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N00N00 said..
Hi AlexF, Quatro is not a brand I've looked at much at all.
Interesting shape. Very wide in the 8'8 and 8'10 and plenty of volume for the length. What more can you say about them - Rocker, bottom shape, speed etc etc.?
My recent experience comes from a 7'11 x 30, 130 liters, Tomo shape, much like the F-One Papenoo, fast rocker, beveled rails and a Naish X32 8'8, 140 liters, narrow nose/tail and a truckload of rocker.
The Glide 8'6 x 32, 130 liters, sits kind of in between them, wider nose/tail than the X32, with flatter rocker, but not as flat as the 7'11.
Stability in choppy water is far better than the 7'11 and even the X32, due to the wider nose and tail. Takeoffs are easier than with the X32 because the Glide gains more paddle speed. On a (slow) wave the 7'11 is noticeable faster, but this board is a real speed machine.
Regarding turning, the Glide turns tighter than the 7'11, but i can't compare it to the X32 really, since the X32 needed a good wave to gain speed to turn nice and tight, in slow waves it was too slow.
The Glide is more suited to slow waves than the X32 was, in fast waves i still have to test the board.
The bottom is a V doubleconcave, the board is really light, 7,8 kg, and so far tough and dingresistant.
I am 90 kg, 6'2, 1,92m, 52 years, medium level