A FISH STORY?

**TBABY** · 05-30-2010, 12:28 PM

I think I have a 5'10" fish coming my way in October for my birthday and a new wetsuit

**LI HxC** · 05-30-2010, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Jim Gordon

We need a update.......I know you're new at surfing, but can you tell us if it paddles good and does it catch waves better than your 6'2" board? Have you rode a wave with it yet too? It looks just like the fish I made in the 70's, so I know it should work

. Report back please......

hahaha ill let you know soon, its been pretty rough lately with really steep pitching waves and i wasn't trying to ruin myself or the board so within the next week i should be using her

**Jim Gordon** · 05-30-2010, 07:30 PM

Damn......I would have been out there the same or next day......Just saying.

**Jim Gordon** · 05-30-2010, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by TBABY

I think I have a 5'10" fish coming my way in October for my birthday and a new wetsuit

......I want to see it as soon as you get it. This thread will be gone, so make a new fish #2 thread.=)

**doug** · 05-30-2010, 09:19 PM

I need to update with actual pics of my board now. Ridden it a good 5 times, most recently in clean chest high weak leftover groundswell. I was making it around sections, hitting the top multiple times and getting 30-40 yard rides while the shortboarders were chop hopping and I was doing circles around the longboarders. Greg Webber is a genius, I am in love with my mini fish

**Jim Gordon** · 05-30-2010, 11:37 PM

LOLz, Doug.....you sound like this guy.

**Jim Gordon** · 05-31-2010, 08:55 AM

Did you notice that he got most of his speed at the top of the wave. If you stay at the bottom of the wave your board will be like a slug, you need to head to the top and then drop back down to get the speed to pass someone or if the wave is closing out in front of you.

**doug** · 06-01-2010, 08:17 AM

I felt similar to that guy yes, definitely not raping the whole lineup as bad as him though. that video still blows my mind.

yes, 100% about getting to the top of the wave, especially in Florida where faces are often flatter and you have to get to the top of that steep lip to use as a ramp to come down off of and utilize the line in front of you

**Tony** · 06-01-2010, 09:03 AM

finnally figured out my fish situation. thought i had one, than not, than though i had one than not. so now officially my board is being made by my friend Ncik aleandro (team manager of vic)

heres the link to his progress so far.

http://netoshapes.blogspot.com/

couple pics down

its 5'3".... son

**doug** · 06-01-2010, 09:30 AM

this thing is looking too sick... you're gonna be stoked

**Tony** · 06-01-2010, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by doug

this thing is looking too sick... you're gonna be stoked

youre god damn right i am!

**doug** · 06-01-2010, 10:16 AM

be sure to post pics and dims when it's all done

**Jim Gordon** · 06-01-2010, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by doug

this thing is looking too sick... you're gonna be stoked

Tony that board looks soooo

. I just had a thought, if you took that blank and cut across the middle

and rounded a nose with that fish tail, it would look just like the new fish skimboards that are out now.

**Jim Gordon** · 06-01-2010, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by Tony

finnally figured out my fish situation. thought i had one, than not, than though i had one than not. so now officially my board is being made by my friend Ncik aleandro (team manager of vic)

heres the link to his progress so far.

http://netoshapes.blogspot.com/

couple pics down

its 5'3".... son

I just checked out your pixs, and I really miss shaping surfboards.........

Edit: But I sure don't miss glassing them........I guess that's why I don't make foam skims anymore.

**TBABY** · 06-01-2010, 06:38 PM

I might just work for a month with my dad and get a fish because i don't want to wait until October haha.

**Jim Gordon** · 06-01-2010, 10:26 PM

No.....we didn't, but I don't remember those fins with slots in them. Do you know what do they do? Because I sure don't.......

**doug** · 06-02-2010, 03:37 PM

sick board but wtf kind of fins are those

**YellowSnow** · 06-02-2010, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by doug

I need to update with actual pics of my board now. Ridden it a good 5 times, most recently in clean chest high weak leftover groundswell. I was making it around sections, hitting the top multiple times and getting 30-40 yard rides while the shortboarders were chop hopping and I was doing circles around the longboarders. Greg Webber is a genius, I am in love with my mini fish

my brother owns a mini fish and I took it out for a ride yesterday. The waves blew, but that board had so much float it was so easy to catch waves. truly a great board.

**doug** · 06-02-2010, 08:49 PM

what size did you ride? I have the 5'9". it's really thick and has ridiculous float, but once you get it moving it does whatever you want. it's great in shitty waves, but in glassy waist-chest high it truly shines

**Jim Gordon** · 06-02-2010, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by YellowSnow

my brother owns a mini fish and I took it out for a ride yesterday. The waves blew, but that board had so much float it was so easy to catch waves. truly a great board.

Just how big is this mini fish you speak-of or do you not know?

**LI HxC** · 06-04-2010, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by Jim Gordon

We need a update.......I know you're new at surfing, but can you tell us if it paddles good and does it catch waves better than your 6'2" board? Have you rode a wave with it yet too? It looks just like the fish I made in the 70's, so I know it should work

. Report back please......

So I rode her for the first time today, not really on any wave faces but I rode it, my first impression is, its really fast, she goes forever, and incredibly stable, I'm so used to a really twitch skimboard because it has no fins and is so small but the thing is so easy to pop up on and just is nice and smooth, floats reallllly well. Also, it sits and paddles wayyy better then my 6'2, its amazing what a few inches wider, 2 inches shorter and wayyy thicker can do as far as how nice it rides, which in the case of my shortboard, didnt ride at all.

**Jim Gordon** · 06-06-2010, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by LI HxC

So I rode her for the first time today, not really on any wave faces but I rode it, my first impression is, its really fast, she goes forever, and incredibly stable, I'm so used to a really twitch skimboard because it has no fins and is so small but the thing is so easy to pop up on and just is nice and smooth, floats reallllly well. Also, it sits and paddles wayyy better then my 6'2, its amazing what a few inches wider, 2 inches shorter and wayyy thicker can do as far as how nice it rides, which in the case of my shortboard, didnt ride at all.

I'm really glad you like it. I knew you would, because it's looks just like my fish from the 70's. I was so stupid to stop making and riding them. (peer pressure I guess).

Don't let that happen to you, even if you do get a new different board someday.....keep your fish too.

**Brian Kniveton** · 06-06-2010, 12:05 PM

Jim I sitll want a JGordon ocean board like the Professor i saw with one in Chico. PLEASE????

**Jim Gordon** · 06-06-2010, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by Brian Kniveton

Jim I sitll want a JGordon ocean board like the Professor i saw with one in Chico. PLEASE????

If you're talking about that old Kevlar/Graphite foam skim, I have not made them in over 25 years. But that kid in Oregon has one though and I thought you were going to buy it. Any word on that board?

**Jim Gordon** · 06-06-2010, 12:28 PM

Sorry looks like we got off track...back to LIHxC fish surfboard......and here it is again incase you didn't know what we are talking about.

Originally Posted by LI HxC

I actually bought that Doyle Fish

**LI HxC** · 06-06-2010, 07:33 PM

yeah it's definatly a sick board, i'm actually going out tommorow with it haha

**TBABY** · 06-06-2010, 07:41 PM

Sick LI HxC, I should be buying my Neto Fish at the end of this week after I work, Its 5'8" x 20 1/8" x 2 3/4" and all white with a Twin fin setup. Can't wait!

**LI HxC** · 06-06-2010, 07:51 PM

niceeeee, dude the quad fin is mad fast so i cant imagine how fast a twin would be, mines a 6'4 though so its kinda bending the fish size rules.

**mcwhitt** · 06-06-2010, 07:52 PM

could you learn to surf on a fish?

**TBABY** · 06-06-2010, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by mcwhitt

could you learn to surf on a fish?

Yes! this fish is gonna be my 2nd board, Im not great at surfing but you can pop up so easy on a fish.

**Jim Gordon** · 06-06-2010, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by LI HxC

niceeeee, dude the quad fin is mad fast so i cant imagine how fast a twin would be, mines a 6'4 though so its kinda bending the fish size rules.

No it's not bending the rules for a fish size. It is a big fish, but still a full on fish though. Again I love your board. That would be a fun size for me, I'm 6'1" @ 200lbs.....so now you know you will not out grow your fish.

**ThatGuy** · 07-20-2010, 07:05 AM

Check this frickin thing out! It's not neccesarily a fish I don't think....but it's a cool idea.

Kelly Slater’s Latest Experiment- The Chunnel: Water is compressed over the hole. As it passes over, it draws air into the Chunnel (channel/tunnel). It is the principal of the U class racing boats on pontoons. Each side panel is veed out with hard concaves toward the rails.

**Jim Gordon** · 07-20-2010, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by ThatGuy

Check this frickin thing out! It's not neccesarily a fish I don't think....but it's a cool idea.

Wow!!!!!! Holy shit!!!! It is a fish......from the future.

**CaliSkimmer!** · 11-12-2010, 11:21 PM

Hey jim, sorry to resurrect this thread, but i just started getting into surfing and after reading through this thread, fishes sound awesome! I dont have much money to drop, so i was pretty stoked to find this fish http://www.jk-surfboards.com/product_details.php?id=25 for under $300...I dont really know anything about surfboards, but would this be a good board? I'd mostly be surfing 3'-6' waves and i'm 6'2" and around 180 pounds. If this is a decent board, I'd be getting it 6'0" x 21 1/2" x 2 3/4"