It arrived today and I was straight out into 2' of wind swell and chop with back was from the rocks. I couldn't believe how stable the board was, more stable than my Bark contender. I caught some great runs in with it jacking up across reefs, nose would bury but then just pop back up. I got the skating feeling that others have commented on, but when you have had it a couple of times it feels fine . Then I
surfed small wave at the beach, board is very easy to manouvre on the wave and paddles out well. I'm about 87kg and an average paddler