Well I rode my new 8' Secret Weapon this morning and didn’t want to stop surfing, It is now my go to board for all sessions (after just one ride). I had the best rides of my life this morning. It didn’t seem small for me and floated me killer; paddled and dropped just like it was made for me. You better believe when I wear this one out I will be ordering a custom one from you, I really like the length of it, love the fact I dropped 18” of board length and it is more stable and floated me better that my 9’6” bonzer. All the guys at the shop where i work were like: "I don’t know about that thing what is with the fins?  You should take that small one out and get a bigger one". I printed out your Design article and showed it to them and after they saw how I turned on it (as in I have never turned that much) they had a different openion of the board.