Have always ended up happier with the gear than the girl...
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I wouldn't take too much stock in 1 review.I was having FOMO the past few weeks about these boards. Had just bought a whole new 3 board quiver: Superflex Fling, Flashback Fish Coil, Model 8 Torsion spring. Seeing the Florence brothers on them, I thought this could finally be the construction that blended durability with the Pro approved performance. But after watching the review, I'm less sold on it for us mortals. As much as I want to get to trying airs...I'm not there and i think 99% of surfers arent either. Burying the rail is still a must for me, and seems like Mikey struggled, which would make sense considering the construction.
He did say he loved the JS twin fin, which I think was HyFi.Outside of Slater Designs' Cymatic, it seems like Michael Ciaramella connects more with PU boards: Chilli Volume II, CI Happy , compared to EPS boards he's demoed and not loved such as JS' Air 17X HyFi (which he said felt amazing under arm). He loved the PU Eye Symmetry Lucid Eye, but was lukewarm on the Eye Symmetry's EPS step-down model the Rapture.
He's a little guy (5'5', 140 lbs.) so EPS' and potentially XPS' added buoyancy probably isn't doing him any favors with the inexact science of how the thickness flow throughout the board correlates to variable buoyancy across different constructions.
I hear you guys, one review and one session is far from gospel. I do take mikey and stabs reviews (or Noel) with a little more weight (pun intended) than a random review, mainly because they have the ability and opportunity to test a TON of boards. But at the end of the day, its personal preference and subjectivity.I wouldn't take too much stock in 1 review.
Your fling is EPS. Your Coil is EPS. Your Model 8 is closed cell EPS.
Sounds like you're already used to the feel of an EPS board. The difference on these DA boards is the carbon fiber layup..... and that's not preventing rails from being buried.
It was PU.He did say he loved the JS twin fin, which I think was HyFi.
I had a buddy who was out there glassing his boards for a year about 15 years ago. He brought home a PU/epoxy vac bagged Admunson and left it in my garage for a while...the thing went insane.At least 10 years ago John Admunson on the North Shore said he trained a non surfer to bag his Kite Boards.
Offering that to myself .
I still don't understand how you can glass a stringerless 1.5 lb or less EPS shape without some sort of rocker bed to retain its rocker .