Model | Keeper |
Class | Versatile modern performance-inspired twin keel fish |
Personality | Snappy to Balanced/Smooth |
Rocker | Moderate fish style rocker with a hint of continuous curve |
Rails | Performance down fish rails |
Bottom Contours | Flat to light vee double |
Ideal Conditions | Year-round waves, soft, slopey, semi-weak, almondy, fast. |
Ideal Wave Range | 2.5' - 4.5' |
Functional Range | 1.5' - 5' |
Ideal Wave Shape | Punchy Semi-Soft to Bowly |
Functional Wave Shape | Semi-soft to Almondy |
Ride Feel | Semi-Loose to Balanced/Smooth |
Range of Motion | Functional Max 65° |

I'll be honest here - it took me a pretty long time (too long, really) to add a twin fish to the model lineup. I had done plenty one-offs via custom orders, but had no official model - and I'll level with you and tell you why: before I started building boards, I never surfed a fish that I really loved. Most of them had great paddle-ability and wave catch-ability, but I always felt like I couldn't utilize all that ease of wave catching once up on-wave. I always felt like the fishes I surfed were either way too loose and would slide out anytime I wanted to push on the tail and therefore couldn't generate speed or functionally turn well; or they were too stiff and tracky and - while fast - didn't feel positive and were too sticky to turn, particularly in dynamic, fast, sectiony beach break. Now of course I'm not saying that there isn't a single other fish than the Keeper that surfs well...but the variety that I had surfed just didn't check all the boxes. I suppose that put a sort of "bad taste" in my mouth towards fishes and twins alike, which hindered my mental space to create one that I WOULD like. So, admittedly, I took waaay too long to design the Keeper - and that became apparent the moment I hit the water with the final prototype that is now the Keeper.
The Keeper is my modernized take on a retro fish, with some sleek modifications for added functionality while maintaining the classic fish feel, style and ease. Forward widepoint, but not too far forward; just enough to create the fishy outline, but keeping the widepoint closer to your body for quite a bit more maintained curve in the outline for increased positive responsiveness through turns and tighter arcs. The rocker is retro fish based, but is moderate and has a continous curve influence to further increase the responsiveness and predictability through turns.
Deck is almost flat from the nose through the mid section with a beveled rail, and then fades to a domed deck under the back foot and through the tail for a more even volume distribution out to the rail, which again adds predictability around turns. The Keeper has a lot of foam packed into the center, but is well hidden and has really nicely foiled rails which I painstakingly developed to be perfect. The bottom actually has one of my most simplistic bottom contours to date: primarily flat from nose to mid with a light double with vee through the rear third and exit of the board (more complex versions are available, too). It looks quite simplistic - and in some ways it is!...but the mods from a typical retro fish make some serious increases to the predictability and turning responsiveness comparatively - in both small and medium surf. Twin keel or quad, but highly recommended as a twin keel. The FCS II Modern Keel twin fins pair incredibily, or custom glass ons are a nice touch as well. The Keeper has a place in just about any surfers quiver. It's a rad, soulful, yet highly functional board. Whenever you go fishing, you always want to catch a keeper...
LENGTH | WIDTH | THICKNESS | VOLUME |
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4'8 | 19 1/2 | 2 5/16 | 23.5 L |
4'10 | 19 1/4 | 2 3/8 | 25.5 L |
5'0 | 19 1/2 | 2 7/16 | 27.3 L |
5'2 | 20 | 2 1/2 | 29.7 L |
5'4 | 20 1/2 | 2 9/16 | 32.2 L |
5'6 | 21 | 2 5/8 | 35.0 L |
5'8 | 21 1/2 | 2 11/16 | 38.1 L |
5'10 | 22 | 2 3/4 | 41.0 L |
6'0 | 22 1/4 | 2 13/16 | 43.7 L |
6'2 | 22 1/2 | 2 7/8 | 46.4 L |
6'4 | 22 3/4 | 3 | 49.3 L |
⬩ You're looking for a medium wave fish with great small wave ability across a variety of wave shapes & tidal conditions.
⬩ Speed, flow & extreme fun are more important to you than vertical performance.
⬩ You want the full twin keel fish experience but prefer a more precise board.
Consider the Skiff if:
⬩ Tiny & small waves are more important than medium+ sized waves.
⬩ Softer, mushier waves are more important than pitchier waves.
⬩ You want the full twin keel fish experience but prefer a naturally looser board.
Consider the Beta Fish if:
⬩ You're looking for a medium wave fish with great small wave ability in mostly soft-to-almondy waves.
⬩ You want a fast board that's naturally somewhat loose but also has precision to play with vertical surfing.
⬩ You're torn between a groveler shortboard and a twin keel fish.
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