BEST SURFBOARDS OF 2011
SurfScience.com generates a list of the best surfboards every year based on ratings and reviews from real surfers. Over 5,000 ratings were used to come up with our list of the best surfboards for 2011.

There are two easy ways to view the results. The first is to click any of the tabs above to see the best surfboards in each category. The second is to view the interactive chart below.

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Surfboard Category Overall Ranking Popularity Performance
Brand, Model Class Class Rank Rank SS Score Pop Ranking Class Pop Rank Ovrall Padd Stab Speed Manu
Chemistry, Boombastik Hybrid 20 161 76.28 165 14 8 7.5 8.5 7.5 8.5
Bing, Synchronizer Hybrid 19 161 76.28 165 5 8 8.5 9 7.5 7
Becker, Speed Shape Hybrid 18 153 76.9 165 14 8.3 8.5 8 9 7.5
9 Fish, Beluga Hybrid 17 145 77.64 133 11 7.1 7.2 7.6 7.2 6.4
Surftech, Rusty - Piranha Hybrid 16 132 80.14 133 11 8.1 8.4 8.8 8.4 6.8
Channel Island , MSF Hybrid 15 116 81.23 111 4 7.5 8 8 7.3 6.7
Fletcher Chouinard Designs, Quark Hybrid 14 109 81.98 98 10 7.2 9.1 5.7 7.7 6.3
Channel Island , Robber Hybrid 13 98 83.05 98 3 7.6 8 7.4 8.3 6.9
Firewire, Futura Hybrid 12 87 84.1 72 7 6.9 6 6.2 7.6 7.8
Bert Burger - Sunova, 8 Ball Hybrid 11 82 84.39 133 11 9.8 9.6 9.6 10 10
Becker, Hybrid Hybrid 10 77 84.91 64 6 6.9 7 6.4 7 7
9 Fish, Barracuda Hybrid 9 76 84.94 85 8 7.8 8 7.8 8 7.5
Mark Richards, Super Twin Hybrid 8 70 85.41 85 8 8 7.5 7.5 8.3 8.8
Rusty, Desert Island Hybrid 7 63 86.2 40 4 6.3 6.9 7.7 5.7 4.9
Rusty, Dwart Hybrid 6 35 89.06 45 5 7.7 8 7.7 7.7 7.2
Santa Cruz, Pumpkin Seed Hybrid 5 32 89.58 29 3 7.1 7.3 7.2 7 7
Rusty, Piranha Quad Hybrid 4 15 91.39 18 2 7.4 7.5 7.2 7.8 7
Rusty, Piranha Hybrid 3 6 92.66 6 1 7.3 7.8 7.9 7 6.7
Channel Island , Biscuit Hybrid 2 4 92.89 15 2 7.8 8.3 7.7 7.6 7.8
Channel Island , Pod Hybrid 1 1 93.93 3 1 7.7 7.8 8 7.5 7.5