This is very smiler to the Pro of last year, it has a sharkskin base to give a nice loose feel unlike the nobile or other boards like that, this board loves to spin around, change direction. Flick it around just before a wave and rip around, amazing. Once the rails are engaged it will hold a lot of power but is not as committed as the wake style rails nobile north etc but will still give big jumps, soft flex gives a very easy ride through horrible chop, and will give it's rider a easy time in big gusts, as that flex through the board will regulate the speed. Please note: This board comes with underground white pads and dakine straps as we ran out the the crazyfly ones, the underground and dakine combo is probably a better set up anyway!