I had a Bottom Feeder for a few years. I had a Fling for a brief period of time. This isn't a reflection on the Fling as much as me being over grovelers.
The Bottom Feeder was a great board ridden primarily as a quad with Merrick Twins in front and Controllers in the rear. Worked on pretty small gutless waves and was really fun on waist to chest high soft waves. Big high tide bowls were the best.
The Fling I used at a perfect right point in Mexico at about waist to chest and it was a blast. When I got it home, to my local beachbreak, it didn't work as well. We had a big sand project and the bottom changed and flat grovelers just don't work as well as they did before the sand project. Waves are more dumpy and it just didn't agree with the Fling.
Fling is a higher performance board than the BF. If I lived in southern Califorina with lots of mushy reefs and points and beach breaks, I'd ride a Fling a lot. For me at home, I started riding an egg on the type of days I used to ride my Bottom Feeder. I don't love the feeling of a fat tail under my feet.
The Bottom Feeder was a great board ridden primarily as a quad with Merrick Twins in front and Controllers in the rear. Worked on pretty small gutless waves and was really fun on waist to chest high soft waves. Big high tide bowls were the best.
The Fling I used at a perfect right point in Mexico at about waist to chest and it was a blast. When I got it home, to my local beachbreak, it didn't work as well. We had a big sand project and the bottom changed and flat grovelers just don't work as well as they did before the sand project. Waves are more dumpy and it just didn't agree with the Fling.
Fling is a higher performance board than the BF. If I lived in southern Califorina with lots of mushy reefs and points and beach breaks, I'd ride a Fling a lot. For me at home, I started riding an egg on the type of days I used to ride my Bottom Feeder. I don't love the feeling of a fat tail under my feet.