hmm your from Orcutt eh? Head up to Paso Robles and X-treme Marine. Pat will hook you up with a demo Marius or Absolute. Depending if you like 3-stage or continuous rocker you will like one of those. Esteem in Pismo/SLO also has boards. My home lake is Lopez too.
substance lands hard in the flats on regular jumps but raley landings are soft and fast. Also wake to wake on a substance is not that bad of landings. never ridden absolute but the transcend has good landings
Will hard landings make it more difficult to land certain tricks or will it just reek havoc on your knees over time? Is it more that hard landings affect your abilities, body, or both? Thanks.
I don't know if you have considered the LF PS3 but it had tons of pop, pretty light and I thought soft landings. I don't land in the flats much though.