Plummet said..
I haven't even seen the bronq. But i'll guarantee its got a high rocker. That will make it smooth in chop and power hungry.....
So... Generally speaking the attributes that make a board smoother. More rocker more tip flex more rounded shape also make a board less efficient and worse upwind.
Any way the designer gets all these variables and throws them together to make a board somewhere along the spectrum between awesome upwind and ultrasmooth power holding machine. You just need to decide where you sit in that spectrum.
Yeah, it has a high rocker. Similar to the Luigi 2 I had. Also seems to have the same round tips, from my recollection of the Luigi. Probably get proven wrong
But the rocker isn't silly high.
I do not have any issues getting upwind, the complete opposite in fact.
The very last sentence from Plum is key. I read that as what suits you, only you know.
We can all say what's great for us, but you are not us.
Demo, is the only answer. And if you can get a demo for a few sessions, then all the better. A demo at your spot in the conditions you normally fly in over several days make for a demo. Everything else is a quick view of something through a window you don't normally look through
Just like Nathe states, "
it's just finding what works right for you"
I agree with your comment a quick go on a Mako doesn't warrant a good place for me to make a comment.
It was a king I had a go on and the straps were not setup for me.
I've always been tempted by them, but never had chance to demo properly. A couple of guys at my local used to ride them. One has gone to surfboards only and the other has got himself a Monk Lover.
