Interesting one Beanpole. I like even more extreme and have had some seriously interesting stares and comments with some of my boards, especially the one below.
The tail is based on the plan of a stealth fighter, but I had a change of heart when shaping and hence the round tail component and different deck line.
It was completed earlier in the year and I have had lots of fun riding it in small stuff.
Approx 6'2" x 25" so it is hard to even get it under your arm, and no it's not a kneeboard! Concave almost the entire length with a couple of extra channels through the back and running with the smallest SpeeedFins, which is the exact opposite of some the FISH that are out there.
Yes you do have to keep it pretty upright, let it run and just use the lower half of your body to make it happen. It goes like a scalded cat on next to no wave so I was able to have surfs in days where anything other than a mal would have been a challenge.
Not for everyone, but hopefully it will expand some tiny minds out there.
Alas, time for a new home for it so it's down at Dripping Wet with a couple of other boards, but I fully intend to make another.
I guess the difference for most punters is exactly that, you might be taking a punt and that can be expensive.