GizzieNZ said..
Not much glide and ran out of steam quite quick?
Not so much out of steam, I reckon, because the wave is pretty weak,. look on the right side of the picture below here , how the lip is not throwing off the face. Despite of a weak wave , he has a lot of gas under the "gas paddle" while bottom turning
No much people won't do that bottom turn with an other kind of board, he is going full gas off a weak wave, this the purpose of that kind of board.