Oh dear heavens no. The Belmont is the fastest board that HO makes. The Transcend is the slowest board that CWB makes. The thing I love about mine is when riding straight/flat, you can slide it around like there's no fins at all. With that much rocker, the fins are almost out of the water. When you do get on edge, the fins/cupped rail bite and it tracks hard and straight. I rode the 05 Absolute last Fall when I was demo'ing. The Transend rides very nose high due to the rocker and very slow, the Absolute rides a bit flatter, a bit faster, and reacts edge to edge quicker. The Transcend does everything in slow motion until you hit the wake. This is all my opinion of course.. the next guy could say the Transcend is the fastest board he's been on. I recommend to everyone to demo the Transcend. It is fun as hell.
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