Just thought I'd report back. I got out for a dawny on Monday (it was 2deg as I paddled out

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This was the third sesh and first one set up as a thruster (Jackson Close fin). The waves were 1-1.5 head high long lefts.
Set up as a thruster the board has been unleashed. For a smallish board it glides into waves easier than my 8,10 gun.
Once in the waves the board is super smooth with heaps of flow and speed. The turn it has when you weight the back foot in insane. As you exit the turn it accelerates allowing to the board flow straight into the next manoeuvre unlike any other board I have surfed. I will be selling my Hypernut 7’2 as this board is all I will ride in 2-6ft waves from now on.