The Short Board

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it the “Fish.”

When the short board first started to become big, there was a big
rejection from many surfers. Most of the older surfers refused to convert
from the long board. This is because of all the extra paddling and
movement required for the short board. The newer younger surfers were
stoked on the idea of the short board, but because the older surfers
wouldn’t convert, it caused a serious generation gap. There ended being
many confrontations when paddling for waves and many disputes between
witch board was better.

From the pintail, to the diamond, then to the rounded diamond, to
the square tail with knife edges, more surfers became used to the shorter
design. The board sizes drastically dropped to a 5’4 and the twin square
tail became very popular. As boards became lighter and sized to specific
shorter designs, there evolved a huge amount of custom shapes that suited
nearly every style and need. Surfers became more excited about the
different styles of short boards and ...

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