Specs in one place
Browse image-backed boards with lengths, volume ranges, prices, construction notes, and source links pulled from official product pages and retailer checks.
Bodyboards, shortboards, midlengths, and logs
Your one stop shop for soft tops
Softboard Brands is building a clear, searchable guide to every kind of non-hardtop surfboard: from beater-style bodyboards to soft performance shortboards, forgiving midlengths, and easy-wave logs.
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Catch Surf Beater Original 54 - Twin Fin Bodyboard $275 
Kona Surf Co Plantain Logs $320 
Catch Surf Odysea Log Logs $450 The system
Less surf-shop jargon. Better board decisions.
Most soft top shopping pages mix beginner logs, tiny beaters, fish shapes, and performance foamies into one messy pile. We group boards by how they actually ride, then compare size, volume, price, construction, and fit across brands like Kona, Catch Surf, Wavestorm, Softech, Almond, and more.
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Pick the lane before you pick the board.
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Bodyboard
Beaters, bodyboard hybrids, and tiny foam craft for shorebreak, kids, and pure chaos.
Browse Bodyboard 21Shortboard
Smaller soft tops, fish shapes, and performance foamies built for tighter turns.
Browse Shortboard 13Midlength
The middle ground: easier paddling than a shortboard, looser than a full log.
Browse Midlength 27Logs
Big float, easy wave count, surf-school favorites, and classic beginner-friendly soft tops.
Browse LogsBeginner-friendly explanations
Learn the difference between a log, midlength, shortboard, and bodyboard-style foamie before spending money on the wrong shape.
Kona beside the category leaders
Kona boards can sit next to Catch Surf, Wavestorm, Softech, and other staples with clear tradeoffs instead of buried marketing claims.