Strand Leper wrote:
KDog,
Mine is 97-98 liters. The demo is aimed at the guy without the super balance skills, or the larger dude. I am just north of 190 these days. My 210 pound friend went nuts over it.
SL
While I know that SL has a bunch of friends, and I know of a couple of them that match that description....the first time I was out on that demo with all of my "210 pound" self....as soon as I got out of the water with it, I texted Corran, and ordered one then and there.
Talked with Corran wrt possibly going smaller and reducing the volume a tad, since it's a bit more than the board(s) I'm currently riding and comfortable on....but after having him see me paddle it around a bit, and how it sat in the water with me just standing on it....and also how, and where I planned on surfing it the majority of the time....
It was determined that we were getting near the point of "dimensioning returns" in picking up only a little bit more "surfability" vs. the loss of stability in the more chop/slop conditions that we often end up with.
IOW's, I had a stinking blast on the 7'8"x30"x4.3"x119 liters in various conditions that I had it out in on a couple occasions, so why "Fart" with it, and potentially come up with something that I might end up not as happy on (unfortunately, "
been there, done that" with another couple boards, and can't afford to keep paying for
my "experiments).
Hopefully I'll have it in another couple weeks.....Corran?