5’8” Lost Round Nose Fish '96

While very few specimens from this era still exist (at least in our possession) and most that do are very thin and imperfect relics of Cory’s boards (we can’t find any of Chris’ from the era, at all) some of the re-creation and execution comes down to doing what looks and feels right …and what will work best.

I’ve always felt the key difference between our RNF and the majority of others, from the 90’s and beyond, is the fact that our outline was always more based off of MR inspired, high performance, competitive minded, twin fins of the late 70’s/early 80’s. Relatively pulled in tails, developed through trial and error, for maximum performance and control…not just in small surf, but in all size and shape of waves.

-Matt Biolas

FEATURES

• Rocker curves: Remain engrained to the original proven curves.
• Outline curves: Both nose and tail were usually the same width at 12” and remain true, but with more precision, including added curve and width around 6” from the tail. One “secret” about the original’s success was that, unlike most all other “fish” the tail width on ours was closer to that of a typical HP Shortboard. This allows much more control off the tail than typical fish designs.
• Bottom Contours: The classic single concave to double concave, accelerating vee combination are defining design elements and hold true to adherence.
• The Thickness Flow, Deckline, Rails, and Tail Foil: They were all over the map in those rudimentary hand shape days. Each board was different, with most of them having noticeably different curves and thickness from one rail to the other.
• In re-creating these boards, which one is correct? In the end, I went with gut feeling on what would work best.

DIMENSIONS
6'0" x 21.25" x 2.64"
Volume: 38 Liters
Fins: Tri fin FCSII (fins not included)
Construction: PU/Poly

SHIPPING
IN-STORE PICK UP ONLY

PICK UP LOCATIONS
88 BASS AVENUE, GLOUCESTER, MA

SHIPPING & RETURNS
We do not ship surfboards but we do offer in-store pick up if you wish to purchase online.

Surfboards are eligible for exchange or store credit while still in store. once a surfboard has been removed from the store it is considered final sale.

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