The 14 Best Surfboards of 2026

Twin-fin fish, all-rounders, small-wave grovelers and midlengths, each one built for a different kind of morning in the water.

1. 1
   Firewire Too Fish

   Rob Machado's twin-fin fish built in Firewire's Helium construction, an evolution of his earlier Go Fish model.
2. 2
   Firewire Seaside

   Rob Machado's swallow-tail fish for Firewire, set up with quad fin boxes.
3. 3
   Firewire Machadocado

   Rob Machado design whose outline borrows from an avocado, mixing fish DNA with shortboard performance for summer surf.
4. 4
   Firewire Boss Up

   Midlength designed by Dan Mann and sold by Firewire.
5. 5
   Haydenshapes Hypto Krypto

   Hayden Cox's wide, forgiving all-round shortboard, one of the best-selling surfboard models, offered in Haydenshapes' FutureFlex carbon-frame construction.
6. 6
   Channel Islands Happy Everyday

   Britt Merrick's everyday shortboard, adapted from the Two Happy model ridden by the Channel Islands pro team.
7. 7
   Channel Islands Rocket Wide

   Wide-outline Channel Islands shortboard for small to average waves, now also offered with a squash tail.
8. 8
   Channel Islands CI Mid

   Channel Islands midlength model, a longer board built for paddling ease and glide.
9. 9
   Pyzel Ghost

   Jon Pyzel high-performance shortboard ridden by John John Florence, including in his Margaret River win.
10. 10
    Pyzel Mid Length Crisis

    Jon Pyzel mid-length that began as custom orders for surfers in Japan before joining the regular Pyzel range.
11. 11
    JS Industries Monsta

    Jason Stephenson's performance shortboard line at JS Industries, currently sold as the Monsta 2020.
12. 12
    DHD Phoenix

    Darren Handley small-wave shortboard meant to be ridden 2 to 3 inches shorter than an everyday board in 1 to 4 ft surf.
13. 13
    Sharp Eye Inferno 72

    Sharp Eye shortboard from Marcio Zouvi's San Diego label, designed for small to medium everyday conditions.
14. 14
    Album Twinsman

    Twin fin from Matt Parker's Album Surf, built for easy down-the-line speed and early wave entry.

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