Rider: 105kg advanced
Style: Surf
Build Quality: 10/10
Satisfaction: 10/10
Disclosure: owned Naish, Starboard, JL and PSH from 2007. Sponsored by the wife much to her disgust

My Comments:
Blane seems to have amalgamated my favorite surf sups in this board. Nose flip and stability from the 9 9 JL Mano, tail kick and quad setup from the JL Kwad, vacuum bagged heavy duty construction, sick outline of the PSH 9 2 ripper and the thin rails and tail of the PSH ripper series.

This thing absolutely rips for the larger gentleman. Had 6 sessions now the 7 hours on Saturday was really special. Lovely 100m right reef break with a few crawlers. To top it off two hater shortboarders after the usual stink eye and boat comments paddle up to me and complemented me on how good I was turning my boat. Even got a couple of kegs as they paddled out :). They finished by saying 'where can you get one of them?'

It is different to last years ripper as it has rocker front and back. Took me a little time to adjust to the buoyancy of the board I think it is more than the 131l stated. The rocker threw me a bit way less effort to turn than the 9 2. Nice on my shoulders paddling compared to the 9 2 ripper due to the extra float. The increased rocker makes it harder to catch waves which is good and bad, enter the wave a little later but you are in the critical part of the wave.

Sorry no surf pics but a long way out. These are worth a paddle.

Whats your take on it? This is mine.

Surfed lots of boards, still after the perfect 2 board surf quiver, that works in solid waves and tiny stuff.

May have arrived today.

At 105kg and living in a state free of custom builders I believe Blane Chambers makes the best sups for solid waves that suit me. Heavy back foot and bumpy offshore reefs. Love his 9 2 but it is serious work for me unless it is perfect, which is not that frequent over here.

Forget 30"+ they just do not work in solid waves. In Marty Littlewood's immortal works "width is your enemy at speed". If you do not know Marty google Delta Designs he has shaped boards for years, influenced JL sups which rip too.

So the brief - rip in good waves, have fun in tiny stuff and be solid in massive stuff. To address this I got the new 9 7 ripper and the 10 6AA Any Kine. They look the goods - construction a step up on previous efforts lighter and stronger. I will let you know how they go if the nuclear winds ever give out :(

9 7 has more rocker than the 9 2 and the 10 6 has the thinnest tail I have seen. Looking good. 9 7 top white 9 2 middle and 10 6 bottom orange rail.