I have been following this post with interest and reading all the reviews and talking to people in the industry who have a little "inside knowledge" .....been looking for big light wind wave board for quite a while now...but one that would plane easily...dont see the pont of slogging around waiting for something to happen...looked at goya 118 and nuevo 120 but didnt tick all the boxes. So settled on a 2015 FANATIC FREEWAVE TEXTREME 106 THRUSTER...what a board !!!....planes,jumps,nice carves on wave face...was the only one out in the weekend blasting round when the kiters were out....had to put a little more effort into the board but thats just a given due to increased volume...is quite a thick corky board through the middle but does feel like my 85 and 95 textremes to ride....is extremely light for a board this size compared to the goya 118 which feels like someone left a couple of bricks inside it !!!!
Am 95kgs on a good day...used it with 23cm C3 Vortex in place of the standard rear fin ...Is a great option in my opinion and shouldnt be overlooked... .

Yuppy...I see what your trying to acheive with the big 118 quad and hope it works for you...great "learn to forward" video by the way !!!!

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Yuppy said..
You will be interested to know I bought the Goya 118 quad from core. I didn't try the Nuevo 120.

Here is why...

It's stability is ideal for non planning maneuvers. Not as stable as my 170l go which is more like a footpath. But much easier than my 101 FSW.

When the wind picks up I can blast in the straps. ( cant do that on a sup). BTW, this is a very different sensation to a FSW. the straps are very centered and the stance very wide. The tail is loose so you have to sail it off the front foot.

It's slow to plane. I'm fine with that. If wanted an early planner I would have bought a FSW.

I also bought a 6'8" surfboard for no wind surf trips.

It slam jibes easily. Loose quad fins help.

It slogs upwind better than my 101FSW. but not as much as the starboard go which has a 60cm fin.

Now I just need to take it in the surf.

PS I'm 75kg

Try it as a twin fin too. I'm about 82 kg and I prefer it as a twin. The stock fins work great as a twin too, all you need are some blanking plates.

I was out in 18-20 knots today.

I can confirm to get planning, it takes the same amount of wind for both the Goya 118 and the jp101 FSW.

When planing the Goya feels loose and the FSW feels locked in.

They both point up wind the same amount when planning.

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Yuppy said..
I was out in 18-20 knots today.

I can confirm to get planning, it takes the same amount of wind for both the Goya 118 and the jp101 FSW.

When planing the Goya feels loose and the FSW feels locked in.

They both point up wind the same amount when planning.

I almost never use my 118 if I can get planing on it. Like you found out, the smaller 94 would be planing at more or less the same time, and give you a more responsive feel in the waves. I reckon the 118 excels at pointing and riding at well below planing conditions. Had this at Lano for 2.5 hrs on Saturday, and was amazed how well the big Goya could move around the wave face when pushed. Slowly putting out upwind gains so much ground that I found myself too inside on a few occasions, exacerbated by the technique of more or less standing into the wind with your front foot in front of the mast on the way back in, just waiting for an appropriate swell to take off on. There's no problem doing this on such a light wind day, because you tend to be the only one out there. Then its just a matter of picking the right swell to ride...