Picked it up a 2 weeks ago. Had a few surfs trying to get the fins sorted out and weather I liked it or not. Best surf was 3-4 ft beachie this morning. I caught heaps of waves and had a blast.

6'4 X very wide X very thick

Bit small for you Daneli? Sounds like you had some fun on it!!

TBH I looked at them and wrote them off as a fad. But Im hearing good reports about them.

Thanks for that! Photos of yours? Holding out on us ??

Probably quite fun in the beachies.... But for Victorian Points, my mind is thinking "retarded", like Billboard for selling "In The Pink".

Floats me fine Doggie. It has a lot of volume in it at 6'4 long it is the biggest Sweet Potato Firewire make. With the very flat rocker I had no trouble paddling into waves and didn't miss one all session.

It was very fast and a bit skatey but I have another set of fins to try next time to try and give it some more drive.

One negative was that it was very light and bounced a bit on any chop or moving water. I don't think I would like to have it out in anything bigger than 4 ft.

Simondo, photos of mine to come. I was keeping it a bit quiet in case I didn't like it but after this morning it certainly gets a tick for fun.

I think it was designed for 2-3 ft beachies which I tend to surf a bit on the Goldie. Your right, not probably a point board.

I felt like I was getting old and needed a challenge that another longboard wasn't going to fill and I didn't want to do the SUP again. It has been fun trying to work out the board and the fins. I think I will have a bit of fun over the winter with this one. A mate of mine tried it this morning and I had a hard time getting it back. Now another mate wants ago.

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Floats me fine Doggie. It has a lot of volume in it at 6'4 long it is the biggest Sweet Potato Firewire make. With the very flat rocker I had no trouble paddling into waves and didn't miss one all session.

It was very fast and a bit skatey but I have another set of fins to try next time to try and give it some more drive.

One negative was that it was very light and bounced a bit on any chop or moving water. I don't think I would like to have it out in anything bigger than 4 ft.

FWs dont like chop in general. 6,4 is big I guess Ive only seen ones up to 6.0 from memory.

Not me, but this guy can rip on a SP.