Update: I’ve been riding a slick 5’3 Kane Garden fish to try. Read the full review.

Kane Garden Surfboards is a San Diego based surfboard company who build fish type boards inspired by the wave rich area that encompasses their shop. They pride themselves on building unique, technical, and practical fishes with emphasis on strength and durability. They’re motto is: Speed, Maneuverability, and Versatility.

Kane Garden’s owner, shaper, and designer P.J. Johnson is dedicated to building quality surfboards inspired by Southern California’s hot rod culture and craftmanship and has been at the forefront of fish design since its exception.

According to Kane Garden, the fish is proven as one of the most versatile and popular designs in the world and originated in southern San Diego. Steve Lis, who hails from Point Loma and was one of the best surfers in his generation perfected the design over years of RD at Sunset Cliffs. He shaped a large split tail in a wide blank resembling a chopped in half longboard and put two keel fins on it leading to an ultra fast and highly maneuverable surfboard that seemed so futuristic back then.

His design was so futuristic that many fish variations seen today are still based off his original concepts. Almost every surfboard shaper has tweaked his fish design and has put modern concaves and design elements into their fish version. Fishes are some of the best boards for average surfers who ride less than perfect waves as it generates tremendous planing speed, turning ability, and forgiveness.

Kane Garden Fish Series

CLASSIC TWINZER
STINGRAY
CLASSIC TWIN KEEL
SEA VIPER
NAUTILUS
SHOVAL NOSE
ORCA
KINGFISH
MEGLADON

Website: www.KaneGarden.com