The quiver: 29 boards now, 121 sold, and how it got here
Updated 2026-09-19
The quiver right now holds 29 boards. That is down from 54 at the start of a single year, and it sits on top of 121 boards sold across the years before that. This section is the log itself: what is in the rack today, what has moved on, how the cut from 54 to 29 actually happened, and the small list of boards still on the wishlist.
What is in this section
- Current quiver: every board in the rack right now, with length, volume, fin config and sessions
- Sold boards: the full list of what has sold, pulled from the same register
- The purge: how 54 boards became 29 in a year, and the four hardest ones to let go
- Dream quiver: the argument for a small, deliberate quiver over a large one
- Wishlist: the four boards not yet bought that I am still curious about
Why keep a log like this at all
A quiver this size only works with a real record behind it. Every board here has sessions, a top speed where I have measured one, a longest wave, and what it cost against what it sold for. That record is what makes the purge possible in the first place: you cannot tell which board is duplicating another one's job from memory alone, not across 150 boards owned over more than a decade.
Questions people ask
How many boards do you actually recommend owning?
There is no single number that fits everyone. My own answer, and the reasoning behind it, is on how many surfboards do you need.
Is the current quiver still shrinking?
It moves in both directions. A board leaves when something else already does its job better, and a board comes in only when it clearly replaces something already in the rack, using the filters on selling filters.
Where do the numbers on cost and resale come from?
The full breakdown, by brand and by style, is on what 121 surfboards cost and sold for.