youre probably better off going for a freeride board till you can gybe comfortably the joker is a better option as it has freeride straps on the outside and a better wind and fin range...

Hi, if your keen on learning freestyle, you should get a dedicated freestyle board even if you are still learning, they are great to even learn the basics on, they are so stable to tack and gybe.

I bought my first freestyle board this year and love it for just blasting around on flat water, when carving through a gybe you can basically do what you like on them, it's great for trying all different kinds of new gybes..

Just don't run a fin to small or to large on them, good freestyle guys will run a 17 to 19cm fin, i like to run a 20cm wave fin so it grips more through gybes at speed, but a 23cm still be fine don't go any bigger, you will need to get used to the loose slidy feel for tricks later anyway, you sails these boards more weighting the front foot and using the rails more so small fins work well.

My board is the 09 Starboard Flare 98.. great board..

hi mate i am a wavesailer personaly i dont like boards too wide and would go for a bit narrower board with fraction more rocker and sweet outline and my ultimate fin set up witch takes presise calculation so you can have fun in flat water and also keep board for futcher if you progress into waveriding

how much time do you spend on the water,do you have any surfing experience
if u give me details i can tune u in to where u should at ,i was aus wavesailing champ a few years back and would like u to get as much enjoyment out of the sport as possible