Pretty easy for me... a 9'6 Brewer... It's actually a shame it is a Tuffy... But you have to take the positive with the negative... Tuffy's are tough. The perceived corkyness is somewhat of a perception... Don't you want a light board with foam to help you paddle into more waves? (unless you are an elite paddler or pro / semi pro on the WCT/WQS, aiming for a high rank on the new World Ranking system)...
Tuffy construction does lend itself to Malibu's quite well though... Mostly positives, with very few negatives (other than foreign made, global influence, and lack of uniqueness / mass production).
The alternate to the 9'6 Brewer Tuffy would be a Brewer Brewer, the same....
For a simple Aussie Made solution.... I'd go to Byron Bay, and get The McTavish boys to shape me something special....
It would be 9'4-9'6. Dead set compromise / in the middle of a 9'1 EvoII and a their 9'6 G2 Gun. That would suit be, 1 board quiver! It would be comfortable in Double Overhead Plus, yet still be a nice enough slider down to knee high.
Considering a Brewer Brewer would be too hard to sort out, my Simondo McTavish would be "the chosen one".
(If you need any further translations, I would be trimming up the nose quite a bit, to avoid it catching on decent take offs... think about those pointier noses on early Waimea guns... I would also sell off everything, all other surfcraft... "The Chosen One" would be triple strung and tinted in blues, and probably in weight saving "pro-finish", but given a decent careful buff up.... no top coat / gloss coat... on further consideration, the 9'6 Brewer might have to make way for this board.... in theory... maybe I might even order such a baby!

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