Hey guys, i ride a naish mana 8'10 x 30.5" (133L) on the sunny coast. i'm 5'10 and about 75kg. it's my first and only board, and i started sup in Jan this year.

I ride on the sunny coast, beach and river breaks, in anything up to 3 - 4 foot (6 foot faces) at least three times weekly.

lately i find i'm frustrated with the apparent sluggish turning and slow reaction of the board. it's great fun in the fast steep stuff where you set a line and ride on the face, but in anything else i need to really stomp on the fins and pivot on the tail to turn the board. it bogs in and stalls when i try to dig in a rail and snap a turn.

i have bugger all knowledge of sup boards, but intuitively i feel like a board with more rocker, harder rails, less thickness and lower volume would result in a snappier reaction and greater liveliness under my feet.

am i better to work on technique, or step up to a different board? i reckon it is just as likely to be my lack of experience with sup as the board design itself, but to be honest i just don't know.

Thoughts anyone?