Throw out crap Naish fins and get a set of quality quad fins I use Jerry Lopez L - I only use large rear naish fin in 4ft plus surf fully back in box

I ride the board mainly in 1-3ft flat powerless waves in Perth and it is the bomb - I only use as a quad as this really helps get the board on the rail during turns and keeps board speed up - fast and makes any section and gotta say out surfs any other board I have used in small surf up to 4ft- The board has heavy rocker and a pulled in nose so needs to be turned to develop speed and in fast waves you gotta speed pump it and accelerate immediately unlike the mana that develops speed in a straight line - I have also used in heaving beach breaks and it is fab up to 4-5ft then gets pretty loose in tail and loses drive if bigger - I have used it in pumping 6ft reef break surf at Rotnest Island but it is just to loose and scary dropping in at Strickos. In small surf you gotta get energised on it and surf it like a surfboard and it is amazing -if you find a 10ft mana better in smaller waves you aren't surfing the 8.3 correctly - a guy off a 9-8 wide point said the same as you when we swapped but he surfed with a long board style and was always waiting for the board to find the speed- the 8.3 gets it speed from you turning it off the tail. - try again stand back on tail and turn like a surfboard with lots of shoulder and body power and use the paddle - The board is also great in late heavy take offs as the heavy rocker never lets you down.

Go to the Naish site and watch how Robby Naish surfs it - always turning the board and pumping it for speed a master class on how to ride a short wide standup board that has tons of rocker.

Thanks. I agree I must adapt to this board after riding a longboard. However, once I get on a good size wave, I can really carve it up on it, I love taking off late, and just figured out it likes to fire off the bottom on take off and generate some speed that way. I will try a quad setup and see how that goes too tomorrow as its forecast for small clean waves. I do love the feel once i am on a wave and get some speed up. at my weight, i don't think there are many other options than this board without spending all day ankle deep. thanks

ok, although I dont have flash fins, I ran it today as a quad not expecting much. shoulder to head high, and was 100% better! i didn't think that there would be such a huge difference, but it was like a different board. thanks for the advice. guess i better save up for some nicer fins now.

thanks for your set up AA, appreciate all the help, this board has been awesome since i changed over. so thanks heaps.

Here's some pics of my new fins for my 9'1'' Hokua X32..