Top 10 Surfboards Of The Year

Boardshop's Top 10 Surfboards Of The Year (So Far...)

It’s that time of year when we put our heads together, share our experiences of boards across the year, talk to a wide range of customers and look at the sales. This year we’ve paid a little less attention to sales and looked at the boards that have been really popular with customers once they’ve had a chance to surf them. There are some boards that would feature every year until the planet self-combusts! The likes of the Firewire Seaside, Phipps OBE, FORM Flow Stik, Channel Islands Mid and Lost Puddle Jumper never seem to fade away, they are such good boards they just keep selling. Read on to see what our/our customers top ten picks are for the year.

10. Channel Islands Febs Fish

Released in December but sneaks in because it’s so damn good.

Watch our review of the Channel Islands Febs Fish here.

9. Pyzel Ghost

The best step-up hands down, seen a huge increase in popularity again this year.

Watch our review of the Pyzel Ghost here.

8. Thunderbolt Harley Ingleby Mini Moe

This construction is exceptional and combined with HI’s shapes it sets new standards for the ‘mini mid length’.

Watch our review of the Thunderbolt Harley Ingleby Mini Moe

7. Channel Islands Mid Twin

Drawing all the good things from the CI Mid this Twin version is best in class.

Watch our review of the Channel Islands Mid Twin here.

6. Firewire Machadocado

Fastest selling board of the year. Was in and out in a couple of weeks, more coming early in the new year.

Watch our review of the Firewire Machadocado here.

5. Dark Arts x Tomo Evo Remastered

Tomo genius in a stunning construction, faster and more fun than ever.

Watch our review of the Tomo x Dark Arts Evo Remastered here.

4. Channel Islands Happy Everyday

Still the easiest ‘shortboard’ to surf and push your surfing forward.

Watch our review of the Channel Islands Happy Everyday here.

3. Form Surfboards Mod Pro

Our favourite, such a good board for the UK, does it all.

Form Surfboards head shaper Luke Hart popped into reviewe the Mod Pro himself.

2. Lost Surfboards RNF 96

2023’s winner and still hugely popular, the Black Sheep construction gave it a new lease of life.

Watch our review of the RNF 96 here.

1. LoveMachine FM

It’s been the year of the FM… March Madness, Board Awards, Staff Favourite. There could only be one winner. Some super exciting things coming from Ryan Lovelace very soon too.

Watch our review of the LoveMachine FM here

That’s it for this year, we can already hear people shouting what about this board or that board…it’s not really that important it’s just a bit of fun and maybe a guide for anyone looking for a new board. We get sent new boards to try all the time but we only choose the ones we think will work for our customers and represent good value. If there is a brand or board model out there that you think we should check out lets us know.

As always, we aim to keep our customers happy and make the board buying process as easy as possible so don’t forget we offer 0% finance, our board trade in programme, our 30 Day Ride Out Guarantee and we’re always on hand to give advice

Call us (yes we do actually answer the phone) 0044 1243 674250 or email [email protected]   

Be sure to keep an eye out for any models hitting our shelves, you will see expert reviews on our YouTube and Instagram on all new models.