Lucky to get a ride on Scotty's 8 6 custom based on the spitfire plane shape here www.smiksup.com/spitfire-performance at Airport Rights for a couple of hours today.
At 105kg I was at my limit on the 120ish litre board. Paddling was a lot slower than my 8 10 Speeed with more yaw however I got over that pretty quickly. Catching waves was really easy with a flatter nose entry and stability was very good for a thinish pulled in nose and tail board.
Shortboard style boards like this are about surfing and this is where the Smik really shone. I was looking for a board to throw around in up to head high waves and this board really excelled in the waves I caught at that size range. The extremely light carbon/pvc sandwich construction meant the little Spitfire was a pleasure to chuck around. Where it really excelled was it's ability to do vertical maneuvers, just flies out of a bottom turn and loves to smack the lip. Nice tail rocker contributes to the liveliness of the board.
Only negative was the fluro orange paint job. Hopefully it will grow on me as I bought it on the spot :) Will post a couple of pics when it gets to Perth.