Have you noticed how people get a new board & say of their trial run "it was a strong cross wind & choppy & quite messy but I went out anyway!"
Well same with me....couldn't wait for better conditions. The person who borrowed & snapped my whopper (what a lovely gentleman he is!) replaced my whopper with a starboard hero (thanks kev!)
It was like entering a different galaxy once I discovered it was ok to almost stand on the nose when paddling for a wave. A very loose manouvreable speedy little machine (but sorry Hilly not a very pointy nose). And stable in considerable chop