I was rather amazed at the results also, Dennis. I know that some of it is your ability, you've ridden since boyhood. One thing I've noticed with all the Inlands - they have down-the-line speed, super fast. With your big yellow and even that older Shred Stixx, you don't have the same speed as you did with that Blue Lake. I also noticed that when you would lean forward, there were two things that kept you from pearling. Normally on your big yellow, when you'd start to lose the pocket, shifting weight too far forward would bury the nose. On that Blue Lake you actually had the nose rocker under water, but the tip of the nose was still out and so the board recovered. It seems the design is such that only the last six inches, or so, is nose rocker...and it's pretty substantial...the combination seems to offer more speed and makes it harder to pearl the board. The promo on that board talks about that dimple in the nose...I'm still not convinced, but maybe there is something to it? Jeff Page was generous enough to let me use a Blue Lake for the clinics we are putting on this summer, starting at the Moomba Jamboree...I'd be interested to see the size ranges that can ride that board.
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