Groveler Surfboards

What is a Groveler surfboard?

Grovelers do not have much of a history. Bob Simmons created the Mini Simmons back in the 1940's as an experiment to cram as much volume into the smallest board possible and this might have been the first Groveler. Over the years other people have recreated this experiment then about 2010, a Groveler category was created to be able to stick these strange looking, stubby shortboards somewhere.

Don't let these fool you! Grovelers are still an experimental category that are becoming kind of a big deal. On days that are so mushy you think you will never catch anything, the Groveler can pull through in a big way. Kona has put our own special modifications into some of these models so Grovelers aren't just for mush anymore.