New Fish Type Surfboard Shapes

As we head into the Spring/Summer of 2008 and the time to dust off your fish, the folks here at surfboardbuilders are noticing some new entries to the fish world that are pretty cool and likely to make an impact this summer. Besides the normal array of fun swallow tails, some shapers have come out with fish models that substitute that wide swallow for a wide rounded or diamond tail. The result is often better performance off the top and just smoother turns in general. Plus, as one shaper put it, "I just got tired of cracking my foot on the swallow tail." We've been lucky enough to be able to test a few and they're pretty sweet. Here are a few on the site that are definitely worth taking a look at: Larry Mabile's Diamond Tail Quad (on the top left) http://www.surfboardbuilders.com/BrowseBoard.aspx?ShaperID=15 Doc's New Toy (10th board down on the left column) http://www.surfboardbuilders.com/BrowseBoard.aspx?ShaperID=27 Tim Griffin's GRT Fish (top left board) http://www.surfboardbuilders.com/BrowseBoard.aspx?ShaperID=30 Greg Sauritch's Round Tail Fish (5th board down on the right column) http://www.surfboardbuilders.com/BrowseBoard.aspx?ShaperID=19 Bob Mitsvens RTQ (4th board down on the left column) http://www.surfboardbuilders.com/BrowseBoard.aspx?ShaperID=24