I came from an grind base S4 to Byerly Assault last summer since it was an '09, so cheap. Also, growing up I loved byerly's boards under hyperlite and basically learned to ride on one so i figured I would go back now that it's his "own" brand. Board is solid, really aggressive, but the massive molded in fins made it feel difficult to even do surface 180. So takes a little time getting used to. But helped me learn raleys and krypts, which i broke it on... But EVO hooked me up with a 2012, same board shape though so rides just like my '09 did
If that's what your looking for than great. No experience with the Hooke, but hard to go wrong with those too
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