I am currently riding a Watson and love it. It lands soft and has decent pop. It also tracks well when placed on edge; I ride it finless. The One is a very nice board as well, however it does have more speed and tracks much tighter than the Watson. I ilike the mention of shorter fins. However, I felt the One had a more natural pop to it than the Watson, although both boards have plenty of pop. The difference could very well be the feel of the board on the feet, since the One feels lighter on the feet than the Watson. I made my decision on a raving recommendation of the Watson and that it also had a center spine to break up landings, I was tired of hard landings with Premier I had been riding. If I remember correctly, the One has a flat center like the Premier. Both the One and Watson have a loose feel and are slower into the cut toward the wake than the Covin (assuming similar ride/tracing to 3DS) would be; both the One and Watson have a rolled edge between centers which loosens it up and adds some forgiveness as well.
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