Archive for the ‘Surfboards’ Category

Dec 17 2009

Top 5 Surfboard Tail Designs

Posted by Pike at 7:00 am on December 17th, 2009 to Surf Equipment, Surfboards.

When choosing what kind of board you are going to buy a question you are going to want to ask yourself is, “What kind of tail do I want on my board?”

Surfboards come with all kinds of tails.  Square, Squash, Diamond, Fish, Swallow, Bat, Pin, Thumb, Moon, and the list goes on.  These are the [...]

Nov 16 2009

Stewart Surfboards: The Solution

Posted by Tim at 7:00 am on November 16th, 2009 to Surf Equipment, Surfboards.

I’ll start off by saying that this is not the type of board I normally ride, so for me it kind of sucked, but I’m going to review this board based on what it was meant for by the shaper. I’m a small lightweight guy that prefers high performance shortboards. The Solution by Stewart Surfboards [...]

Oct 19 2009

Channel Islands Surftech Ksmall: Part I

Posted by Tim at 7:00 am on October 19th, 2009 to Surf Equipment, Surfboards.

If you really want to get a Surftech board, then I suggest being patient and finding a good deal on one. If you want one of these guys brand new they usually cost in the $700+ range, but I have gotten two of them in the past 6 months, the Stretch F4 Bat-tail Quad and [...]

Oct 6 2009

Robert August Surfboards: Big Wave Gun

Posted by Tim at 7:00 am on October 6th, 2009 to Surf Equipment, Surfboards.

I’ve never been into big wave surfing, but I have always had this slight desire to do it just to say I did it. I got talked into surfing Waimea Bay/Pinballs with a friend of mine recently, which was a life-changing experience and a whole other story in itself, but before he could convince me [...]

Sep 16 2009

Stretch Surfboards: F4 Bat Tail Quad, Different Perspective

Posted by Tim at 9:49 am on September 16th, 2009 to Surf Equipment, Surfboards.

This past spring in Hawaii, I bought an F4 Bat Tail Quad by Stretch Surfboards for a really good price. I have never been interested in these boards purely because they are too expensive, and I am too poor at this point in my life. But upon walking into Surf n Sea in Haleiwa and [...]