RNF 96 KING FISH

“The worlds most popular Fish… is all grown up

The ..lost RNF96 KINGFISH, is now here to make all your mid-length (and Mid-life) dreams, come true. Matt “Mayhem” Biolos thought about it for years, yet never pulled the trigger.

After all these years as the top selling and most popular Fish model in the world, the little disc is now stretched out (and sleeked up) into the line of Mid-Length Mayhems.

Its no secret that many of us who started riding ..lost’s fish in the mid-90s on a steady diet of VHS tapes showcasing the team are now well into our 50s, not surfing every day and distracted by life’s trials and tribulations.

We’ve grown upand now, our favorite board has grown up, too.

Containing all the proven design details and DNA as the RNF 96, from which is spawned, the RNF96 KINGFISH features:

• Low entry rocker, for paddling through line-ups, ease in catching waves and plenty of glide to take you where you wanna go on the wave.
• Flattish deck, with full, down/soft rails, for floatation and stability. The flat deck allows us to stay relatively thin, with the KINGFISH, keeping the deck-line curvy.
• Even the larger sizes are relatively nimble, flexible and forgiving, underfoot.
• Balanced outline, with modest width in the nose tail, which both measure the same width, on all sizes, retaining plenty of central curve in the outline, for turning.
• The tail is still similar width to a shortboard and combined with the shallow swallow, it doesn’t feel “too fishy, allowing real turns.
• Bottom contours are flat up front, blending to a single concave throughout the center, tapering to a double concave Vee, from the front fins, which accelerates to deep Vee, out the swallow tail.

The KINGFISH is designed to be ridden 6 (on average) longer than you would the RNF96, although you can easily go shorter on the small sizes and extend longer on the larger sizes.

With this in mind, Mayhem continued bending the tail rocker and scooping the deck out, as the boards increase in size, so although the board is longer, it doesn’t feel stiff and hard to turn.

The nose and tail remain relatively thin and foiled in all sizes. Like its predecessor, the fin placement on the RNF96 KINGFISH remains a 2 plus 1 trailer set-up. Twins up front, with a small trailer, is how its built and designed to be ridden.

The fin placement has been designed and tested to allow an open sweet spot, where you don’t need to be standing on the tail to turn this board.

You’ve grown up. Has your board evolved with you?