I have paddled it in the flat and almost non existent surf on the sunny coast but I think scott from greenline has been surfing one for a coupla days this week. They seem to be (in my opinion) a board made for experianced heavy guys who want the ultimate beach break board. I weigh about 75kgs and I found it fairly corky and a tad unstable but that was simply because I didn't have the body weight to sink it enough to get it to really shine. It is a good looking board and definately a beach break board (massive amount of nose rocker) There is no way anyone could ever nose dive one of these things. A coupla of bigger guys who also tried it the day I did looked much more comfortable on it and actually found it more stable than I did. It also has a bit of a rolled deck which takes a bit of getting used to but that wouldn't take long. They seem like a fairly good board/brand and the prices seem pretty good. I'd be keen to try the smaller 9fter when it arrives in the future.
Pretty sure there will be a demo one of these up the sunny coast next weekend to try as well.

Scott from greenline at mermaid beach has had a demo 9'6 for a couple of weeks and has surfed it heaps and I am sure he wouldn't mind you giving him a call or pm and picking his brains on it. My personal opinion on the board is that it would really suit a person over 80kg who intends to surf beach breaks all the time. It has a massive amount of nose rocker and isn't the worlds best paddler - probably due to the huge amount of rocker but it really does perform very well in steeper and suckier waves.

Hi Kingdom
Where abouts in South africa are you as I will be there for 6 weeks in Jan/Feb 2010 and are keen to surf as much as I can.

Surfrod66 said...

Hi Kingdom
Where abouts in South africa are you as I will be there for 6 weeks in Jan/Feb 2010 and are keen to surf as much as I can.

Hey Surfrod66,
I'm in Cape Town and always up for a surf ;). Let me know your dates if you going to be in Cape Town at all and I will hook you up with the Coreban guys and get you on their entire range of boards. Ivan and Barend are always keen to hook up for a surf so we can get you on the 9'6 or the new 10'0. Let me know if you are going to be elsewhere in South Africa and I will try hook you up with local crews in the area
KD