Introducing the Fable Fish — Fast, Loose, and Built to Go
The Fable Fish is the newest board out of Experimental Surfboards—and the first one I’m offering for sale brand new.
The idea behind the Fable Fish is straightforward: build a fish with the speed and easy wave-catching you expect from the category, but keep enough control and responsiveness that it doesn’t feel limited to small or soft surf.
The result is a board with a full, efficient planing outline, plenty of foam where it helps, and a pulled-in swallow tail that keeps the back half lively.
It’s designed to paddle easily, get into waves early, generate speed without much effort, and still respond when you put it on rail.
Five-fin versatility
The Fable Fish is built with a five-fin Futures setup, which opens up a lot of possibilities.
Run it as a:
- Twin
- Twin + trailer
- Thruster
- Quad
Different setups will obviously change the personality of the board, but the configuration I’m most excited about is twin + 1.
That setup gives the Fable Fish the speed and freedom of a twin while the small trailer adds just enough stability and control through harder turns.
It keeps the board loose without making it unpredictable.
If you want maximum down-the-line speed and a free feeling off the top, start there.
Built with PU foam and epoxy
This board uses a US Blanks PU Yellow-weight blank with a 3/16" darkwood stringer.
Rather than laminating the PU blank with traditional polyester resin, the Fable Fish is glassed with Resin Research Epoxy.
The glass schedule is intentionally substantial:
Deck: 6 oz + 4 oz
Bottom: 6 oz
Resin: Resin Research Epoxy
That combination gives the board a solid, durable construction while retaining the familiar feel and damping characteristics of a PU core.
It’s a construction I’m particularly interested in: traditional polyurethane foam and wood-stringer feel paired with a high-quality epoxy laminate.
The shape
At 6'3" × 21" × approximately 2 3/4", the Fable Fish carries enough surface area and foam to paddle efficiently without looking or surfing oversized.
The outline keeps width through the center of the board and carries it well into the tail before pulling into the swallow.
Up front, the fuller nose contributes paddle power and planing area. Through the back half, the rails and tail narrow enough to keep the board responsive.
The swallow tail adds two defined corners that give the board something to push against through a turn while preserving the release and speed that make fish designs so much fun.
This isn't intended to be a retro fish that only wants to draw long, flat lines.
The goal is a board that can generate speed, cover ground, carve, and change direction while retaining the effortless feel that makes a fish appealing in the first place.
What I expect it to excel in
The Fable Fish should be particularly comfortable in the kind of everyday surf where you want a board that makes catching waves easier without giving up performance once you're standing.
Think:
Waist-high to overhead surf
Clean points
Open-faced beachbreak
Soft sections that require generating your own speed
Long walls where a twin-fin setup can really run
In smaller surf, the width and planing area should keep it moving.
As the wave gets better, switching fin configurations gives the board considerably more range.
That versatility is a big part of the design.
Board Specifications
Model: Fable Fish
Length: 6'3"
Width: 21"
Fin System: Futures 5-fin
Recommended setup: Twin + 1
Blank: US Blanks PU Yellow
Stringer: 3/16" Darkwood
Deck glass: 6 oz + 4 oz
Bottom glass: 6 oz
Resin: Resin Research Epoxy
Tail: Swallow
