fish for both stand-up and KB

gene west · Post by **gene west** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:04 pm

Lis is the designer of the"Lis Fish"-apologies to Steve....

Bill E. · Post by **Bill E.** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:14 pm

http://www.swaylocks.com/forum/gforum.c ... 678#320105

Sprocky · Post by **Sprocky** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:06 pm

I stand up surf my kneeboards all the time. In my experience any kneeboard rides much better as a stand up board than a stand up board will ride as a kneeboard. My two favorites are a Dean Cleary Gigs model, and Blast Stubb Vector, both of which are 5'10", and I'm 6'3", 195lbs.
I've had two of what I call cross over boards built, meant to be used for both kneeriding and stand-up. They both worked much better as stand-up boards. Based on my experience with Cleary's Gigs model, I'm keen to try his Voltar. If you're not stuck on having a fish, I'd say check this out
http://www.deanclearysurfboards.com/kne ... oltar.html

monkey boy · Post by **monkey boy** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:05 am

Cheers guys!

under 6' seems so short!!!! Years since I've ridden anything close to that short (except a boogie!!).

I'm wearing 6mil ribber most of the year and contending with lots of others in a small take off zone usually.

I don't want to miss all the waves!

Also don't mind the bigger board/ no fins combo so I can decided on the wave whether to KB or stand.

Enjoying all the advice. MB

Jack Beresford · Post by **Jack Beresford** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:29 am

The whole fish resurgence thing in the standup community is a bit amusing. My brother Chris took to riding his traditional fish kneeboard in some of the local standup contests about 15 years ago (mostly the YMCA stuff) and got stares of bewilderment. That is until he took off and completely destroyed junky, knee-high beachbreak. He was regularly taking out pretty good stand-up guys in spite of the fact that he kneeboards 99 percent of the time. Some of it was the board - a lot probably due to his contest experience.

Jack

Bill E. · Post by **Bill E.** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:48 pm

I think this board IS a fish quad and it does work well both ways.

I shaped it for my standup friend and it rides nice SU and KB

kneemor · Post by **kneemor** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:07 pm

get a channel island biscuit in a quad config.

ScottMac · Post by **ScottMac** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:16 pm

kidrock · Post by **kidrock** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:37 am

Scott,

that is a fantastic board, exactly what I'm looking for. How do those Speed Dialer skegs work for you, and in what conditions does the board work best?

Let me know if your quiver should become too large (insert sounds of arm being twisted)

monkey boy · Post by **monkey boy** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:57 pm

sweeeeeet !

ScottMac · Post by **ScottMac** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:01 pm

kidrock · Post by **kidrock** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:05 pm

yeah, I don't think you'd miss that Mandala much (hint, hint)

alfredo zavala · Post by **alfredo zavala** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:10 am

Hey Scott, Is that new blast an F2k model?
It looks sooooooo nice!!

ScottMac · Post by **ScottMac** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:28 am

skansand · Post by **skansand** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:18 pm

i have a 6'8 clark blank still,,,....its like 23 1/2 wide....they dont even come up on ebay anymore....wonder what ill get for it if i put it up?

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