what's the best QUAD fish you've ever surfed?

[tedshred5]

My buddy moved to a landlocked state and left his EPS quad fish at my house. Decided to take it for a spin this morning in some marginal but clean surf in North County San Diego. Have had several twin keel fishes over the years, always been love/hate on those and haven't been riding any fishes recently but this made me re-think that.

I know many here have raved about Stamps' TKFs and Banjos. And I think a Mardawg quad fish made an appearance on here a few months ago which looked rad. Anybody have any other favorite quad setup fish? :fish:

 

[bobsacamano]

Stretch Quad Fish. Mine's looking worse for wear, but I'm gonna ride it into the ground.

 

[mundus]

Lost retro fish.

 

[win-win]

I had good memories of Hanels and Mandalas. Both had lokboxes to help with dialing in fin position/fins. I remember a 1/8 or a 1/4" adjustment made a huge difference. These surfed almost like a stubbier shorty and fared well in both reefs/bb.

Honorable mention was the Hynson BKQ. Fastest quad fish I've ridden. This board was an xtr version i got from Brownfish and had lokboxes as well.

 

[rts265]

Stretch Quad Fish. Mine's looking worse for wear, but I'm gonna ride it into the ground.

STRETCH

 

[scdad]

DK Swordfish. Picked up a 5'7" to try and love that thing. I've got to get around to ordering another one, but this time, 5'9".

 

[Oceanslide]

Von Knight Quad, BKQ, BKQ2 are the best quad fish I've had (MANY), with a DK Dialer coming in next.

 

[sushipop]

Zamora X-Dialer. This one, in particular:
The OG X Dialer

 

[win-win]

Zamora X-Dialer. This one, in particular:
The OG X Dialer

Zamora X-Dialer. This one, in particular:
The OG X Dialer

Yeah, forgot about ZS, he made some sick ones. Got one from Havoc10K that had yellow brown swirly stuff with black pin lines, regrettably sold it. that was when I was trying new boards as soon as he could sell them, lolz

 

[Brrr]

Zamora X-Dialer. This one, in particular:
The OG X Dialer

I had a Zamora HP Dialer that I absolutely loved!!!!

Quad fish: DK has made me a few over the years that have gone off and recently I'm super stoked on Michael Arenal. He's great to work with, and currently shaping me double wing quad fish #3

Honorable mention: Gary Hanel, Brian Bulkley, and Barry Snyder

 

[oneula]

Peter Poppler/Backdoor Kauai soft 8 channel with glassed on handmade balsa fins

mine on the left

his niece, Sofia Barlow RIP (Jerrico's daughter) with hers

 

[Bman76]

Gary McNeill Entity (alien) or CV2.

 

[griffinsurfboard]

Made for a well known poster here 12 years ago

Cyrus Sutton loved this thing too .










Custom Fins Too

 

[rts265]

I prefer my Stretch to my mackie. Only comparison I can make.

 

[YakAk]

Pavel Speed Dialer with Lockbox Turbos

 

[The Trashman]

Whats the realistic wave range for a stretch quad fish? Would it work in chest - overheard, weird/pushy central CA waves?

 

[racer1]

Stretch Quad Fish. Mine's looking worse for wear, but I'm gonna ride it into the ground.

STRETCH

Same. Only fish that I felt I could really rip on and not just cruise. From 1 foot to well overhead. Controllers fins.


There's a used 5'8:
https://store.stretchboards.com/product/used-quadfish-5-8-x-20-5-x-2-4

 

[rts265]

Whats the realistic wave range for a stretch quad fish? Would it work in chest - overheard, weird/pushy central CA waves?

Yes. will ride almost whatever you are willing to paddle into, IMO. It does have it's limits, but those days most boards wouldn't have made a difference for me.

 

[The Trashman]

Stretch Quad Fish. Mine's looking worse for wear, but I'm gonna ride it into the ground.

STRETCH

Same. Only fish that I felt I could really rip on and not just cruise. From 1 foot to well overhead. Controllers fins.


There's a used 5'8:
https://store.stretchboards.com/product/used-quadfish-5-8-x-20-5-x-2-4

Would this work for someone that's 5'11" 170ish lbs (fullsuit, etc)? I typically surf boards around 29L but I have/love my stock 5'6" manta

 

[thekadvang]

Stretch Quad Fish. Mine's looking worse for wear, but I'm gonna ride it into the ground.

STRETCH

Same. Only fish that I felt I could really rip on and not just cruise. From 1 foot to well overhead. Controllers fins.


There's a used 5'8:
https://store.stretchboards.com/product/used-quadfish-5-8-x-20-5-x-2-4

Would this work for someone that's 5'11" 170ish lbs (fullsuit, etc)? I typically surf boards around 29L but I have/love my stock 5'6" manta

I have a 2win fish (quadfish but as a twin) that's a 5'3" x 19.5" x 2.25". I weigh 155 and am 5'8" and the board is a great size for me. I think it's like 29L or something and definitely paddles very well, but doesn't feel big on the wave.

Agree with Racer -- board is sick. I live in SF and the board has range. I actually have liked it the best when it's pumping, though will grovel too. Great one board quiver if you want to ride a fishy shape.