Here’s my second ever board. I’m pretty happy with it - better in everyway than my first.
Nothing that hasn’t already been posted but I hope it’s worth showing that just about anyone can make a workable compsand if you put your mind to it.
It’s a 5’8" quad fish. I have a 5’10" poly fish that’s starting to sink in the deck after 2 years so this is a replacement. I figured with the much lighter weight I could go shorter and narrower and still catch waves easy, and probably go rail to rail a bit easier too.
My 5’10" is 4 kg or 8.8 pounds (double six ounce deck single 6 bottom) - this is 2.2 kg or 4.8 pounds without the fins!
Will be intersting to see how the light weight translates to a more trad fish design. Should be surf in a couple of days so I’ll report back.
First ride today. One to two foot average beachbreak. Soft waves with the occassional steepish long walls.
The board I’m comparing it to is a 5’10’ poly twin keeled fish mentioned above. I wanted the new fish to catch waves as easily, but go rail to rail faster so I could do a few more turns in the pocket.
Well the new one does all the fishy stuff - catches waves easy, skates all over the place and is super fast. What it does better…
…feels like it accelerates much faster - probably because it’s lighter?
…surfs off the tail better - could be because it’s 1/2" narrower in the tail?
…easier to switch front to back foot surfing - might be 'cause it’s 2" shorter so don’t have to shift the feet much.
…drives off the bottom turn up into the lip much tighter - difference between a twin and quad?
…turns off the lip much smoother and tighter too.
… and much easier to flick and snap through turns etc - that’s gotta be the lighter weight.
So I’m pretty stoked with how it goes on the first session.
I was worried it would be too light and lose momentum over flat sections but that was no problme. Tomorrow will be more of a test - much bigger, steeper waves and screaming offshores.
