Well had the board for about a week now. Had a few surfs on it in small beach break. First session was about chest high at best super round and hollow little ones. Board felt really fast. The rocker and concave together on the skate model is insane. Planes well but also has a good amount of tail rocker to still turn tight in the pocket. Felt a little corky at times but hard to tell. The waves didn't allow for many turns. Mostly just a couple one hit wonders and a few little closeout tubes. Caught waves really easy, and paddled really well.
Second session was again around chest to shoulder high beach break but a little more ripable. Kinda soft take offs followed by some steeper sections you could hit. Got a few turns in that felt great, but that was all. hard to chase down the good ones, only surfed 3 times in the last two weeks feeling slow. Again paddled and caught waves really well, planed really well over flat spots, and was fast down the line. This time got to turn a bit. Super loose in the pocket...real snappy, with good release. Felt a touch front heavy and again maybe a touch slow rail to rail.
Take away upon first looking at the board and after a few surfs... Too much width. it's 19 3/8 wide at dead center but the skate already has a pretty wide template, although the tail width and shape feels magic. Gotta keep the tail similar but bring the middle and nose width in a bit. maybe by 1/8.
Also too much thickness forward and a little too full of a rail. Problem here is that if I make both changes for august board then i risk loosing a lot of volume at once as well as not really feeling the difference with just one change. Thinking I'm going to focus on removing thickness from the rail on the august board. tuning up the rails may give me the faster rail to rail and more sensitivity and response that im wanting in julys board. Still gonna ride it twice more before ordering augusts board.
