I would like to progress more this year and am looking for advice on a board that will help me with the skills that a want to improve. I ride behind a 23' Enzo with usually about 1000 lbs of ballast, so the wake is medium to large. I weigh 185lbs and am 6' tall. My surface tricks are fine, I can do 180's (clearing the wake heel side and landing between the wakes on toe side), and can clear the wake on heel side way out into the flats. I have been able to do the above for the last couple of years and have been stuck at that skill level for a couple seasons. The skills that I want to improve on are clearing the wake toe side, 360's, and completing a basic invert. I still don't think that I load the rope up enough on heel side, and I know I don't on my toe side. I kind of feel that a narrower or shorter (therefore more sinky) board would be easier to keep on edge all the way through the wake. At the end of last season I was riding a Ronix One, however I didn't like to hard impact when jumping heel side into the flats. The board that I have been riding the most for the last few years is a Hyperlite 142 TFD DNA. This board lands soft and overall I like it but I have heard others who also feel like this board is hard to progress on. I have been considering a Hyperlite State 140 since it is asymmetrical as claims to improve toe side. I know that this is not a real popular board but I really want to have some progression. I am 33 so I am not looking or expecting to become a great wakeboarder, I just want to not feel stagnant with improving. Which ever board I do end up with needs to land fairly soft, needs to have enough outward launch to be able to take into the flats (not just straight up like an aggressive 3-stage), can't beat me up if the water isn't glassy which we rarely get and forgiving. Thanks for any help you can provide.
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