Hey I’m interested in making a new “do it all” shortboard for myself. I’m keen to see what people think of one board quiver style boards that seem pretty popular these days. Keeping it up to date with the shorter wider theme too. Aesthetically the curves look nice and they look like well balanced boards. But how they surf is what’s most important.
I’m 5’9" and 145ish lbs and will be surfing in waist to just overhead beachbreak waves.
In my head I’m thinking…
5’6" x 19" or thereabouts, widepoint about an inch or so up,
round tail
low nose rocker
medium - aggressive tail rocker
quad (maybe thruster?)
pretty standard single - double concave
I know these are all the rage and Lost. have an aptly named model ( http://lostsurfboards.net/boards/quiver-killer/). I was thinking of basing it off someting like that, but reducing nose rocker and increasing the thickness under the chest and even maybe width in the nose.
My question is, do these boards tend to not work well, as you’re trying to achieve too much with one board? If anyone’s made something like this I’d love to know about them and how they went.
You left out some important details. What sort of waves do you want your one board quiver board to work in and what is your level of skill. I think they are a good choice for most East Coast conditions but my view would be different if I lived on the West Coast.
It would be surfed in waist height to just overhead, mainly in beachbreaks but to clarify, the beaches i surf throw up a variety of conditions so it’s hard to say. We get fuller high tide waves as well as nice steep and punchy closeouts.
I guess the idea behind the board is that it can work well in all but the extremes, ie. anywhere from knee to maybe well overhead. Flatter and steeper waves too. Any smaller or bigger and you’d need a proper specialised board.
I’m in my 20’s, fairly fit and I’m a competent surfer but no shredder. I generally surf more down the line and cutback rather than sitting right in the pocket and surfing vertically like a pro might.
My thoughts for the board were to keep it smaller so it fits into smaller waves. Keep some volume and reduce nose lift so it paddles and doesn’t push water. Increase tail rocker so that it still turns and is able to keep the flatter nose up in steeper sections. The pulled in round tail was so it has some hold when it does get bigger. I like quads but am open to thrusters if they would suit this style of board better.
I didn’t want to go as far as something like a hypto krypto as it seems to push this “one board quiver” idea to the extremes, but rather incorporate some of the features and tone it down into something that has some resemblance to a standard shortboard which is what the Lost quiver killer seems to try and do.
I included a picture to show what i’m talking about.
I’d probably go for a thruster. It’s the best all-round fin set up in my opinion. I have twins, singles, quads and thrusters in my quiver. If I’m only taking one board somewhere I’ll take a thruster.
