Time for a little bit of feedback on the RTT - I won't go into any sort of lengthy detail, as we've simply not had many waves around my neck of the woods and also because I feel that I'm too inexperienced in the design to make any bold statements.
The reason for that caveat, is because I've never surfed a board quite like this, so it's kinda hard for me to isolate exactly what it is that's causing me to enjoy it so much. The fish shape, channels, added volume, upright large fins and construction, all add up to an incredibly fun board to ride that's much more performant than I thought it would be.
It initially took me a little getting used to not having a tailpad on the board, but I'm actually really enjoy surfing it now without any. I don't think I'll go full Occy and never use any on my HPSBs, but I'm loving the freedom and feel for the tail, as I feel I can quite accurately place my back foot where it needs to be / play around with foot positioning more so than I ever do on a performance board with a pad.
One thing I can unequivocally say, is that I'm doing the best "full wrap cutback, rebound off the whitewater, and back into a face for a front side whacks" I've ever done in marginal surf.
A little about me - I grew up surfing world class right hand point breaks, which is a bit of a disadvantage for me now, mostly surfing beachbreaks. The above mentioned sequence I find difficult in mediocre beachbreak conditions. The momentum the board carries is completely unparalleled and allows me to do it with ease ... I'm just surprised at the tight turning radius! (oddly enough, one of the reasons I sold my Firewire Evo, is because the sequence above I used to bog the sh!t out of my rail 50% of the time, but now not done it once). Also because of the aforementioned RH pointbreaks, I don't surf my backhand well at all, but this fish has made backhand floaters great again
Nothing much else to add right now, but thought I'd share some initial thoughts.