Question is, would
@ReForest actually consider a non-Tomo?? (Gasp!)
Honestly, since you like the FW build, it might be just the HP twin you’ve looking for after 6 or 8 versions of the El Tomo fishies trying to dial in the dims/fins.
haha. Here is the story with the El Tomo.
1st one was JKB's that i was giving a try. I totally dug it! But realized the fin boxes were wrong.
2nd one. Order custom from Javier. Same dims as JKB's (but with correct fin position). Somehow it came out as a 5'4 (not a 5'5) and felt too small. It bummed me out so I sold it and moved one.
3rd one was a year or two after the 2nd one and it was Dans personal board that i bought with my custom. It felt amazing! Like a shortboard but with more speed and glide. I pretty much fell in love with it at that point. But it also had the wrong fin placement and was a smidge too long.
4th one was the custom i ordered from XTR with the parallel stringer. It actually felt super good, but the nose would catch sometimes and i felt like with a few small adjustment I could probably have an insane keel fin.
Soooo... i order the 5th one... which is the current one. 1/4 increase in nose rocker, and 1/8 decrease in width and it feels pretty darn good.
That's the story.