2007 Lis duo

[Mark Ramirez]

Either fin set-ups work great on these kinds of boards. I tend to prefer the quad a little better for doing turns, two of the fins will always remain in the water. You can get really radical on these boards.

[JohnS]

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[tomway]

Thanks Nachtville - what a sweet collection of boards!
Does lis do his glassing in-house? Every posting I've seen of one of his boards in the last few years has had insane glass jobs. Extremely envious!

Anyone done a blue tint like that one before?

[Nachtville]

not sure who does his glassing. i rode the first two boards like mad and as a result the decks have pressure dings/concaves. they are easily two of the best boards ever ridden. the blue quad is double six with a four oz deck patch and feels real solid, should maintain prolonged use. the art/sculpture level is there but these boards ain't to be hung above the couch, way too fast for futurism...

[gene west]

tsenn....quad fin absolutely....you get so much more speed from a quad, it will allow you to take off very late and will cling to the most vertical and hollow sections......mine work in anything from 3-15'+, in long point walls and shallow hollow reefs to fastsand bars....love my quads!!!!

[Mark Ramirez]

Tomway, Diamond Glassing by Miramar in San Diego does Stevie's boards whenever he shapes here. They do an excellent job, and the wait is only 3-4 weeks when they are slow. They did my 5'7" in 4 weeks even with getting a load of production boards for some surf show at the Convention Center.____________Mark R.

[W.G. Facenda]

I have one done at Diamond and 2 done on Kauai. The Diamond one is lighter and a sanded finish the other's are polished Gloss and thus a little heavier....they are all keepers though

[ShaunMurphy]

'Speed fish' is the same as a 'rocket fish' right?

[Beeline2.0]

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[skansand]

great photos in the new SJ...verry unique shots ....and Ross Mcbride(pro BBr and owner of elemenohpee) is on the cover!!!

[Mark Ramirez]

Bee, Lis made the original fish in 1967, working out of his family's garage. He liked to ride pintails, but his swim fins hung over the sides and created drag. So, he designed a split -tailed board with the width to support his fins, but at the same time preserve the characteristics of the pintail. By 1973, a slightly longer version of the fish was being used by stand-up surfers, including Jeff Ching, Florida's Mike Tabeling, David Nuuhiwa, and Jim Blears. Hawaiian pro surfer Reno Abelleria brought a fish to Australia in 1976, showed it to Mark Richards, who in turn made some adjustments and developed the twin-fin design, which he used to win four world titles. Stevies fish was availible to buy from Sonshine surfboards in the early 70's.

[Mike Fernandez]

Thanks for the history lessons. I guess I have never tried a "speed fish" I have only ever owned Hayward/Bronzed Aussies "rocket fish" until now, where I own a Blast quad, and an Neil Luke Aussie tri, or can I call it a thruster?

[yogisurf]

Check out a couple of old Liss' boards.

Search albums by photo name for 'old knee boards'.

[KneeBumps]

Still have my old Jacobs 5'11 Fat Fish that I bought in 73 as a hybrid knee/standup- might have been the first in NC.
It has glass keels but they are canted and toed out, not parallel to the stringer. It flied until I cracked it against a pier on an epic day...
I never have been able to figure out who shaped it, but it was marketed by the shop as a Lis fish.

[yogisurf]

There's a picture of my '71 fish at:
Search albums by username 'yogisurf' and go to the bottom, select 'My 1st Fish - May 1971'