Know you guys like to weigh in so here goes - surfed my new Evo II on a few marginal days, surfed OK, finally got a quality day today to put it through its paces. Head high to bigger really throaty reef break, got some great tubes. Takes off fine, rides the pocket/barrel on a punchy wave well, but try bottom to top combos and it's really stiff. I set it up with FCS g-xq's on the sides, a 6" McTavish GSI (I know I know but I have a Wiz one on the way) with rear edge of fin 9 3/8" from the tail. My Originals were much looser rail to rail with the same fin setup as well as my old Jason Blewitt, I'm kind of disappointed. Any suggestions? I've used an Original with a thruster setup from time to time and it worked well. I may try that next time.

Hang in there the EVO 2 is a great board just give it sometime.

Try a 7 inch rear adds to the drive and will help your turns.

^^^ same I let hollywood Dave set mine up , surfed it for a week in Aus but didn't really feel it's perforance till I got it home in breaks I'm used to, 8"fin mid way .I like it lots

On second thoughts, you could put the fin forward a full 1/2 inch. Or even just 3/8".
In theory it will loosen it up too.

Hang on, I will measure mine.

In other words, move it forward by 3/8's to a 1/2 inch. As per my thoughts above.

Thanks Simondo, know exactly of which you speak, will try that.

First board 901 UFO from the bottom.
Second board 903 UFO
both 7 1/4 rear fin which is a 7 inch.

Yeah, 7 Inch fin is the go. Mine is either 7 or 7"1/2.

laceys lane said...

paddles are over rated- man up

My 2 cents here.

I thought an EVO 11 was a sportier verison of the Fireball. If you have surfed it in "Head high to bigger really throaty reef break, got some great tubes" I would have thought the Original with more rocker, more suited to this type of conditions and not surprised it felt better. I think the Evo 11 sounds a much better 1 board quiver as the Original feels boring in marginal conditions but comes alive in punchy waves.

The again I could be wrong

Cool, can you post a photo of the fin please!

Nice fin there,the new fins like yours have a thinner tip shape which adds to more flex = more drive tighter turns.
I just replaced an 8 and 10 in fin for different boards and you can notice the change.

I 99.9% sure that all McT fins from Wizz are a tab bigger than they say,7 inch is really a tab bigger and some on.