Guns are serious boards for the serious surfer and are designed for riding the largest days of the year. Chances are if you need this type of board you're probably not going to be reading this but for the sake of education, we’ll describe them briefly. You can think of guns as a survival tool rather than a performance design because only the best of the best do anything more than just survive the giants waves ridden on these boards. The objective in big wave surfing is to get into the wave early, get down the face, and make the wave. Consequently, these boards have vee bottoms which creates suction and control, in effect holding you on to the face of the wave. The last thing a surfer wants on a large wave is to spin out at the bottom of a twenty or thirty-foot wave. Guns need to be thick with the wide point slightly forward of center for maximum paddling efficiency and cover a lot of ground in a short time. Guns are normally thrusters or single fins, but recently the four fin has become a viable option as well. This type of board is for the advanced or expert surfer only.