6' 2" x 21 1/2" x 2 9/16" Red Canyon Twin Fin Fish. Goes for $360.00+ New Excellent Condition. One minor 3/4"shatter on the rail - see pic. The "blemish" on the upper right of the pic of the boards bottom is just a reflection of some plants. I need something bigger for my 205#'s! Can be seen in Princeton or Bradley Beach, NJ or in Bensalem, PA
That looks like a nice board, but as far as needing something bigger, especially in a fish shape I wouldn't. I ride a lot of fishes and they all seem to ride better when under 6' . Over 6'2 and they are too bulky to actually ride well. I am 6'1" 205lbs and ride a 5'4" board all summer. If it's something for summer surf look at something shorter but wider and not too thick. I have learned from trial and error that a fish is meant to be ridden short, length along with volume in a fish tends to make them duds IMO, 6'2 should be the max length.
A long time ago, Canyons were shaped in California, and Rusty P. even shaped for them i believe. But yeah, the Canyon name (and other good brand names like Challenger, Surfboards Austrialia etc.) are put on Asian boards now.
Hey LBCrew, I am 44 years old. These are the best pictures I have of the board. Not really a fish I guess, It's based on a mini simmons. This is my own shape and I have been riding it for 2 summers now. Takes some getting used to and most who have tried it say it is hard to ride and not for them. Hope you like it.
It is fun, but strange to some people who are strongly back footed. I tell everyone who tries to ride it to think light . Once up on plane it fly's but can go crazy out of the blue. I will be just flying down the line with guys wondering what the hell I'm riding and then blam! I will go down hard. Wierd but fun little board. I shaped a few more like it but none have been as good as this one. It is an ugly yellowed thing now. These pictures were takin on the day I finished it, I can still smell the resin curing .
that is a totally hot stick,but that's a Simmons,and I want to try one,too. a traditional wide swallow rounded nose Lis fish can go over 6'2". especially when in full Winter gear you go up to as high as 250 lbs. and a great shaper like Scott Busbey,who also rides 'em,instead of some guy in China who's never seen the ocean and they put a Canyon sticker on it.
Yeah, I guess I always consider any non shortboard little board in the fish catagory. I have ridden big fish 6'2" and up and really don't like the feeling of them. All that foam and all that glass is heavy. I like to be able to throw the board around and can't really do that on a big fish. I just shaped a bigger fish but decided to leave out the swallow, and make it a tri fin with two twin fins and a tiny trailer. I thinned the blank down alot too, to try and lighten the board up. Any new board hand shaped by me and made for about $75 is fun to ride even an oversized fish.
