…Lost Puddle Fish Surfboard | In Stock & Custom Orders

Who - Beginners whom have the fundamental “pop-up” down to advanced surfers will love this board. Beginners/intermediates will size the board longer in length to provide the needed stability and forgiveness where higher end intermediate/advanced surfers will drop the board’s length a bit to keep this model nimble and maneuverable.

When - Ride the Puddle Fish when the conditions are lackluster and you need a board to paddle well, create speed, and have tons of drive. Ideal range is the poor to average conditions varying from about knee to rib high. Surfers able to ride the Puddle Fish at a shorter length will be able to go into slightly larger waves when conditions aren’t too punchy or hollow.

What - The Puddle Fish is here to go fast and make the most out of minimal conditions. Much like other models in the Puddle Jumper family, the Puddle Fish has a forward wide point that’s positioned under the chest/front foot area of the deck and a relaxed overall rocker that provides exceptional paddle power, easy wave catching abilities, and immediate speed. The tail block has been widened when compared to the PJ Squash that creates a more parallel rail line that provides more drive when turning. The parallel rail line equates to more of the rail submerging into the wave face when turning and the more rail that is engaged creates more push or drive in the direction you are turning. When you add the single to double concave it allows a wider nose and wide-tail board to still feel nimble and responsive by encouraging the board to transition from rail to rail and help one maneuver it. The final bit is the “inverted swallow” tail which is how the board can have the wide tail block for planing and glide but the unique swallow shape still provides bite and hold when surfing at speed and or when a steeper section is presented.

…Lost Puddle Fish stock dimensions - stock dims
Length	Width	Thickness	Volume
5'0	19.25"	2.23"	24.50 L
5'2	19.75"	2.28"	26.25 L
5'3	20.00"	2.32"	27.50 L
5'4	20.25"	2.32"	28.50 L
5'5	20.50"	2.38"	30.00 L
5'6	20.75"	2.40"	31.00 L
5'7	21.00"	2.44"	32.50 L
5'8	21.25"	2.53"	34.62 L
5'9	21.50"	2.56"	36.00 L
5'10	21.75"	2.63"	38.00 L
5'11	22.00"	2.70"	40.00 L
6'0	22.25"	2.75"	42.00 L
6'1	22.50"	2.75"	43.00 L
6'2	22.50"	2.80"	44.62 L
6'3	22.63"	2.82"	46.00 L
6'4	22.75"	2.82"	47.00 L

Length

Width

Thickness

Volume

5'0

19.25"

2.23"

24.50 L

5'2

19.75"

2.28"

26.25 L

5'3

20.00"

2.32"

27.50 L

5'4

20.25"

2.32"

28.50 L

5'5

20.50"

2.38"

30.00 L

5'6

20.75"

2.40"

31.00 L

5'7

21.00"

2.44"

32.50 L

5'8

21.25"

2.53"

34.62 L

5'9

21.50"

2.56"

36.00 L

5'10

21.75"

2.63"

38.00 L

5'11

22.00"

2.70"

40.00 L

6'0

22.25"

2.75"

42.00 L

6'1

22.50"

2.75"

43.00 L

6'2

22.50"

2.80"

44.62 L

6'3

22.63"

2.82"

46.00 L

6'4

22.75"

2.82"

47.00 L

…Lost Puddle Fish stock dimensions - pro dims
Length	Width	Thickness	Volume
5'2	19.00"	2.27"	25.00 L
5'4	19.50"	2.30"	27.00 L
5'5	19.75"	2.32"	28.12 L
5'6	20.00"	2.32"	29.00 L
5'8	20.50"	2.38"	31.50 L
5'10	21.00"	2.50"	35.00 L
6'0	21.50"	2.60"	38.50 L

Length

Width

Thickness

Volume

5'2

19.00"

2.27"

25.00 L

5'4

19.50"

2.30"

27.00 L

5'5

19.75"

2.32"

28.12 L

5'6

20.00"

2.32"

29.00 L

5'8

20.50"

2.38"

31.50 L

5'10

21.00"

2.50"

35.00 L

6'0

21.50"

2.60"

38.50 L

Puddle Fish Quick Facts

…Lost Puddle Fish quick facts
Brand / shaper	…Lost Surfboards, Matt “Mayhem” Biolos
Based on	The Puddle Jumper, keeping its performance-defining rocker and spiral vee under the rear foot, with the wide point pushed slightly forward, the tail widened and squared off, the hip between the feet pulled in and straightened, and the concave through the center reduced
Board type	Extreme little small-wave speed machine: “a fast and fishy spin on the ever popular Puddle Jumper”
Best waves	Small surf, flats and slop: designed for unadulterated lateral speed down the line, with the confidence to surf full-force on rail
Model history	Born out of an extended summer flat spell and Matt Biolos’s need for something fresh to get him in the water regardless
Tail	Inverted swallow set inside a wide square tail, with an optional speed-bleeding “afterburner” release channel exiting at the apex of the swallow
Design	Straighter hip and reduced center concave flatten the rail rocker under the front foot for linear speed; the inverted swallow and angular corners of the square tail reduce surface area behind the rear foot for bite and control without losing the drive of the straight tail outline; the optional afterburner channel sits inside the double-concave vee panels, toed in slightly to run parallel with the rear quad fins
Fins	5-fin, designed around a quad (FCS II or Futures boxes). Best template: raked, drive-oriented quad (FCS Carver family; Futures Rake). Try the FCS II Mayhem Driver Tri with the Driver quad rears, or the Futures Mayhem 3.0 5-Fin.
Stock sizes	Stock dims 5’0 to 6’4 (24.50 L to 47.00 L); Pro dims 5’2 to 6’0 (25.00 L to 38.50 L)
Sizing	Shorter and wider than your regular shortboard, with 1 to 2 L more volume; about 5" to 7" shorter than a Driver 3.0 in the stock chart, or 4" to 6" shorter in Pro dims
Constructions we stock	Always: PU (poly), Light Speed II and Black Sheep Built. Also stocked at times: Light Speed, Black Dart, Lib Tech and Carbon Wrap. All constructions are available for custom order
Custom orders	Yes, through our …Lost 3D board builder

Brand / shaper

…Lost Surfboards, Matt “Mayhem” Biolos

Based on

The Puddle Jumper, keeping its performance-defining rocker and spiral vee under the rear foot, with the wide point pushed slightly forward, the tail widened and squared off, the hip between the feet pulled in and straightened, and the concave through the center reduced

Board type

Extreme little small-wave speed machine: “a fast and fishy spin on the ever popular Puddle Jumper”

Best waves

Small surf, flats and slop: designed for unadulterated lateral speed down the line, with the confidence to surf full-force on rail

Model history

Born out of an extended summer flat spell and Matt Biolos’s need for something fresh to get him in the water regardless

Tail

Inverted swallow set inside a wide square tail, with an optional speed-bleeding “afterburner” release channel exiting at the apex of the swallow

Design

Straighter hip and reduced center concave flatten the rail rocker under the front foot for linear speed; the inverted swallow and angular corners of the square tail reduce surface area behind the rear foot for bite and control without losing the drive of the straight tail outline; the optional afterburner channel sits inside the double-concave vee panels, toed in slightly to run parallel with the rear quad fins

Fins

5-fin, designed around a quad (FCS II or Futures boxes). Best template: raked, drive-oriented quad (FCS Carver family; Futures Rake). Try the FCS II Mayhem Driver Tri with the Driver quad rears, or the Futures Mayhem 3.0 5-Fin.

Stock sizes

Stock dims 5’0 to 6’4 (24.50 L to 47.00 L); Pro dims 5’2 to 6’0 (25.00 L to 38.50 L)

Sizing

Shorter and wider than your regular shortboard, with 1 to 2 L more volume; about 5" to 7" shorter than a Driver 3.0 in the stock chart, or 4" to 6" shorter in Pro dims

Constructions we stock

Always: PU (poly), Light Speed II and Black Sheep Built. Also stocked at times: Light Speed, Black Dart, Lib Tech and Carbon Wrap. All constructions are available for custom order

Custom orders

Yes, through our …Lost 3D board builder

Puddle Fish Q&A

What size Puddle Fish should I get?

…Lost built the Puddle Fish as a small-wave speed machine, so treat it like a fish: shorter and wider than your regular shortboard, with a tad more volume, and we recommend 1 to 2 liters more. Its wide, straight outline carries a lot of foam, so comparing …Lost’s stock dims it runs about 5" to 7" shorter than a Driver 3.0 of the same volume in the stock chart, or 4" to 6" shorter in the narrower Pro dims. For example, if you ride a 5’11 Driver 3.0 (28.50 L), look at the 5’5 (20.50" x 2.38", 30.00 L) in stock dims or the 5’6 (20.00" x 2.32", 29.00 L) in Pro dims. Stock dims run from 5’0 (19.25" x 2.23", 24.50 L) to 6’4 (22.75" x 2.82", 47.00 L), and Pro dims from 5’2 (19.00" x 2.27", 25.00 L) to 6’0 (21.50" x 2.60", 38.50 L). If you don’t know your volume, use the Volume calculator at the top of our …Lost 3D board builder: enter your height, weight, skill, fitness and the waves you surf, and it recommends a volume by board type, from shortboard to fish, hybrid and mid-length. Our shop staff can help you pick a size.

What fins does the Puddle Fish use?

The Puddle Fish has five fin boxes (FCS II or Futures), and …Lost designed it around a quad: the optional afterburner release channel is toed in to run parallel with the rear quad fins. Neither FCS nor Futures lists the Puddle Fish, but FCS pairs the original Puddle Jumper it is based on with the Mayhem Driver Tri, so a raked, drive-oriented template is the pick: on FCS II, the Mayhem Driver Tri (Small, Medium, Large) with the Mayhem Driver quad rears (Medium, Large) as a quad, or run it as a thruster for more pivot. FCS classes the Mayhem Driver as a Carver-family fin: an elongated template with more sweep (rake), built for hold and longer, drawn-out turns. FCS sizes these fins by weight: Small 120–155 lbs, Medium 145–175 lbs, Large 165–200 lbs. On Futures, the Mayhem 3.0 5-Fin (Medium, Large) covers quad and thruster in one set, and Matt Biolos’s own Mayhem Evil Quad, built for …Lost’s fish and alternative boards, is the fishier option. Futures sizes its fins as Small 95–135 lbs, Medium 125–175 lbs and Large 165 lbs and up.

How is the Puddle Fish different from the Puddle Jumper?

…Lost started with the Puddle Jumper and kept its performance-defining rocker and spiral vee under the rear foot, then pushed the wide point slightly forward, widened and squared off the tail block, and really pulled in and straightened the hip between the feet. Together with a shallower concave through the center, which straightens and flattens the rail rocker under the front foot, these changes build more linear speed down the line, across flats and through slop. The inverted swallow inside the square tail and the optional afterburner channel finish it off.

What is the afterburner channel on the Puddle Fish?

An optional speed-bleeding release channel that sits inside the double-concave vee panels in the tail, toed in slightly to run parallel with the rear quad fin placement, and exits at the apex of the inverted swallow. …Lost’s goal was a board that matches the flat-line speed of any alternative fish design without the cumbersome, drifty feeling most of those boards have, while allowing full-force, small-wave rail surfing with confidence.

What waves is the Puddle Fish for?

Small surf. It was designed for unadulterated lateral speed in small waves, sprung from an extended summer flat spell, and its straight tail outline, flattened front-foot rail rocker and reduced center concave are all about linear speed down the line, across flats and through slop, with the inverted swallow adding bite and control when you push on rail.

What constructions does the Puddle Fish come in?

We always stock the Puddle Fish in PU (poly), Light Speed II and Black Sheep Built, and we have also stocked it in Light Speed, Black Dart, Lib Tech and Carbon Wrap. Each in-stock board on this page lists its construction. All constructions are available for custom order through our …Lost 3D board builder.

Can I custom order a Puddle Fish?

Yes. Use the Custom Order Puddle Fish button on this page, or open the …Lost 3D board builder directly, to design one: you choose the dims, construction, fin boxes, colors and art.