I took an 8'7 flow and a 9'5speed for a demo this morning

I like the flow but was a bit too small for me. I could balance on it ok but it was alot of hard work my legs were pretty wrecked after an hour and I struggled trying to turn and paddle for a wave.... Plus the swell was tiny which wasnt fun but it was ok performance on the small waves I grabbed.

Ideally I would be looking at the 8'10 but cant demo one. Is there a big stabilty difference? Im currently on a 9'2 x 32 148l so would be dropping around 17l rather then the 28l. Im almost touching 100kg at the moment.


I like the speed it suited the waves this morning though the 160l made it a bit easy. I think the 9'2 would be a perfect size if I was to go that way. Just nor sure how it goes on the bigger days. I think id be looking for the flow due to it seeming a bit more fun on the waves .