The Best Bodyboards of 2025: Beginner & Pro-Level Options
Looking to upgrade your bodyboard or find your first bodyboard? You’ve come to the right place! Whether you're a beginner catching your first waves or an advanced rider looking to get more air, we've got a board option for everyone. At 662 Bodyboard shop, we have been helping customers find the best board for their needs for over 20 years and have organized a list of the highest quality bodyboards on the market for various riding preferences, water conditions, and body types. Before we get into our list of category winners, we must help the beginners with some tips on how to choose a board!
How to Choose a Bodyboard
If you are looking to purchase your first higher end bodyboard that isn’t a low quality option off the shelf from your local tourist shop or big box store, we highly recommend learning more about the various factors that go into selecting the best bodyboard for your needs. The temperature of the water you ride in, your physical size, your performance goals, and the size of waves you plan to ride are example factors that play into selecting a bodyboard. Not taking the time to first learn about which type of board could be best for you can lead to a regrettable purchase, which is the last thing we want! You can learn everything you need to know about selecting a bodyboard by visiting our bodyboard buying guide.
Arguably the most important board quality to consider for most intermediate to advanced bodyboarders is the core material used in a bodyboard. Because of this, we have organized our category winners to feature the most popular core materials used along with other common board needs according to skill level, body size, and performance goals. To learn about how we select the best bodyboards, be sure to visit our how we test bodyboards section below. Now, let’s find your new favorite bodyboard!
The Best Bodyboard Category Winners
| Best Bodyboard for Beginners | Empire Rising Bull Bodyboard |
| Best Bodyboard for Kids | VS Inferno Bodyboard |
| Best PE Bodyboard | NMD Ben Player Control PE Bodyboard |
| Best PP Bodyboard | Hubboards Hubb PP Pro Bodyboard- Crescent Tail |
| Best PFST-PP Bodyboard | VS Bodyboards Winchester Quad Concave PFS-T + 3DC Contours WiFly Tail |
| Best Bodyboard for Large Riders | VS THE BEAST Bodyboard |
| Best Bat Tail Bodyboard | NMD Bodyboards Player Quantum PFS-T Bat Tail |
| Best Bodyboard for Aerials | NMD Bodyboards Player XXV Quantum PFS-T PP + 3DC Contours |
Best Bodyboard for Beginners - Empire Rising Bull Bodyboard
Empire brings you the Rising Bull bodyboard. It is a fantastic beginner/intermediate board for riders who are looking for a board to get them to the next level. Made with PE core and 1x Stringer, it will give you some flex for when maximum control of the board is needed. It also features a great universal template which will allow you to ride it in both the prone and DK positions.
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Best Bodyboard for Kids - VS Inferno Bodyboard
The VS Inferno is the perfect board for a fun beach day, sizes available for kids to adults. This board comes equipped with a stringer! Stringers are rods used to add strength, increase stiffness and to help maintain good rocker. Stringers lengthen the life of a bodyboard. Its inserted into the center of the core. You'll also get great use out of the thermo deck grip. It's designed to lock the body into position and improve hand grip.
Best PE Bodyboard - NMD Ben Player Control PE Bodyboard
The Player template is product of 1000’s of hours spent in the ocean. The wide nose and tail sync perfectly with a relatively low wide-point, creating a unique prone curve built to carve tight in the pocket and project out of the thickest lips. The Player oozes high-performance out of each and every cell.
Best PP Bodyboard - Hubboards Hubb PP Pro Bodyboard- Crescent Tail
The Hubb Edition PP Pro is an incredible high-performance bodyboard that is equipped with a Kinetic Poly Propylene core, single or double CFT stringers (High-grade filament wound composite-fiber tube for increased board strength and spring-like recoil), mesh, surlyn slick, nose bulbs and a new handhold line contour deck designed to fit comfortably in your hands. This is one of the best options available for any rider who desires to push themselves to the next level.
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Best PFST-PP Bodyboard - VS Bodyboards Winchester Quad Concave PFS-T + 3DC Contours WiFly Tail
Dave Winchester has brought his style, versatility and all round talent to VS. Winny has created this model for the those after the top shelf version of his template in Parabolic core. Dave has a legion of fans through his explosive and elegant wave riding. This model is a great choice if you dream of riding like Winny one day.
The all-new Quantum Series has been designed for the advanced rider and represents the pinnacle in advanced bodyboard design. We started with the dynamic loading principals of PFS-T and reconfigured the QuadConcave to match the tapered beam orientation. The result is the fastest board we’ve ever tested.
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Best Bodyboard for Large Riders - VS THE BEAST Bodyboard
Are you a larger fellow? Do you also like to get barreled? Well look no further, the VS Beast is your answer. Boasting a large 45 and 46 inch template, it is designed specifically for the big braddas who need a little extra foam underneath them. It also has all the bells and whistles you want to see; Graduated Channels, Nose Bulbs, etc. Get out there, grab a Beast and pull into some beastly pits!
Best Bat Tail Bodyboard - NMD Bodyboards Player Quantum PFS-T Bat Tail
3 x World Champion Ben Player has done everything the world of bodyboarding has to offer. He is constantly pushing the realms of what this sport is capable of achieving. Ben has designed this board for those who want the very best board model with greater speed, recoil & projection key.
You can be sure you're riding world champion stock when you pick up a bodyboard with the BP stamp on it!
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Best Bodyboard for Aerials - NMD Bodyboards Player XXV Quantum PFS-T PP + 3DC Contours
The NMD XXV models celebrates 25 years for NMD. This limited edition model is the pinnacle of bodyboard materials and shaping. If you want the best board ever made, this is it!
The all-new Quantum Series has been designed for the advanced rider and represents the pinnacle in advanced bodyboard design. We started with the dynamic loading principals of PFS-T and reconfigured the QuadConcave to match the tapered beam orientation. The result is the fastest board we’ve ever tested.
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Final Thoughts
Whether you're hitting the beach for the first time or looking to add a new board to add to your collection, we hope that this guide will help you shop confidently!
If you still need help shopping feel free to contact us anytime, we love helping people find their new favorite board. Stay tuned for updates and new additions as we continue to test and review the latest offerings in the bodyboarding world!
How We Test Bodyboards
At 662 Bodyboard Shop, we are committed to helping you find the highest quality products from the best brands the bodyboarding industry has to offer. Our product testing process is rigorous and designed to provide the most reliable recommendations. Here's how we ensure the bodyboards we recommend are quality options:
20+ Years of Experience with Bodyboard Design & Engineering
662 Bodyboard Shop was launched in 2003 out of a small garage by Eddie Solomon, a Southern California bodyboarder known for his aggressive, big wave riding at legendary spots like Waimea Shorebreak and The Wedge. For close to ten years, he operated several bodyboard only stores and launched one of the first and most successful online bodyboard shops in existence. During this time, he worked closely with bodyboard industry pioneers to learn about bodyboarding design and engineering, in order to launch his own bodyboard and swim fin brands.
Utilizing these years of experience passed on by Eddie, we work closely with board manufacturers to advance board design and produce products that offer optimal performance. We also collaborate with other bodyboard brands to bring you the best boards available on the market, helping us stay up to date on the latest materials, core types, channel designs, and all of the innovations that go into modern bodyboards.
Hands-On Testing
Nothing quite beats real-world testing. Our team takes each board into the ocean to evaluate its performance in various wave and water conditions. We also collaborate and sponsor some of the greatest bodyboarders in the world, helping us collect advanced insight on how our boards are performing in various conditions. This hands-on approach helps us understand how a board performs in practice, from catching waves, to maneuverability, flex, speed and more.
Collecting Customer Feedback
We listen to the bodyboarding community, which includes you! Customer reviews and feedback are integral to our assessment, providing insights into the durability, performance, and overall satisfaction of each board over time.
By combining years of experience with board design, hands-on testing, and collecting customer feedback, we are confident in helping you find the best board possible!
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best bodyboard?
There is no single, "best bodyboard" as different board types, sizes, and features will suit different riders better. The best bodyboard for your needs is dependent on your physical size, water conditions you will be riding in, performance goals, among other considerations. You can learn everything you need to know about choosing a bodyboard by checking out our bodyboard buying guide!
What size bodyboard do I need?
Check out our sizing chart below for estimates that work for most riders and most bodyboard brands, but be sure to consider your body size and personal performance preferences. What works for one person may not work for another, so some bodyboarders will ride different sized boards before finding the perfect fit. Follow the chart below to see which size bodyboard could be best for you!
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BODYBOARD SIZE CHART |
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Board Length (inches) |
Rider Weight (lbs) |
Rider Height (ft.' & in.") |
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32" - 34" |
40 - 64 |
Under 4' |
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36" - 38" |
65 - 85 |
4'-5' |
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39" |
86 - 115 |
4'6" - 5'2" |
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40" |
110 - 130 |
5'3" - 5"6" |
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41" - 41.75" |
125 - 170 |
5'7" - 5'9" |
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42" |
145 - 180 |
5'9" - 6'0" |
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42.5" |
160 - 190 |
5'10" - 6'2" |
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43" |
170 - 210 |
6'1" - 6'3" |
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44" |
180 - 270 |
6'2" - 6'4" |
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45" |
195 - 255 |
6'3" - 6'6" |
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46" |
220+ |
6'4"+ |
What’s the difference between a bodyboard and boogie board?
To answer this, we have to start with the origins of modern bodyboarding. Modern bodyboarding can be traced back to 1971 in Hawaii when Tom Morey created the very first bodyboard, originally dubbed the "Boogie Board". This is where the distinction between Boogie Board and bodyboard lies - “Boogie Board” is the brand name from Morey, whereas bodyboard or bodyboarding, is the name of the sport itself.
Besides a board, what else do I need to begin bodyboarding?
In addition to your board, getting a pair of quality swim fins is the next most important piece of equipment for bodyboarding. If you aren't sure which style or size of swim fins would serve you best, be sure to check out our swim fin buying guide. Besides swim fins, there's also a variety of bodyboard accessories such as wetsuits or rash-guards for cold water riders, board leashes, swim fin accessories, board repair kits, and more!
