The Quantex is a high performance wave board that specifically excels in wind swell wave venues.  As the name indicates, the Quantex genealogy includes both the Quantum – the original Simmer Style wind swell wave board, and the Cortex – the innovative short rail line Simmer wave board, specifically designed for performance riding in less than ideal conditions.  The rocker of the Quantex comes from the original Cortex. Just as the rocker of the Simmer Flywave, it was developed  from Kai Katchadourian’s special Peahi board. This means  a relatively low rocker in the center of the board combined with a constant curve rocker in the rear part.  The main features of this rocker is a high wave riding-speed range. The rocker provides a stable platform in high speed conditions with bigger and choppier waves as well as providing the rider with speed containment in slower onshore conditions.

The central challenge for wind swell performance wave boards is to, provide  tight turning board in smaller waves and control bigger waves, which in wind swell locations means chop and high wind. In the Quantex, the  mechanism for solving this problem lies in the outline. By fitting a relatively low curvature  central outline into a relatively short package, we have achieved to  combine stability at high speeds speed with agility at lower speeds. A slighly wider tail that is finished in a jet tail, that is a swallow with the corners chamfered off, provides an excellent platform for early planing and for carrying speed through the bottom turn when winds and waves proves less drive.

The Quantex 109 features a slightly different rocker and outline that combines a slightly longer rail length with single concave to vee-based rocker optimized for  carrying  heavier sailors and bigger sails.