL
More volume. More paddle power. Still properly fun to surf.
Pyzel designed the Gremlin XL for surfers who like the feel of boards such as the Ghost and Phantom, but want something shorter and chunkier for smaller surf. The idea is simple: make weak, slower waves easier to surf without turning the board into something that loses its performance character.
The wider outline and low entry rocker help it generate speed and glide through weaker sections, while curve through the tail rocker keeps the board performance oriented and manoeuvrable.
Wave Range 1–6ft
Designed to make smaller, weaker surf more enjoyable while retaining performance.
Outline Wide & Full
The fuller outline gives the board speed, glide, paddle power and extra volume.
Bottom Single → Double → Vee
Single with double to Vee is designed to combine speed with drive and response.
Fin Setup 3 / 4 / 5 Fin
Pyzel lists thruster, quad (custom order) and five-fin options.
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The Gremlin XL makes smaller, weaker waves feel a whole lot more fun — without losing the performance feel you want under your feet.
Bob Gnarly Pyzel Gremlin XL · Editorial Take
What makes it work
Speed first. Performance still very much included.
Pyzel's current Gremlin XL description centres on extra volume, a shorter and wider outline, low entry rocker and curve through the tail. Together they are intended to make the board accelerate quickly while retaining a lively, performance feel.
Wide, fuller outline
The shorter, wider and fuller package gives the board extra paddle power and helps it carry speed through smaller, weaker sections.
Tail rocker & Vee
Curve through the tail rocker and Vee off the tail are there to keep the Gremlin XL responsive, drivey and capable of proper rail surfing.
The shape
A small-wave board that hasn't forgotten how to surf.
The Gremlin XL combines a fuller outline with a low entry rocker for speed and glide, then brings curve back into the tail rocker to preserve manoeuvrability.
Underneath, Pyzel describes a single with double to Vee through the tail. The combination is intended to make the board paddle easily, get up to speed quickly and still feel snappy and drivey once you're on the wave.
Outline Shorter, wider and fuller outline
Rocker Medium nose rocker with medium tail rocker and a low-entry feel
Bottom Single with Double to Vee
Fin options Thruster, quad (custom order) and five-fin
Who is the Gremlin XL for?
One shape, a surprisingly broad range of surfers.
Step down from a performance board
Pyzel says higher-level surfers can ride the Gremlin XL as much as 4–6 inches below their height and still find a genuine high-performance side to the board.
A daily small-wave option
For an intermediate surfer, Pyzel recommends starting around your own height, while retaining the XL's wider and thicker dimensions.
Moving towards a shorter board
Pyzel also positions the Gremlin XL as a transitional option for surfers ready to move on from a longboard or other larger board into a FunFormance shape.
Sizing
Gremlin XL dimensions.
These are the current standard Gremlin XL dimensions published by Pyzel. The XL range runs from 5'6" to 6'8", from 30.5L to 48.8L.
| Size | Width | Thickness | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5'6" | 19.88" | 2.50" | 30.5L |
| 5'7" | 20.13" | 2.56" | 32.1L |
| 5'8" | 20.25" | 2.63" | 33.6L |
| 5'9" | 20.38" | 2.63" | 34.3L |
| 5'10" | 20.63" | 2.69" | 36.0L |
| 5'11" | 20.88" | 2.69" | 36.7L |
| 6'0" | 21.00" | 2.75" | 38.3L |
| 6'2" | 21.13" | 2.81" | 40.4L |
| 6'4" | 21.25" | 2.88" | 42.7L |
| 6'6" | 21.50" | 2.94" | 45.6L |
| 6'8" | 21.75" | 3.06" | 48.8L |
Watch the Gremlin XL
See the shape and thinking behind the board.
Gremlin XL · Pyzel Surfboards
One of the two videos currently linked from Pyzel's Gremlin XL product page.
Gremlin · Pyzel Funformance
The second current video linked from the Gremlin XL page, showing the wider FunFormance context.
Two useful tools
Know your volume. Then build your board.
Find your ideal volume.
Not sure which Gremlin XL volume to start from? Our calculator gives you a recommended volume range based on your weight, surfing ability, fitness and the waves you surf most often.
Find My Volume →Build your Gremlin XL.
Choose your Gremlin XL, work through the available options and create the board you're looking for.
Open Board Builder →Bob's Take
The Gremlin XL makes sense for the waves most of us actually get.
The interesting thing about the Gremlin XL is that Pyzel hasn't simply made a bigger, flatter small-wave board. The shape is built around getting easy speed without completely switching off the performance side of the board.
For UK surfers, that makes the concept pretty appealing. If your local forecast is regularly more "fun" than "epic", a board that helps you generate speed, paddle easily and still gives you something to push against when a section appears can make a lot of sense.
The big decision is sizing. Pyzel's own guidance ranges from significantly shorter for experienced surfers to around your height for intermediate surfers, while the XL dimensions deliberately stay wider and thicker. We'd use the volume calculator as a starting point rather than simply copying somebody else's dimensions.
Ready to ride one?
Build your Gremlin XL.
Start with your volume, then head into the Bob Gnarly Board Builder and create the Gremlin XL you're looking for.
