

If fitting in with the crowd isn’t your style, Jamie’s Quad with Catch Surf is a hoot, and performs very similarly. JOB’s soft-top is a guaranteed good time. Designed in San Clemente, CA they’ve attracted the likes of Nique Miller and Kirra Seale, longboard champs in need of a board that can make any conditions fun.Ĭheck Price here. Thus, Foamy boards were born, with a commitment to maximize wavecount without sacrificing mobility, and produce a high-quality soft-top.
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Recently, Foamy realized there were a bunch of people (ie., you) who want what’s dope about surfing, yet don’t know how to do it, and need a board to learn on that can take you past the beginner stage.

If you’re into more of the classic longboard feel, the single fin you see above might be your style, but if you’re not, Boardworks also makes a 7’0 funboard and a 5’6 shortboard.

Like most soft-tops, Boardworks made the Froth to help people catch more waves. Boardworks Froth! Soft-Top Single Fin Longboard Surf Board 9′: $269 To sweeten the deal, the boards are 100% recyclable and come with futures fin boxes so you can make use of your favorite set of quads.Ĥ. Almond’s R-series boards (also featuring the 8′ Joy and the 6’4″ Pleasant Pheasant) are as real as a soft board gets. Want a soft top that performs like a real surfboard? look no further. From a 5-foot swallow tail to a 10-foot SUP, this foamboard manufacturer has a stranglehold on the foamboard market. While the 8-foot version is likely the most popular, Wavestorm has shapes and sizes all over the map. Ridden first by beginners, then later by absolute rippers and now by basically everyone, Costco’s iconic blue and white (and yes, Rasta colors, too) will always be the Grandaddy of foamies. Wavestorm 8′ Classic Pinline Surfboard ($236.88)Īh, the original soft-top. The single fin results in longer, smoother lines, and old-school style points, of course.Ĭheck Price for the Odyssea Log on Amazon, Evo, and Backcountry.Ĭheck Price for the Odyssea Plank on Evo and Amazon.Ģ. If you’re more of a single fin guy/gal, Catch Surf also makes a single fin version, titled The Plank. While it’s not a true shortboard, it makes a great step down from the 8’0 as one progresses to smaller boards, with enough turnability for lip-smacks and cutbacks, and oodles of foam to keep you catching waves. Long enough to be a wave catching machine, short enough to fit in the trunk, there’s nothing like it. Catch Surf Odysea 7’0 Log Thruster ($374)Īh, the easy summer fun of the 7’0 Log. Wave Bandit Performer 4’10 Twin ($149)Ĭatch Surf’s foam boards come in a variety of fun colors and patterns. Wavestorm 5’6 Original New Modern Swallowtail Surfboard ($162)ġ2. Formula Fun Shortboard Fish 5’3″ ($265)ġ0. Softech Toledo Wildfire FCS II Surfboard Gunmetal 5′ 3″ ($295)ĩ. Softech Flash Eric Geiselman FCS II Surfboard Grey Marble 5’0″ ($280)Ĩ. Boardworks Froth! Soft-Top Single Fin Longboard Surf Board 9′ ($269)Ħ. Wavestorm 8′ Classic Pinline Surfboard ($236)Ĥ. Catch Surf Odysea Log 7’0 Thruster ($374)Ģ. If you’re looking for a list of soft-top boards specifically geared towards beginner surfers, click here. So, in the never-ending effort to increase the amount of fun people are having, here’s a list of soft-top surfboards that will increase both your wave count and your smile count. While all surfboards are technically made for having a blast, soft-tops are particularly devoted to it. And, if you’re in the business of having fun, it means riding a surfboard made for one thing: having a blast. It’s party waves and beach parties, cold beers and basking in the shade of an umbrella. It means long days, sand in your bedsheets, and days packed to the gills with fun stuff. Which means south swells and warm (depending on your locale, anyway) water. It’s summertime in the Northern Hemisphere. Join The Inertia+ for the price of an oat milk latte (or two bars of wax) a month. Early access and reduced pricing to exclusive events.Access to premium features and reporting.
