Surfing Waves

mine is:
9ft robert august
6'2 fry fish
hopefuly if i get the money together im getting a 7'3 SPD.

7' Midget Smith funboard
6'1" flyerish shape made by me, cept as a twinnie :)
6'2" copy of a plastic fantastic bonzer (still in the making, it looks like its gunna be a really fun board)

Beach Beat 6'0" fish


Spider 6'2" rounded pin


Lost 6'2" squashtail

with dings!

got a 7.6 mini mal and 6.4 ron jon, the 6.4 is for sale if anyone is interested?

got a 9'2 south point prob will be selling in a few months to buy a proper glassed longboard maybe a nose rider for those small summer days

will be ordering a 6'4 bunty twin keel fin fish early next month

9'2" McTavish Fireball (soon to be sold!)
6'10" Yater original 70's singlefin (needs some TLC!)
9'2" Gulfstream Longboard (now 11 yrs old!)

just ordered 9'4" South Coast Rincon Stylemaster.

hubba hubba.

The hi-top of my van currently contains...

7'6 Bic mini-mal (used by girlfriend, or me when its really small an gutless)
7'4 Mac from Tunnel Vision, double-ender/funboard (excellent board, works in all conditions)
6'10 Mac shortboard.

...Would quite like a 6' fish to go with them...

Broosta wrote:with dings!

haha niiiiice broosta, how'd you manage that?

hey phil what are those southpoint longboards like ?

jonny im jelious mate that board looks soooo nice how about giving me a nice big discount on one for being such a loyal customer :lol:

k mac the boards ok great to learn on, there pretty much bulit proof so if you want a board to learn on thats gonna last years then there worth geting, but i want to get a more traditonal longboard that i can do drop knee turns and hang 5 a little easyer

DeathFrog - One too many bottom turns ! I knew it was shallow but...

drowningbitbybit wrote:7'4 Mac from Tunnel Vision, double-ender/funboard (excellent board, works in all conditions)
6'10 Mac shortboard.

...Would quite like a 6' fish to go with them...

Mac surfboards rule huh! Ive got a 6'6'' shaped by the man himself

why do you call them fishes(surfboards rights?!?)
sorri im new to surfing and trying to learn all i can!!!

The "fish" design was accidentially designed by a California by the name of Skip Fry, He was making a kneeboard one day and his test-rider discovered when completed he could actually stand on it. This was in a time of 7 foot long shortboards...the original one was (I believe) 5'10" long, they are twin-fin design with large traditionally wooden fins that face straight ahead...as opposed to the "hybrid" fish which is a combination of old fish shape with modern fin systems.

In essence; a fish is short, wide and thick with a very broad nose and a big swallow tail.

If you want to see one go into www.swaylocks.com and search for fish. It's all there, history & all.

Top reply whoever that was .

Trying to get this board bought, its gotta a lil tail damage, but it can be fixed easy.

i dunno why it didnt show the bottom of it
8'2

The fish reply was me, thanks Broosta. Actually, real fish aren't that good to ride, I'm lucky enough to have one I bought years ago before they became cool again (and expensive). My Girlfriend at the time thought it looked "cute" and suggested I buy it...who was I to argue :-)... They go real fast in a straight line & gentle carving kinda turns...like pumping a longish skateboard along, but nope...there is a reason why board design moved on. I much prefer a hybrid fish.
Cheers

thats a mad board!!!

heres mine, its a 6'3" x 18 3/4" x 2 1/2" stuart, but I dont know what type tail it is.

is it a fish or a swallow?





and the bottom...






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That, young man, is a swallow tail shortboard.
A fish (strictly speaking) has a distance of about 6 inches from the center stringer out to each tip of the swallow tail. So the old experts say on Swaylocks.