I've gotten into stand up surfing after a thoracic spine injury and a surgeon telling me I'll end up with permanent spinal damage from my short board riding. I want to try to get as much of the fun an manoeuvrability of a shortboard and have quickly down sized from 10'6 to 9'8 to 8'6.

I'm 180cm/84kg. I want something probably mid 7s and love the look of the deep minion. The JP slate seems like a similar idea... Are there other boards I should be looking at?

Thank you in advance