Twin Fin !

Decided i wanted to test a twin fin today. went to the kanaha Kah Maui shop and picked up a 85 l Tabou twin 09 (i sail the 85l 06)heres a rewiew !
On the beach : the graphics are kind of bad.. what happened to the naked ladies that used to be on the tabou boards ? it felt kind of heavy. think my previous Tabou 85s have been a tad lighter (it was wet)
On the water : it felt really floaty off the plane. it was also much easier to do non planing jibes on it. might have more than 85liters or different volume distribution compared to my 06. it was a bit slow to plane and had slow acceleration.once up and going it was fast and had a nice loose feeling in the water without being nervous. chop hops seemed easy. jibed well. sailed lowers with a small swell and 4.7. slightly offshore. the waves would jack up nicely on the shallow inside area of the reef,but they were never bigger than chest i think. the board really exelled on the wave face in these conditions ! keeping speed was a lot easier than with my 06 (the nice wind direction and strenght might have helped) the board had a really nice "snappy" turn radius and felt super nice both in the bottom and top turn. sometimes had to pump to reach the next section of the wave and the board was super responsive to this. i have a suspicion that the boards incredible nice turning capabilities on smaller waves is a trade off with control in bigger conditions. luckily we have a bigger swell tomorrow so i can do more testing. Perfect ! if this board is as nice in bigger conditions its a good candidate to replace my tired 06. The pics is from Hookipa today