nice time to log in....mate the king pin is the most high performance longboard on the market bar none. some peeps love a proper hp longboard,like me. others hate them,and a lot of other brands who claim to have a hp model are just dreaming

this years aussie champ rode a king pin and clint guest came third on a whalebone.

the king pin has a big amount of everything. i run mine with shapersam2 ,or Jackson close s9 and a small shark fin. it has that much tail lift that my fins are almost all out of the water.
the board has enough of a flat section to be a easy paddler,not as easy as my whalebone,,,,,,,but easy peasy none the less.
the nose lift keeps it from pearling on the beachies i surf and has outdone itself in so many days where my other longboards would have me picking up shells..
i can nose ride mine,it is not a board where you will spend long amounts of time doing it...well for me that's the case.....but me being a shortboarder who loves longboards this is my most favourite sled.
anything else just ask...as you can tell this is one board im truly in love with