At Barker Surfboards, we like to think that if you're not having fun while you're surfing, then you're doing something wrong. It could be that you are trying to force a certain type of board to work in conditions that it wasn't designed for. A good example is a standard shortboard ridden in small, mushy surf. The board is simply too narrow and rockered out to give you the flotation and speed that the wave is not providing. The solution...The Pocket Fish-it's wide, curvy outline, unique bottom contour and flatter rocker generating speed where the wave does not. So, on those small summer days when your normal shortboard is bogging, try a Pocket Fish. If nothing else, it will remind you that surfing is fun!