Just thought you guys might be interested in a few pics of my new board from Simon over at DEEP. Guess this should be in the equipment Blog but I keep forgetting to check there myself.

I have been riding a 8'9" PSH Hull Ripper for a while and had a ball on it in Fiji recently but I came home thinking this board would be unreal if it was not quite so heavy so I took it over to Simon let him have a look at it , basically I wanted a similar board but in the new Inegra finish so we went for an inch shorter, half inch narrower and a bit more volume in the tail with a little less rocker and presto here she is.

Tricky for him to get the Hull bottom the same so the rail is not quite so sharp but it came pretty close in a lot of other aspects, the result is a board just on 8kg fully loaded with fins and deck grip as opposed to just on 10KG with the ripper and you can definately feel the difference.

Its the best board ive ever surfed,its really strong, I reckon Ive been in the water more in the last 3 weeks than in my whole life with all the waves weve had on the Goldie and there is only minor knocks on the rail as opposed to what normally would have been on a Wally Wallpamur paint finish job.

It actually feels more stable than the PSH which may be due to the different rocker but I suspect the weight difference and the fact Im standing a little lower in the water may also help, certainly a battle still to get through broken waves and chop but thats the same for most small boards.

Thanks for an excellent board Simon, you nailed it.