Yesterday I was lucky enough to pick up a brand new Nano 72 litre from the freight depot here in Adelaide. Given the forecast it was straight to Middleton to unwrap it, put the straps and fins on and get out there.

There is nothing like trying to get a brand new board out of the box and all the wrapping in 25-35knots but once I got it out, wow, did it look awesome. Severne have excelled this year with the graphics, it looks even better in real life than it already does on their website.

Got the board sorted out, set up as a thruster, rigged a 3.7 Blade and headed out. Conditions were 3 foot swell, starboard tack cross-cross off with wind strength as already described. Heading out through the waves due to the gusty challenging conditions I found that the board had amazing acceleration and in the lulls it would sufficiently float me at 68kgs if I kept central on the board. On the wave it was super fast if I wanted to blast down the line to hit sections further down but would then also pull up and do incredibly tight turns. It broke the fins loose on one top turn and got some slide happening but it was very easy to lock it back in and get it under control.

Today I got to try it out in onshore conditions at Seacliff. This time it was Port tack with also about 25-35knots and once again I used a 3.7 blade and ran the board as a thruster. Once again the board acceleration was amazing even through white water sections when heading out. It felt great in the air and controlled during loops and was easy to control at full speed through the chop amongst the waves. I had the opportunity to do some onshore bearaways in some shoulder to head high waves and this is where the board blew away all of my expectations. Turns were ridiculously tight, fast, effortless and controlled.

If you are thinking about giving one of these awesome boards a go don't hesitate. I can definitely say that after only two sails on it this is the best board I have ever had.