Jai Ashok Mahtani-Surfboard Types and Uses
                     Surfboard Types 
and Uses
Presented by,
Jai Ashok Mahtani
● Jai Ashok Mahtani, South Africa– Surfboards literally come in all 
shapes and sizes. 
● There are many different categories of surfboards and if you want to 
you can break them up into as many different categories as genres 
of heavy metal. 
● However, there are five main types of surfboards: Shortboard, Fish, 
Funboard, Longboard, Gun and Tow. 
Shortboard
● The exemplary portrayal of a 
shortboard is an engine (three 
blade) around 6 feet with a pointy 
nose. 
● In any case, a shortboard can have 
any balance arrangement despite 
everything being viewed as a 
shortboard. 
● The cutting edge of riding 
innovation and specialized surfing 
is done on a shortboard. 
● Most shortboards are not ideal for fledglings as they compromise 
strength and oar speed for mobility. 
● So as to get waves with this kind of a board you should be a solid 
paddler, have comprehension of where to take off on a wave just as 
having the option to siphon for speed to not lose the wave. 
● A shortboard works best in bigger waves that are midsection high to 
twofold overhead. 
● On the off chance that you are a finished novice surfer, help 
yourself out and don’t begin on one of these. It will spare you a ton 
of disappointment.
Fish
● The commendable depiction of a 
shortboard is a motor (three sharp 
edge) around 6 feet with a pointy 
nose. 
● Regardless, a shortboard can have 
any equalization game plan in spite of 
everything being seen as a 
shortboard. 
● The forefront of riding development 
and particular surfing is done on a 
shortboard. 
● Most shortboards are not ideal for youngsters as they bargain 
quality and paddle speed for portability. 
● In order to get waves with this sort of a board you ought to be a 
strong paddler, have perception of where to take off on a wave 
similarly as having the choice to guide for speed to not lose the 
wave. 
● A shortboard works best in greater waves that are waist high to 
twofold overhead. If you are a completed amateur surfer, help 
yourself out and don’t start on one of these.
●  It will save you a huge amount of dissatisfaction.
Funboard
● Funboards are surfboards that are somewhere in 
the range of 7 and 8 feet in length that have a 
wide nose, loosened up rocker and foil, and are 
intended for simplicity of riding in a wide scope 
of conditions. 
● They are ordinarily known as eggs or mid 
lengths. 
● A funboard can have any blade arrangement 
also, however they work best when they are 
worked with a balance arrangement and tail that 
you would see on a shortboard. 
● Since these sheets have additional dependability and work in 
various waves they are useful for fledglings, however an all around 
planned one can function admirably as a one-board tremble for a 
professional rider also. 
● Contingent upon rocker and blade setup, a Funboard can work in 
waves from knee high to well overhead.
Longboard
● A longboard is a surfboard that is 8 
feet and more and is intended for 
extreme soundness.
●  This board ought to have a wide nose, 
a great deal of volume, and ought to 
be a solitary blade or 2+1.
●  Longboards are the first surfboards in 
the riding scene, yet have not gotten 
away from development throughout 
the long term. 
● There are longboards that are intended for elite longboarding just as 
the more customary nose riding and cruising. 
● A solitary balance requires less rider input (more float) while a 2+1 
arrangement gives you more hold with the cost of some coast. 
● At the point when the waves are minuscule nothing fills in just as a 
longboard. 
● Longboards are the ideal surfboard type for amateurs to learn on, 
yet they are hard to ride in normal beachbreak conditions.
● Longboards are best in lower leg high to waves that are simply 
overhead.
Gun
● Not for the frail of heart or incompetent, 
a Gun is a specific surfboard intended for 
genuine, outrageous waves. 
● The deliberate measurements on a Gun 
can be a lot equivalent to a longboard (in 
spite of the fact that they can be as short 
as in the 7ft territory too).
● However nobody could ever confuse a 
firearm with a longboard. 
● A Gun will have a pointy nose and a pointy tail and can have any 
sort of balance arrangement. 
● These are the most specific surfboards there are on the grounds 
that they are intended for rushes of outcome where the rider’s life is 
actually at serious risk.
●  Guns are for waves twofold overhead and up.
Tow Board
● With the coming of stream ski-helped huge wave 
riding, there was a requirement for short, tight and 
low region sheets. 
● The tow-in model was presented in the mid 1990s 
by Dick Brewer and first tried by Laird Hamilton. 
● Tow-in sheets are outfitted with a little quad or 
engine balance arrangement, foot lashes, and are 
heavier than standard surfboards. 
● Generally, tow sheets include pin or swallow tails, 
and range somewhere in the range of 6′ and 6’6”.