Hi there.
I'm new to the supping world having been into it for about 6 months, but I am hooked. I ride a 2012 12'6" Fanatic race [a classic board], a 2012 Bamboo 9'0" Naish Mana [great wave rider and quick glide], and my first board ,a 2010 Bamboo Starboard 10' Whopper [great to learn on, take the family on, and it rides waves very impressively for its width. I mainly ride at Moffs and Happies on Sunny Coast and Redcliffe to Sandgate area.
Now, is it me or is the brushed carbon look on just about all major makes of board, simply not that pretty to look at. Or is it me who perhaps just doesn't see the beauty. I just find them really dirty looking. Fanatic do an ultra light weight carbon ProWave which is just a beautiful looking board and doesn't have that brushed look that I am writing about. I'm thinking of buying my next Race board and am hanging off because I reckon the manufacturers will find a better look which will leave all of those brushed carbon boards hanging in limbo in the marketplace.
Any thoughts...Sorry if this is the cat amongst the pigeons.....
And congrats on having such a great forum...so many useful ideas.