BOARDS
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Papa Sau Long Board
This is a 9'0" Papa Sau Longboard e.p.s. epoxy 22" - 2.75.
The longboard is primarily a single finned surfboard with large rounded nose and length of 9 to 12 feet (2.7 to 3.7 m).
Its advantage is its substantial buoyancy and planing surface, which enables most surfers using it to ride waves generally deemed too small to propel a shortboard, as well as anything else. Longboards are universally common among both beginners and skilled surfers alike. The main reason why longboards are more suitable for beginners is because of the board's size and frequency of catching waves. In the proper conditions, a skilled surfer can ride a wave standing on the nose of a longboard, and put his toes over the nose's edge. By literally putting his "toes on the nose" the surfer can "hang ten".
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Papa Sau Short Board
This is a Papa Sau 5'9" Short Board, 18" - 2.25.
Since the late 1960s (when Gordon Clark found the optimum formulation of urethane foam), many of the surfboards in common use have been of the shortboard variety between five (five'o) and seven feet in length, with a pointed nose and a rounded or squarish tail, typically with three skegs (fins) but sometimes with two or as many as five. Surfers generally find a shortboard very quick to maneuver compared with other types of surfboards, but because of a lack of flotation due to the smaller size, harder to catch waves with, often requiring steeper, larger and more powerful waves and very late takeoffs, where the surfer catches the wave at the critical moment before it breaks.
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Papa Sau Gun
This is 9'6" Papa Sau Gun, 22.5 - 3.75, for big Hanalei.
GUNS are big wave boards of length 7 to 12 feet (2.1 to 3.7 m). They have a thin, needle-like template with single, or thruster fin set up. It usually looks like a shortboard but at a longboard size. Used at such big waves spots as Waimea Bay and Mavericks.
Chris Shewman riding a Papa Sau 6'6" Gun at Acid Drop, Kauai, Hawaii
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Papa Sau Fish
This particular model is called the Papa Sau QUAD FISH. It's 5'10" - 20 - 2.5" thick.
A "Fish" is a radically short stubby board under 6 feet (1.8 m) in length, developed from kneeboards in the 1960s by Steve Lis.
Primarily a twin fin set up with a swallow tail shape and popular in smaller waves. Resurgence in popularity in early 2000s created by legendary surfer Tom Curren. Note, any type of board (such as shortboard or mini-longboard) can have a fish tail, and these are commonly referred to as a "fish", but they lack the other properties of a traditional, or "retro", Fish.
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Pap Sau Hybrid
This Papa Sau Hybrid surfboard is 8'0 and called the EXECUTIVE model. Its 21" wide and 3" thick.
Modern hybrid boards are usually 6 feet to 8 feet 6 inches (1.8–2.3 m) in length with a more rounded profile and tail shape. Surfed in smaller waves with any fin set up. They are more about having fun than high performance or tricks. They can be easier to ride for beginning surfers and generally perform well in surfing conditions where the more traditional long and short boards might not.
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