NECTAR Surfboards, 1981. A new fin confirguration is achieved that is standard until today and has marked the evolution of all modern surfboards, the thruster or trifin. These types of boards were a revolution allowing to achieve the perfect balance between speed and maneuvers, just coinciding with the establishment of professional surfing. Its creator, Simon Anderson, won his first world championship on a similar surfboard, thus establishing the thruster on the professional surfing circuit.