Rider: Weight 80 kg intermediate
Style: Surf
Weather:16knots shoulder high wave, cross-cross off wind
Disclosure: just like anyone els
My Comments:

first thing you feel, this thing is really manuverble and loos
but in a grippy way and it drives trough the turn no metter what you throw at it
the rails are on the thin side, (so i was worid it mite catch a rail in slow speed) but not at all. this board will keep on turnning under any presure in any speed efortlesly .

it has good traveling speed and good upwind ability

i still have to see how it will handle large wave with more speed on the face
i hope it is not too manuverble for large down the line arc

to sum it all: on the face of a wave it is very impresive. highly recomended.
general kiting around average

Rode this as my main surfboard last year, awesome on bigger waves when powered. the quad set up gives it loads of drive and grip and you can do huge fast bottom and top turns, flies upwind as well

I found the large nose rocker gives it a really smooth feel when riding along and also awesome when you drop in!

Bamboo construction is really strong, no dings or dents at all after a season of use, 2013 boards are going to be indestructible with the addition of the carbon rails!

Going cheap here: www.thekitesurfcentre.com/shop-homepage