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Most User Friendly HPSP?
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Yeah, mine will be two years old this December and still feels lively.
Cool. Im thinking ahead to the future when I need a new one and was wondering if Spindle Tack was worth the extra $$$$
So you guys are sayin I should spend a few extra on the ci sperm truck?
One of the few boards I could barely surf on. Everything I saw/read made me think it'd be perfect for me as someone that drives of their front foot. Two years ago, picked up a 5'10" Hyfi which felt great under the arm and proceeded to have three days of shocker sessions. I think I went through four sets of fins and no matter which ones I was using I was going ass over teakettle at random just trying to get to a section to hit. A local who I regularly talk to out the water and was a JS rep at the time commented on my struggle and said that he didn't click with it either and much preferred the regular Air 17.
I've probably owned close to 150 boards in my 37 years of surfing and the Air 17X takes the top dog honor for me. The model obviously worked well for Julian Wilson as he rode stock Air 17X's at two different contests at the Surf Ranch, so who am I to say a board sucks, but in pretty fun waist to chest peaky beachbreak where I had to generate my own speed it was a no go.
Might have been a series of boards? I've seen people that really clicked with it.
I still remember my top dog, a chilli spawn that just couldn't hold a rail. Though it was me, gave it to a mate, he found it "the shittiest thing he had ever tried". But might have been that one board, because obviously some people like chillis
I still remember my top dog, a chilli spawn that just couldn't hold a rail. Though it was me, gave it to a mate, he found it "the shittiest thing he had ever tried". But might have been that one board, because obviously some people like chillis
Tried a mate’s. Thought it was distinctly “meh”. No specific flair or standout features, no obvious sh!t things either. It’s the most vanilla board I’ve tried in a long time.
I finally started surfing my Rusty Model 8. Felt easy from the first wave, and I haven't ridden a HPSB in over 6 months. It has a pretty wide nose, flattish deck and generous foil but no exaggerated features like a wide point forward or the squat dims of a step-down like a Pyzel Phantom. The pulled in squash tail felt really sensitive while the volume forward made popping up and driving down the line easy. Felt way more user friendly than my old Fever, which for me was like a bucking bronco on takeoff. I'm still recovering from an injury so I didn't really push it. But first impression is good.
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I only liked it as a thruster. Merrick large fronts with a small reactor rear. Felt magic.
I ended up selling it cause it felt too fishy and easy, and I already have boards like that.
I'll second what people are saying about JS Air17s. Tried the original and the x and hated both. For California shortboards I Really like the monstabox and black box 3 (hated the black box 1 and 2 though). I have a monstabox2020 and a monsta2020 coming now and we'll see how those are.
