In the past years I did a bunch of fish in a range from 5 4 to 5 10 for different types of riders and waves (so the others dims and the shapes rely on that)
I had been got good amount of feedback.
5 11 is the larger that I do for a big guy like 95 Kg/1.87 to keep tha fishness “thing”
so I did minifishes between 4 8 and 5 2 too
but only a few and I dont have contact with the owners to provide some feedback
guys, do you have experience in that range?
the possible riders are medium skilled surfers, 1.65 - 1.70 m tall 60 - 75 Kg weight; the waves are average from 2 to 6 (most beachbreaks)
in general I’m really into to riding small boards. I am 5’9 145 and have about 20 years of solid surfing under my belt…err birdwells. For a while i was riding 70s kneeboards as stand ups as i could not get a fish smaller than 5’10. Although i really wanted to surf them…i found both paddling and surf ability to be wayyy different than a board in the 5’8 to 6’0 range. The boards were very very difficult for me to surf, the only time i saw them used with any type of proficiency was when i let a good friend borrow them (he has a skill level that is amazing…i don’t…I’m just an average dude)
the pros were: they fit in the back seat of my car and they made me very very cool, but man to surf there are significant hurdles to over come before you can even come close to seeing what they do.
5 11 is the larger that I do for a big guy like 95 Kg/1.87 to keep tha fishness “thing”
Reverb What type of dimensions do you do for such a board as I am looking at making my first board and thinking of a fish, however I am similar to the “big guy” you speak of. Thanks for any help. Brenden
my current fish i accidentally cut 4 inches off the tail while templating(over anxious mistake) the board is 4’11.75" my complaints with it are that it is too damn wide overall. tip to tip is like 14 inches, near 17"@1ft from the tail, and like 22.5 overall. The board has plenty of volume, if I were to do it again at that length I would take the width down to 20.25" so I can have some curve in the outline and be able to get the board really to go over on rail. They are definetly possible.
as far as Mike’s comment on the keels. I have to say it is dead on. unless you just want to cruise and swoop, you are best of with either a quad or twinny set up.
my current fish i accidentally cut 4 inches off the tail while templating(over anxious mistake) the board is 4’11.75" my complaints with it are that it is too damn wide overall. tip to tip is like 14 inches, near 17"@1ft from the tail, and like 22.5 overall.
hi mate !
do you have any photos of it , please ? i’d love to see it …
i made a 4’11 for a mate’s [then] 6yo son , a few years ago now . his 6 year old brother will be next in line to ride it , i guess …
chip I am about 650 miles(1000km) away from the board. but I will get one for you when I can.
feed back, I have posted this on other threads, but no problem:
too wide to go rail to rail. very slidey. excellent for floaters and long drawn out bottom turns. fast enough, it isn’t the fastest board I have ever ridden, but it does get up and plane early(i have turned down rails the whole length and like 10 degrees cant). The board is too wide for it’s own good. basically the thing is a dog. There is plenty of volume to spare in that length, so I can see making a sub 5’ fish work well.
I ll try to post a picture of the foil of one of the fish that Im doing right now
but is extremely difficult to obtain a proper pict of the bulk distro and ther relation with the rails/deck and tapered out (I shape the fish in that way)
-because I go with that thickness only with fish for the children or kids
most I shape between 2 1/2 and 2 3/4 BUT super tapered out to tail (stuff that I dont see too much in most fish)
so the very tips are 1/4" (shape without glass)
so there s only few real inches with plenty of bulk (between feet)
in this way the tail are really flexible and this is truly good when you crank up the beast