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Gboots said..
The 7'7 Flow is 83L
The 7'7 Placid is 90L
A bigger persons short board
Agreed, in terms of a Sunova line up, but when you compare 7'7 x 28" x 90L Placid to 7'8 x 28 x 98L Hipster (by no means a bigger persons short board) then it still could be considered a thin railed performance board for all, just a slightly more forgiving plan shape.
Thing that makes me smile is the comment in the video that it has as much, maybe more, tail kick as the Acid. Like my tail rocker, provided you can still paddle into waves ok...
I'm 78kgs and on a SB 7'10 x 28 Pro, really liking it although a smidgin more tail kick would be nice, but had some time on the 7'8 Hipster and loved the way that turned, just the wider nose made it a bit slower to whip off the top. So the Placid seems to solves for some of these things, proof will be in the pudding as always tho.