I'm 225 lbs on a 4'10" Doomswell Bigstep surf board... I can work as much as I want to on the board. I can ride it just chilling, or if I want to pump it and get into the wave, I can have sore legs and be out of breath. Never ridden the board you're talking about though. Is it a compression board, or foam core? I know going from the CWB tsunami I used to ride to the Doomswell, there was a HUGE difference in construction and weight of the board. That and the way it's designed all contributes.
Length of the board isn't necessarily the only factor. If you have someone that knows how to build a board to it's riders liking, a 4'6" board could be just as fast and easy to ride as a 5 foot board. The big box boards don't really take these things into account, they're building boards for "everyone" so to speak.
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