Best guns for big waves
Overhead surf punishes a board that cannot hold its line. These guns are rated for overhead waves and bigger, where length, rail and a pulled-in tail matter most.
Guns are long, narrow and pulled-in, built to paddle into and hold a line on serious waves.
14 models
- 1

Buzz Gun
Stretch Boards
Gun
- Wave sizeOverhead → Double-overhead+
- 2

Carrera
Chris Christenson
Gun
- Wave sizeOverhead → Double-overhead+
- SkillAdvanced → Expert
- 3

Cheater 5 Gun
Rawson Surfboards
Gun
- Wave sizeOverhead → Double-overhead+
- 4
Classic Gun
Rawson Surfboards
Gun
- Wave sizeOverhead → Double-overhead+
- SkillAdvanced
- 5

Comp Gun
Stretch Boards
Gun
- Wave sizeOverhead → Double-overhead+
- Wave powerHollow / powerful
- 6

G-Money II XL
Jeff “Doc” Lausch
Gun
- Wave sizeOverhead → Double-overhead+
- Wave powerSoft → Hollow / powerful
- 7

Gun
Misfit Shapes
Gun
- Wave sizeOverhead → Double-overhead+
- 8

North American Gun
Hess Surfboards
Gun
- Wave sizeOverhead → Double-overhead+
- 9

Padillac
Pyzel Surfboards
Gun
- Wave sizeOverhead → Double-overhead+
- 10

Sicario
Chris Christenson
Gun
- Wave sizeOverhead → Double-overhead+
- 11

The Sniper Gun Model
Rawson Surfboards
Gun
- Wave sizeOverhead → Double-overhead+
- 12

Traveler Gun
Hess Surfboards
Gun
- Wave sizeOverhead → Double-overhead+
- 13

Mavs Gun
Channel Islands Surfboards
Gun
- Wave sizeDouble-overhead+
- Wave powerHollow / powerful
- 14

Osprey
Chris Christenson
Gun
- Wave sizeChest → Double-overhead+