"The Hydra is the most advanced small wave board I have ever created! It melds more than 25 years of small wave fish and mini wave hybrids. Built around an overall low rocker paired to an almost traditional “fish” outline featuring a “locked in” snowboard influenced sidecut outline, speedy forgiving double concave chined 'Hydra-hull', a rail shortening bite increasing split diamond tail and a flat-ish deck with forgiving rails adds flexibility and allows radical surfing with wide tails." - Matt Biolos
We Say
One of the weirdest looking boards I've ever owned to be fair but that huge wide tail does offer some surprising benefits.. In small waves that big skatey rear end means that tail release is controllable even when pushed as hard as you dare, and the extra water moving under the middle to rear of the board eats flat sections easily.
It's not as glidey as a traditional fish shape and the extra width means it's not as manoeuvrable as a hybrid shortboard but the ability to make the most of knee to chest high waves with minimal effort means I always keep one handy.
I over sized mine by about 10 litres just to mix things up and having that in the car means I no longer need to resort to a longboard for the tiny summer days.
Shipping Info
Available to Guernsey customers only