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I've had a few Sharpeyes and it was my favorite of the bunch. Mine was a little bit longer and more narrow than the stock dims, and had a round tail. I tend to like low rockered boards and it fit the bill for good surf in Central Florida. Wish I still had it.
I've got one and don't surf anything like Italo but its a keeper. Super loose with zero resistance means you can literally force a turn anywhere on the wave you want. When the waves are more walled up and rippable I would go for something stiffer and more drivey but for head high windswell it works well.
Indoors it looks more grey. Outside its the flying purple people eater
The Shadow is very balanced & predictable. No weird surprises, just consistent. No big flares/no big drawbacks. You know what to expect and that's what I love about the board and what I like for my hpsb's. Paddles good for a hpsb, I can get it into the lip quick when needed, and holds well on rail. Has a much better lower end than you would expect and sits down well on the faces also on subpar days that aren't clean. Swing weight off the nose feels good and balanced. Could be used as a DD around your area. Mines pretty lively which I contribute some to the xtr construction. The days I've had it out a couple of feet overhead it gets more unsettled and twitchy for me and wouldn't be my board choice.
Early early 90z I lived on West side and could score out of town still solo or few surfers, West peak lane on big days uncrowded lefts to rocks, and even mid morning mid week pleasure point oh fun
I surfed a bit north of town on saturday. Felt like there were two separate groups of 5+ learners sitting on the inside and on the shoulders. Since when did it become a thing to show up with more than 1 person??
Most likely same spot a few miles out of town (# of miles is names) #2 I once was dropping in and guy on inside (uncrowded day) in the way and does not paddle for shoulder
so instead of running over him like I should've I tried to avoid him and ended up hyper extending my knee. I had to walk a 1/4 mile up hill solo to get to my car and drive my self to ER
+1 and followed Dave Parmenter's secret sauce to perfect travel board. I had my local "Goleta" shaper make me a 6'9" pintail single with boxy foiled rails tucked under go sharp out tail. Board was magic out at the reefs and any where else no need for quiver maybe had 3 boards at time.
