I've had a go a couple times with a mal. Was fun yet not a raging success. The wind was fairly on sure both times and I found the length of the board a bit of an issue in the small chop. I also found learning to gybe was easy on a mal because the area to walk on, is so big. You should give it a go. Shift you weight to the centre of the board when getting up on a plane, then you can move back a bit when your moving.
