BEST SURFBOARDS OF 2011
SurfScience.com generates a list of the best surfboards every year based on ratings and reviews from real surfers. Over 5,000 ratings were used to come up with our list of the best surfboards for 2011.

There are two easy ways to view the results. The first is to click any of the tabs above to see the best surfboards in each category. The second is to view the interactive chart below.

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Surfboard Category Overall Ranking Popularity Performance
Brand, Model Class Class Rank Rank SS Score Pop Ranking Class Pop Rank Ovrall Padd Stab Speed Manu
Xanadu, Fish Fish 12 109 81.98 98 10 7.2 8 7.4 7.1 6.3
Surftech, Soul Fish Fish 13 112 81.66 85 7 6.5 7.3 7.3 6 5.5
Surftech, Quad Fish Fish 8 96 83.07 85 7 7.1 7 6.8 8.5 6
Steve Boysen, Zeppelin Fish 19 140 78.31 111 14 6.3 6.7 8 6 4.7
Lost, Round Nose Fish Fish 2 24 90.47 21 2 7.1 7.2 7.3 6.8 7.3
Lost, Round Nosh Fish Quad Fish 3 29 89.81 33 4 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.8 7.2
Larry Mabile, Twinzer Fish Fish 10 99 82.9 111 14 8.2 8.7 9 8.7 6.3
Larry Mabile, Quad Fish Fish 18 137 79.14 133 17 7.7 8.8 7.6 8.4 6
JC Hawaii, Stingray Fish 14 123 80.89 133 17 8.4 8 8.4 8.4 8.8
Hynson , Black Knight Quad Fish 6 52 87.53 64 6 7.9 8.4 7.6 8.6 7
Hess , Quintara Fish 5 42 88.38 26 3 6.5 6.6 6.4 6.6 6.5
Gordon and Smith, Magic Fish Fish 16 127 80.55 98 10 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.3 7.1
Firewire, Quadfish Fish 4 30 89.66 33 4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.9 6.9
Channel Island , Fishcuit Fish 1 3 93.46 15 1 8.1 8.7 7.9 8.8 6.9
Channel Island , Skinny Fish Fish 15 124 80.81 111 14 7.3 7.3 7.7 7.7 6.7
Catch Surf, Y-Quad Fish 11 103 82.39 133 17 9 9.6 8.8 8.8 8.8
9 Fish, Seared Ahi Fish 7 93 83.41 98 10 7.8 8.6 7.7 8.3 6.6
9 Fish, Yellow Tail Fish 8 96 83.07 85 7 7.1 6.8 7 7 7.5
9 Fish, Clownfish Fish 16 127 80.55 98 10 6.6 6.9 6.9 6.3 6.6