I agree with all of the above.
I demo'd the 10'6 Surf Tech 'Laird" board in some messy but ecent sized surf last year and thought it was one of the best out of about 10 boards I got on that day. Surfs really well and has good glide. I don't own one as the wife says 3 is enough

but I would consider it if you had the chance to demo it.