The Stickleback is the third part in our essential Fish trilogy. The big difference between the Stickleback and our other two offerings is that it has a 3 fin thruster set up, so it might be more accurately thought of as a shortboard that thinks it is a fish. The result is fish performance without the retro feel of our more traditional models.

The Stickleback at a glance
SIZE RANGE: 5'.8'' to 6'.4''
TYPICAL DIMENSIONS: 6'.2" x 14"x 19 ½"x 15"x 2 3/8"
ROCKER: fairly flat
RAILS: low/modern
BOTTOM SHAPE: deep single concave
IDEAL CONDITIONS: small
BEST SUITED TO: intermediate to experienced

The design in detail
The Stickleback has serious shortboard and Fish credentials combined. Firstly it is shaped from a shortboard blank so it has shortboard rockers (although the nose lift is flattened), with shortboard rails and a deep single concave. So modern moves are easy to achieve.
However the Stickleback is very much wearing Fish clothing. From nose to tail it is wide, thus ensuring the standard fish benefits of easy paddling and early planning speed in small and weak surf.
Also like other Fish, the wide point is forward of the middle which elongates the tail template. Added to the double wingers and the swallowtail this provides the drive and control at speed that you need when the surf gets more serious. Therefore, avoiding that awful 'skatey' feel that wide tail thrusters can suffer from, especially when the waves get bigger.
A truly modern hybrid fish.