What i think about the Spitfire (its all good by the way)

[kelly baker]

hworks50 - to me the spitfire surfs like a regular short board, I've not had any issues with it feeing slippy or anything (although i do pull off a tail first drop now and again) also depending on what the waves are like i surf off the tail and sometimes further forward, what ever keeps it going.

I'm 40, 5'9 and ride the 5'6 - like i said in an earlier in this post i'm still getting use to the size but this is my only board now so all my concentration is on this model. If i had a choice i would get a 5'7 at the same dims or a 5'8 less a 1/4" but that's messing with the design the FW guys have refined and at present i'm happy with what i got and for where i surf this board is spot on.

IMO, whether off the same template or not the Dominator and Spitfire feel worlds apart to me...

[Chris]

yeah good words iggy.

A couple other things, you want to keep your foot AND trac pad way back, you want to ensure you have appropriate fins and you want to make sure you experiment with both quads and thrusters in the conditions where you seem to slide out.

I know I max out a bit more easily when riding a quad set. When I toss in a thruster, the board evens out a bit.

Cheers

[prjwebb]

And if you're running FCS fusion boxes, on bigger days I'd slot the rear fin right back and on smaller days I'd move it forward to close up the cluster.
I like a slightly larger, more raked fin with like the K3 on bigger days, and more upright loose fins on smaller days, like the K2.1 and SF4.

I really like the quad set up in chest-shoulder high racey barreling waves. I find the instant speed on the take off really helps, and it holds in perfectly when taking the high line for max speed. I like the K2.1 quad set in those conditions. I'd like to try that set with the knubster too, it'd be interesting to feel the difference.