What is the difference between a surfboard designed for standing waves and one made for moving waves? At a glance, the standing wave variety looks like hobbit-sized sticks, squished-down versions of high-performance shortboards. We know that shapers build finely-tuned boards suited to the different wave pools of the world like Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch or BSR in Waco. There are also several designs made for standing-wave pools like Citywave and UNIT. WavePoolMag spoke with three shapers to paint out the differences in broad strokes between static and soliton (moving) wave needs. Below we’ve trimmed the top key takeaways in design differences so readers can choose a suitable stick should they jump from a Wavegarden Cove session in Bristol, to a Citywave session at the Jochen Schweizer Arena in Munich. German surfing royalty Quirin Rohleder is a fixture at the Eisbach river wave. He also spearheaded the Rapid Surf League tour … Continue reading Design Basics: Separating standing wave and moving wave surfboards