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
Walden , Magic Model Longboard 1 9 92.34 4 1 7.1 7.6 7.7 6.9 6.3
Mctavish, Fireball Evolution Longboard 2 17 91.37 14 2 7.2 7.4 7.3 7 7
Mctavish, Original Longboard 4 33 89.51 29 4 7.1 7.7 7.7 6.4 6.7
Surftech, Robert August - What I Ride Longboard 3 26 90.06 29 4 7.3 8.1 8.3 7 5.9
Stewart , Hydro Hull Longboard 8 47 87.99 37 6 6.9 7.2 7.3 6.8 6.1
Robert August, RA Retro Single Fin Longboard 10 61 86.56 40 7 6.4 7.6 7.6 5.3 5.3
T&C, Modern Longboard Longboard 18 83 84.37 49 8 6 6.3 6.5 5.5 5.5
Stewart , Hydro Glide - Longboard Longboard 6 38 88.57 54 9 7.9 8.2 8 7.6 7.6
Infinity, Cluster Longboard 6 38 88.57 54 9 7.9 8.4 8.5 7.5 7.1
Becker, Mike Gee X Series Longboard 13 73 85.16 64 11 7 7 7.2 6.6 7
Becker, San Onofre Longboard 16 79 84.78 64 11 6.8 7.8 8.2 6.6 4.6
Becker, LC-3 Over 8 Longboard 15 77 84.91 64 11 6.9 7.8 8.6 5.6 5.4
Becker, UFO Longboard 11 71 85.35 72 14 7.4 8.4 8 7.3 5.8
Infinity, Secret Weapon Longboard 14 74 85.07 72 14 7.3 8.4 8.4 6.4 5.8
Gordon and Smith, Classic Noserider Longboard 11 71 85.35 72 14 7.4 9.3 8.7 6.4 5.1
Surftech, Nino Miranda Longboard 19 87 84.1 72 14 6.9 10 8.7 6 2.9
Infinity, Rad Noserider Longboard 9 59 86.74 72 14 7.9 8.9 8.9 6.9 7.1
Firewire, Flexflight Longboard 23 107 82.13 85 19 6.7 7.3 7.5 6.3 5.8
Stewart , Colin Pro Longboard 17 81 84.48 85 19 7.6 8.5 8.3 7 6.8
Hobie, Peter Pan Slug Longboard 24 118 81.09 98 21 6.9 8.6 8.6 5.1 5.1
Walden Surfboards, Compact Disk Foam Longboard 30 149 77.27 111 23 5.9 6.3 7 5.3 5
Surftech, Mickey Munoz - Glide Longboard 20 95 83.31 111 23 8.3 9.7 9.7 9.3 4.7
Bing, Noserider Longboard 31 155 76.89 133 25 6.8 7.2 6.4 6.8 6.8
Mctavish, F4 Longboard 27 143 77.89 133 25 7.2 6.4 7.2 8 7.2
Stewart , LSP Longboard 26 132 80.14 133 25 8.1 7.6 7.2 8.4 9.2
Surftech, Robert August - Wingnut Noserider Longboard 28 145 77.64 133 25 7.1 8 7.2 7.2 6
Surftech, McTavish - Original Longboard 25 130 80.39 133 25 8.2 8.8 8 8 8
Surftech, Hawaiian Pro Design - Prince Kuhio Longboard 29 148 77.39 133 25 7 9.6 8.8 5.6 4
Bert Burger - Sunova, Hangman Longboard 21 100 82.64 133 25 9.1 9.2 9.2 9.2 8.8
Bryne, Dave Bryne Longboard 32 161 76.28 165 32 8 6.5 7.5 9 9
Channel Island , Quong Longboard 33 169 75.65 165 32 7.8 6.5 7.5 8.5 8.5