I am VERY happy with my two Sunova Acid boards. I am 95 kg and I bought a 8'10 and 9'1. The 9'1 is used at big left which is quite a powerful wave and often shoulder to overhead in size, but it always pretty lumpy/choppy and I need the extra stability. The 8'10 is too much work out there for me. I have ridden the 9'1 much more than the 8'10 but I am happiest surfing the 8'10.

The reason for this review is that I have noticed two major differences between the Acid and all my other boards (8'7 Flow, 8'8 and 8'10 Speeds, 8'8 Hokua X32 and 7'10 Minion).

First, I don't have to push my back foot back over the fins, and I don't feel as I am steering it from the tail. Instead I feel I am steering it with my hips/body, that is, if I want to turn I just twist my body and the board smoothly carves where I want to go. I have not experienced that feeling on a SUP before, and I like it!!

Second, I feel as if the board slices across the wave which creates speed and is just a great feeling. I can't quite explain it, but when you turn across the face it seems to slice across the face - it feels very different to me than on my other boards.

Maybe it is all in my imagination, but I like it!

(And as I have said in another post, in good conditions I have felt perfectly fine on my 8'10 115L board and am looking to buy a used 8'7 - don't think I can justify another new one...)