I picked up a fish a couple of weeks ago (I decided that since I know nothing about fishes I should buy one before I shape it), and was able to take it out three times so far. The board was handled like I though it would and it was fast, but it seemed hard to paddle out to the breaks. It seemed to take longer than my 6’8 short board. It caught waves okay, although I didnt get to catch all that many waves.I think I was just tired from paddlingand fighting for waves with all of the longboarders. But is it like this for everyone else when that first got on there fishes, hard to paddle distances but chatches waves decient? Do I just need to work on it longer and I will get used to it?
The board is 6’2 x 21 3/8 x 2 5/8, Im 6’2 190lbs. I tried to upload some pics byt it says my attachment exceedes the max size and I dont know how to make it smaller
For your size, get at least 3-inches thick. Make sure there’s not much nose or board rocker. Catch waves like any shortboard positioning. Fish start to light up when it hits shoulder high.
Pointy boards seem to paddle faster, the length you mention would add to that. That seems to me to be the reason these short full nose fishes need to be thick.
Remember, the fish, the board and the style of riding it, evolved almost directly from longboards.
The advanced version is the modern shortboard.
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I tried to upload some pics byt it says my attachment exceedes the max size and I dont know how to make it smaller
Here is a link to an easy-to-use free application that you can use to resize your pictures.
http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm
Rick
If we are talking traditional style fish here. No… I find my 5’10" fish paddles as well as my 7’2" bonzer egg. In fact the fish is harder to duck dive and the egg is slighly thicker. The reasons for this is the fish has more volume of foam under the chest area and where you grab the rails for duck diving. The stand up fish design evolved from kneeboarding. hence the wide tail for a parallel knee stance.
Give your fish some time getting use to.
The learning curve for a fish is longer because of it’s design and might take some time to figure out how to ride it properly.
Some people never figure it out.
Its a traditional fish, I finally got some pics to work. I really dont have problems with catching waves, it catches waves like my 7’4 and is faster than my shortboards and I can duck dive it just like my 7’4 also. The only real thing is paddling out takes for ever on it.
hi Greenboards !
…how much of your legs and feet are dragging in the water as you paddle ? (compared to your 6’8 , that is … )
cheers !
ben
I’m figuring , if you’re 6’2 and your board is 6’2 , and your lying perhaps 8-12" [?] back from the nose , and if you have at least 10" long feet , then , there will be a fair bit of you BEHIND the board as you paddle . It may sound strange , but it may be worth thinking about . ( I mentioned this in a previous “fish paddling” thread, after viewing some video a mate took of me riding mine.) I hope this helps…
Yah was chip said in his other posts.
PICK UP YOUR FEET!!!
It saves so much energy. You can put that energy where it is need and not waste it on the paddle out.
Ty
well, actually , what started that [the “fish paddling” thread] post was the fact that I noticed to have my feet still on the board [as I do all the time , when I paddle my 7’ single fin] I had spread my legs . Doing this was throwing my paddling off balance , taxing my lower back , and causing me to not get onto waves earlier.
The solution for me is to not ride such short boards , because my back at 44 is weaker than it was at 18 . And I want to keep surfing for many, MANY more years , God and health willing.
…Which was why I posted another thread on making a [6’4- 6’8" ] “thruster” [see, there is SOME method to my multi-posting madness , after all !]
ben
looks like a Tim Groh… Cippys or Surfgarage I presume…
Anyway
what I found is that you gotta move up to the point where you might not even see the nose. Coming off big boy 7’ers and being around 195lbs its a change in visual perspective I’ve kind of had a hard time adjusting to. But you’re right they paddle like sh*t and always will because that’s the design
My mandala quad is 6’4"x21.5"x3" and is the smallest board I use and even at that size it paddles like a slug on the way back put. If you do drag try and minimize the profile with the leg over leg cross and keep them still versus kicking. My 6’6" Brewer fish paddled way better almost like a 8’0 but the ride was nothing like my mandala or gemini that’s why it’s on consignment at RVs now.
One trick maybe is to paddle around on a sponge for awhile to build the “paddling perspective” you need for a fish
If you keep lifting your legs arxhing your lower back like they said, you better do alot of situps and yoga cause your back will go out before you hit your 40’s…
your a taller surfer so it will take a little while to adjust. I am 6’5" and rind a 6’ fish a lot. Fishes don’t necessarily paddle better (especially being tall and having a lot of your body dragging behind you) they just hold momentum better riding or catching in softer sections. THe biggest change, because the board is so much shorter is figuring out how to alternate lifting your feet and dropping your chest to change your center of gravity over the board when catching waves.
when I paddle I usually lift my feet out of the water, I guess I just need to get used to it