Lobes, thanks for the tip, I have been keeping an eye out for Pono Bill, but I have yet to run into him. Quick question for any of the Naishers out there; I finally had a chance to get out to the coast this past weekend, and I had a great flat water bay paddle before taking my 11'4" out in 1-3 ft surf yesterday morning. The board has been great and while I am still not an expert at paddling into waves, I was catching some nice little glassy rights yesterday. My question though, is regarding a differnt trailer fin set-up. The 10.5' wood fin that came with the board is absolutely awesome for flat water paddling, not to mention gorgeous, but I was hoping somebody, (D.J.?) could recomend a smaller trailer fin for surfing. I could get to the nose, no problem, but when I actually dropped back and tried to surf the board from the back it was a little less responsive than i would have liked. It definitely felt as though the large trailer fin the biggest cause of this. Anybody out there have a recomendation? Thanks

Abe

Sweet, thanks D.J. I have what I think is an 9" Rainbow trailer on a differnt longboard that i am going to have a go on the 11'4" ASAP. Hopefully that loosens the board up a bit. Also happy to report that I have been getting out on flat water a 3-4 times a week, not to mention a couple hours in the surf this past weekend, and my board doesn't appear (can't check under the pad) to have sustained any damage whatsoever, even minor deck denting or cracking. And I am a big guy who is usually pretty hard on boards. D.J. what are you paddling with there? Looks a bit like the Werner Spanker, but with a bigger blade.