Had the chance to spend a coupla hours on this board this morning and just wanted to share my thoughts.

Firstly I am about 75kg, 185cm and probably an intermediate supper and fairly competent longboarder.

The surf - 2 foot A-frame beach break with absolutely clean and glassy conditions - perfect for supping, especially on a first outing on a new board.

Out of the water - nicely positioned carry handle and a nice weight to carry - not a super lightweight but not heavy either.. I set the board up as a 2 + 1 (has the quad option) with a fairly chunky 6.5 inch shaper centre and futures 425 sides. Centre fin I set a bit back from centre to make my first outing a bit more stable and a little bit tighter until I got a feel for it.

On the water - a tad wobbly at the start and paddling out but first thing I noticed was how well the board paddled and how quickly the wobbles disappeard with a bit of momentum. The board sits quite low in the water which seemed to make it very stable and easy to handle when kick turning and setting up for waves and when taking off from a standing start it seemed to take off very quickly and never had that all to common corkiness that so many modern sups have.
I started off on a few of the smaller ones to get a feel for the board and couldnt believe how easily the board paddled onto the smallest of waves and got to speed so quickly. I just went down the line on the first two to try to sus' out just how the board handled and how much speed it had to handle the shorebreak. I did honestly expect it to be a bit slow down the line due to the quite pronounced rocker on the board and thought it would be more of a board for bigger and more critical waves but I was pleasantly suprised at how it flew down the line and actually never once left me needing more speed or drive to outrun sections. By the third wave I was comfortably fading on takeoffs and getting 3 or 4 turns and a coupla cutties on most waves and just couldn't get the board to set a foot wrong. It was definately one of the most responsive sups I have ever ridden and probably up there with the best all-round surf sups I have surfed. By all-round surf sup I mean its a board that would grovel in 1-2ft slop as comfortably as it would handle the head high plus surf that it was obviously designed for (judging by its shape and rocker)
I haven't surfed sups much over the past few months so I was absolutely blown away by how well I handled this little performance sup and how much fun I had on it. It was one of the most enjoyable sup surfs I have ever had.