Have had a few paddles on my 6'6 McCoy Nugget, one was on a super sucky, fast close out like beach which I didn't enjoy - just don't hav the reflexes for that but board felt good.

Had a fun sesh on a northern reef this morning and found a rhythm with paddling and re-learning how to ride a 'shorboard'.

Really happy with how it performs, very forgiving on the paddle and take off, on the face it was good fun. Happy overall.

I just had my first surf on a 6'8 nugget and the jury is still out,I was told it would take a few surfs which ill do but i can usually tell from first surf if its a keeper.It paddled into waves really well but i struggled to get that wide tail on rail, it seemed to want to just roll from side to side, maybe backfoot further back, dunno,it was 3-4ft fast down the line waves and I really only cranked one decent turn, the rest of the time i was just going down the line rail to rail and then had trouble loading it up off the bottom.Any advice from nugget riders out there,Im giving it two more surfs.

A board that goes rail to rail too easily! Oh no!!

Back foot further back.

Have had a few more sessions on the Nugget, it's definitely not like a knife through hot butter straight away from take off - takes a little bit of setting up if you want to nail a turn but given how well it paddles and the speed in a straight line and how smoothly it breaks off when it's set I'm ok with that.

The forgiveness on takeoff has been a bit of a bonus, maybe that was Geoff's idea - paddle in with ease, make the take off with ease then set it up for what you can.

Have heard they are not that flash in small waves but I'm having fun with the paddle power and how user friendly it is. IMO there is no one board quiver so buy the board to fill the gap you see and go from there maybe?

I reckon rail to rail easily is better then a straight line shooter, get your back foot on the rail and it can gouge really well just not seamless.

Would love to see a pro on one of these boards

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Have had a few more sessions on the Nugget, it's definitely not like a knife through hot butter straight away from take off - takes a little bit of setting up if you want to nail a turn but given how well it paddles and the speed in a straight line and how smoothly it breaks off when it's set I'm ok with that.

The forgiveness on takeoff has been a bit of a bonus, maybe that was Geoff's idea - paddle in with ease, make the take off with ease then set it up for what you can.

Have heard they are not that flash in small waves but I'm having fun with the paddle power and how user friendly it is. IMO there is no one board quiver so buy the board to fill the gap you see and go from there maybe?

I reckon rail to rail easily is better then a straight line shooter, get your back foot on the rail and it can gouge really well just not seamless.

Would love to see a pro on one of these boards

I've surfed a few Nuggets over the years. A mate in Albany is mad keen on them. They go well in small waves. I've surfed one in waist high slop. My mate just ups the length for bigger waves.

That loaded dome bottom is a weird feeling, but let's you lay some serious rail. I've always enjoyed surfing his boards.