A balance board should train the stance you actually use, which is where most of them fall short. Badger is cut to a full 1800mm board outline from 18mm pine plywood, so instead of shuffling on a stubby deck you stand where you'd really stand feet over the stringer, weight through the arches, the whole length of the board responding underneath you.
Change the difficulty in about ten seconds
The two half-circle rockers pull straight out of their slots and drop back in a different orientation. Turn them one way and you get a gentle, forgiving wobble that a beginner can find their feet on. Turn them the other and the contact patch shrinks to something that will humble a confident adult inside four seconds. No tools, no bolts, no buying a second board when someone improves you just pull, rotate and reslot. It means one board genuinely works for a nervous first-timer and a surfer doing off-season training. It is CNC-cut from 18mm pine plywood and finished with Woodoc Interior, so the surface is sealed against sweat and damp feet without going slippery-glossy underfoot.
- Material: 18mm Pine Plywood
- Finish: coated with Woodoc Interior
- Dimensions: 515mm (W) x 1800mm (H)
- Difficulty: adjustable via two repositionable half-circle rockers
- Adjustment: tool-free pull out, rotate, slot back in
- Use: freestanding, indoor or under cover
- CNC-cut and made in South Africa
Good to know
Use it on carpet, a rug or a mat rather than a polished floor the rockers want a bit of grip, and tiles turn the whole thing into a slip hazard. Barefoot gives you the best feel and the most grip on the sealed surface; socks are asking for trouble. Start every new rider on the easiest rocker setting and give them clear space on all sides, because the first few attempts end with a step off rather than a graceful dismount. Kids take to it fast, but it is a training tool rather than a toy, so it deserves the same supervision you'd give a skateboard.
Off-season surf training, rugby pre-season, physio balance work or just something that makes the lounge more interesting. See the rest of our surfboard and ocean board range.
