Haydenshapes Hypto Krypto 5'9

One of the best-selling surfboard models in the world, and the board a lot of surfers mean when they talk about a one-board quiver: the one you take when you can only take one. Extra foam in the nose and tail makes it easy to paddle, yet it still turns like a proper shortboard.

A flat rocker for speed, single to double concave through the middle and a double V off the tail to roll it from rail to rail. It works from knee-high mush to solid overhead days. Ride it as a thruster for control or a quad for speed.

This one is the 5'9 at 32.3 litres, in white and black. As a rough guide it floats an intermediate surfer up to about 55 kg, or an advanced surfer up to about 75 kg.

• Size: 5'9 x 20 1/8" x 2 9/16", 32.3 litres
• Build: FutureFlex: EPS core and epoxy, with a carbon fibre frame around the rails instead of a wooden stringer down the middle
• Fins: 5 boxes: thruster or quad
• Rocker: flat
• Bottom: single to double concave, double V in the tail
• Level: Intermediate and advanced
• Waves: Knee to double overhead

Experienced surfers pick it 3 to 5 cm shorter than their usual board.