Wow man, you were right. Rode the 5'3.5 plasmic with the new Brit Merrick twins today. What a fun board! I like it A LOT more than the 5'6 that I had.
I was a little bit concerned because they say to ride it 3L - 5L over your daily driver. This one is 31L which puts it squarely in my DD liter range. I was surfing it in fairly pumping SH-HH waves today and it was totally fine. In fact, I'd say I was downright impressed by how well the board handled the conditions.
It was super fast and still super loose. The board in this size doesn't seem to have any trouble going up at the lip either front side or backside and is definitely a rocket down the line. I found the 5'6 to be really fun in lined up point waves but I think it was too much board to wield in beach breaks.
The Brit Merrick twins are pretty huge for an upright twin and they felt really good in the board. Plenty positive and loose at the same time. I kind of don't understand how it turns so well given that the board has virtually zero rocker.
Also on a side note. I kind of hate futures. More YOLOing this last year = more futures. Can I please just get a board with futures where I don't have to go absolutely HAM on the fin to get it in? I never have problem with FCS2.
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