For anyone who is just starting to learn to surf then the best board for you is the 'Mini Mal'; this surfboard is very easy to paddle and allows you to surf in nearly all conditions which also makes it popular with more experienced surfers. The Mini Mal is a very stable surfboard with predictable handling making is a great novices board, however if surf conditions are bad and the experienced surfers cannot get their short or long boards to work then most of them fallback on the Mini Mal.

 

Most experienced surfers move onto a shortboard as the shortboard is faster and more suited to tight turns than the longboard. This makes it better for competitions or tricks. There is a wide variety of shortboards available to suit most styles of surfing and you can quite easlily have a shortboard custom built to suit your style, height and weight.

The fish surfboard's design of being short and wide allows it to generate high speeds from even the smallest of waves. These properties make it...