If you could only keep one board it would be...

One board per surfer only for all time...I'm old and not getting younger, can still surf good waves on a SB, but it's a kinda rare day down here. Most times it's knee to chest so a fish would do, but it would spin out on a good day. The 9'0" Mindless single fin LB with lots of rocker, (I would prefer the Rhino Tuff 9' Stiletto HPLB with side bites for an all arounder - but my wife trashed it after a holiday boat parade went bad, then the Clark foam factory burned down a week later, then my shaper died, but I digress)) is the ticket. Any wave, any day, I can surf! Knee to well OH.

 

5'11 Lost v2 Stub Rocket. Works in waist hi waves and have surfed it in DOH+ with no complaints. But damn it would be tough to live in the South East w/o a log. Many of the best days are thigh hi peeling glass that are not fun on a shorty.

 

9'2" Takayama single fin nose rider. Would have to skip the bigger, hollow winter days but this board is useable at least 90% of the time.

 

I would have to go with a twin fin w/ wooden keels. You can ride them in almost any condition....if it's small and glassy you can get your glide on, if it's big and fast breaking hurricane waves they'll get you in early which is key, they're not bad in barrels and my favorite is doing some big rounded carves with a ton of speed. I also think they're easily the best looking boards. Dimensions maybe 5'8 x 21 x 2 9/16. These have been my favorite two I've ever owned.

 

Classically superior in my opinion
Very Nice Nick!!

 

Yes those are some sweet fishes

 

I been loving a local shape (find these in LBI) - Matador Bandito

 

That's so nice bort, lots of nose rocker, who's the shaper?

 

OK, then... I'll have to agree with Nica: A fish.

Nica, you make some solid points... especially "my" fish design (which I stole mostly from Toby Pavel... It's actually the fish in the Shaping thread, which is a retro fish, but with a few modern tweaks in bottom design and entry rocker). My fish works in knee high surf all the way up to barreling head high plus waves. People say "fish don't tuberide"... or "fish don't go backside"... I disagree.

 

That looks like a Tommy Eadon shape.

 

The green Tim Nolte in my avatar, Performance Noserider Custom 10' 23 3/4" 3 3/8"'s shallow concave, chimed rails, tail block, 2+1 so just an old guys glider .............

 

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So true, a G & S Frye shape Fish was my "everything" bort back in the early 70's. We all know folks @ our local break that ride just 1 board today.

 

^^^That was the first fish I rode, too.