Yep, had a fun little surf with Fong at TeaTree yesterday. It wasn't all-time or anything but there were some fun, little peelers coming through. Most of the waves that I caught were knee to waist high.
3 things I got to say:
1. This is the fastest board I've ever surfed. The first wave I caught was micro and the speed caught me by surprise. In all my life I've never moved so quickly across a waist high wave (and i was barely 'pumping'). I guess what they say about quads are true! I'll have to get used to having so much speed (more fun than trying to constantly generate speed).
2. I don't know what I was thinking about when I was worried about 'too much foam'. This board paddles sooooo good (no need to ride my wife's minimal at mushy tea tree) and is more responsive than my old thruster. It feels loose but in control... if that makes sense.
3. Also on the 'too much foam' thing... i was worried about how it would go when the waves were a little suckier/steeper. just before i started thinking about paddling back in, a head high wave snuck through breaking near the rocks, sucking up and a growing a little bigger than when I first looked at it. I didn't have to paddle, I got on easy and carved into a sweet bottom turn that slingshot me into the pocket at breakneck speed...
I then got dropped-in on by a greedy grom
but at least I know that steeper/sucky drops shouldn't be a problem
Mark, I'm soooo stoked with this board!
I can't wait to surf it next, it's just like surfing is going to be really different now and I feel like (I know big call for a first surf) I'm going to improve my surfing with this board. Sorry about the cliche's but it's true.
It's nice to be able to paddle past the groms for a change and get onto waves that are usually reserved for the logs. Not complaining about the speed factor too
Can't wait till my next surf... Yeeewwwwwwww!!!!!!!
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