Not sure if there's another thread about this, but i'm interested in buying a more fishy-shaped step-up for overhead/hollow beachbreak type waves that'll get me in early with plenty of speed.. not looking for a super high performance shape, but something with a bit of length that I can still turn. I've heard stretch quadfish is great for this, any others? Located in Socal
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Favorite step-up fishy shape
- Thread starter hugh shackman
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Octafish - Campbell Brothers Surfboards - Bonzer
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greg griffin fish with fins set back 11” aft of the swallowtail tips
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Griff could make you a real nice one,with fins 
Look at his semi-fish
Look at his semi-fish
Nautilus.
I bet stamps indofish is pretty sweet
I bet stamps indofish is pretty sweet
Stretch quadfish handles some size but would not be my choice for overhead waves, tubing or otherwise.
Yeah hard to say if i would really consider it fishy. it has a very foam forward foil compared to a normal thruster but it's not super duper flat. it definitely is like an alt step up and it paddles into waves really well but it's fairly narrow and thin in the tail so it's more like a performance board feel off the back foot. for tubing waves it's a great call. for me the more big and hollow waves get the less fishy/alt board i want but that's probably as much of a reflection of where my comfort zone is than anything. the better i get at riding twins the more i am willing to push them into size but i still feel most comfy on a basic thruster with some rocker.
Nautilus or Moonstone comes to mind. I have a moonstone on order, but no experience with it yet. Its a longer/narrower fish with the tail/nose pulled in a bit
I'd add a DK Swordfish to the list. Dude can shape, and Jimmy Jazz pretty much used
to (no idea if he's still alive?) ride it exclusively. I believe it was partially designed to handle
the steep and hollow section at the top of Lobitos that JJR had trouble with on the Canard Quad
prior. I'd think the Stamps Indo would be solid too.
to (no idea if he's still alive?) ride it exclusively. I believe it was partially designed to handle
the steep and hollow section at the top of Lobitos that JJR had trouble with on the Canard Quad
prior. I'd think the Stamps Indo would be solid too.
+1 on thatGriff could make you a real nice one,with fins
Look at his semi-fish
Would be curious what you didn't like about it. Never tried one, but always thought the outline looked sexy.
What I'm about to say I've talked to at least two other people who said the same thing. So it's my subjective experience but seems to be fairly common too.
The Nautilus just never really found a place in my quiver. It's got too much rocker and performance jazz to be a groveler, it's more like a step up. But by the time the waves are step up size, I just never really wanted the Nautty because I would rather just ride a typical Ghost or this Mike Woo board I've got or whatever. And for me, my Nautty was 6'6 which in terms of liters was great big wave size, but it was too wide and ungainly to be a good step up.
It just never fit into my quiver. I never found myself grabbing it off the rack, so I sold it. The Moonstone and Osprey both look more suited for a step up because they're narrower
6.6 nautilus is my step up. I dont take it out until overhead. it likes solid waves but not super hollow. I’ve got a tri but I’m switching out for a quad.
Why are you switching it out for a quad?
I'm curious as to how it rides as a tri in overhead but not barreling surf
