Steve Lis <www.surmuseum.org>
Steve Lis, shaper, surfer(body surfer, paipo rider and kneeboarder), invented gFish board.h
Dual fins inspired by the Nick Mirandon's "Twin Pin."
Here, I got two Lis Fish 5'3h and 5'8h.
5'3hLis Fish was made circa 1970.
5'8hLis Fish was made 2005
About 30years difference between two boards, and the 30yrs make the board /style change by surfers, shapers, and maybe environmentc.
Checking the difference by looking the board from the top, bottom, rails, fins, tail, and signature.
5'8"
kneeboard
5'3"
Nose shape of the board is getting narrower than old lis fish; however, it is not comparing the exact same board, I assume the shaping must be different at same size today.
Rails:
Completely different from old one to new one. New Lis Fish is very thin rail (especially rail side) Old one was used as kneeboard so thick rail easy to get in the fast wave.
Tail:
Surprisingly this part is almost no difference between new and old. gKeep on same concepth sounds a lot to me.
flat and concave
5'8"
5'3"
New fin is more Cutaway type shape.
Cutaway seems a little bit looser by looking but 5'3" is nice enough for the looseness.
Actually stand up riding 5'3" feels a little bit faster than 5'8" when you ride.
tail:
hard to compare--- because of concept of the board is quite different.
Old---kneeboard
New--stand up surfing
fin position is a little bit forward for the new one.
Signature:
Well, of course same. That makes value for the board for the serious collector.
Old board--- still fun.
New board--- fun
5'3h sounds really no buoyancy but it is not both boards are almost same flotation.
Sometimes old board won't work well because of the undeveloped tool. These two boards works well in different way.