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Amazing board. Immediately increased my wave count without losing anything in terms of performance. The Gary McNeill quads are a great addition to this board also. Cheaper than the Rasta quads and better quality.
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Very well built and super fun board. Very fast as a quad but a little tracky for me. But loved it as a twin with the Rasta keels. Catching waves easily.
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Good board, still working out which fins are better but otherwise paddles well and gets up and goes
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Peak Twin! Better wrapped in flax than plastic for sure. I really can't see how anyone could design a better twin. I've been surfing Middleton fairly consistently and even with the appalling conditions this Summer it has been super fun. The board builds up speed quickly and seems to be able to take off on marginal waves or foam so you can get a head start on some of the quick and little rights that come up. I would say it comes down to the flat rocker, width and the Torus channel. I've played around with upright fins and keels and have found both good. It does go well on bigger, cleaner spots too and has given me the confidence to have a crack at them. Still at the frothing grom stage as a surfer but have found this board a really good step up from a 6'4" 41L Bourton quad. It pushes me to learn something new every time I paddle out and I never get sick of taking it into the brine. No qualms with this one, just an all round amazing board by an Australian master craftsperson. Go flax and bio resin, you'll love it.
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Great board, paddles well though it took a couple of surfs to find that sweet spot. Once on a wave it has plenty of down the line speed. Place your back foot just behind the fins and it will turn with ease. This board doesn’t have that loose feeling like twin fins of old, even with the wider tail there is plenty of bite drive and hold. Maybe that torus channel synonymous with Gary’s designs really does have merits. I have a range of boards from 5’9 and up from various shapers but this has become my new everyday ride. I also purchased a set of Gary’s upright twins and they are an excellent product that have been working very well with this board as you would expect. Gary was great to deal with and delivered an excellent product that will keep me surfing for many years to come.
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Nice board to paddle. Gets speed easily and is very nice to ride. All in all very happy I chose this board
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Awesome board from a great shaper. Already have the Mini Pip and love it, and the Step up Maxi Pip is more of the same. Great drive off the front foot with the taurus channel, and extra hold in the tail with the other channels and pulled in tail. Had 5 boards of Gary now and his shapes never disappoint. Glassing is also exceptional.
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Was looking for something nice and easy and this ticked all the boxes. Love Gary McNeill designs - definitely stand out in the crowd
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Having always ridden fish style boards or traditional thrusters, for 20 years, this board was an attempt to up the fun and lessen the frustration that creeps in when timing and fitness start failing. Let’s just say it worked. This board is a serious bit of eye candy beautifully made (especially for channel lovers) with great art options. Mine at 7ft comes with a round pin. Which Gary has developed into the two model on his site. I am running Gary’s upright handfoiled fins, I won’t lie and pretend that I can feel the difference between fins but this set up definitely works. Initially I struggled wrangling the extra size and volume in the line up but it glides on to waves pushing no water giving plenty of extra time to line things up. It is fast projecting me around sections I would normally struggle to make. So far I have surfed 1 to 5 ft beach breaks and it’s been very versatile holding in hollow waves and trimming on small runners. I look forward to some point waves to really feel it’s potential on some long walls. Basically can’t fault it, does everything I wanted from it in style.
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I’ve had the Maxi PIP for about three months now and have surfed it mainly at pointbreaks and beachbreaks under 4foot. This is the first midlength shape I’ve surfed and I can honestly say it was the best decision I’ve made in my surfing life so far. My wave count has increased dramatically and I am probably having more fun on this board than I can recall on my usual shortboard. At first I tried the board with some futures upright twins and really felt the ‘slingshot’ coming out of the pocket of the wave after a cutback. I also pulled off some successful grabrail carves using the full length of the board which felt awesome. I switched out the futures for some torryn martyn signature fish keels (which have quite a large area) thinking this might suit my style of surfing better, but found that I didn’t have the weight (I am 70kg) to throw it around properly and went back to futures. The board itself absolutely fangs and the Taurus channel helps this, I even had a stranger chat to me after a surf and commented that I was able to go very quick down the line with minimal effort in weak fat waves. The tail is quite thin and pinched at the end which helps the board to pivot, I think I would personally prefer the MAXI PIPS diamond tail to Gary’s TWO model which features a rounded tail. However, the TWO might a better option in bigger more quality surf. Despite the volume and width, the board duckdives easily and doesn’t feel like a log. Being a stretched out twin fin, it is a bit more difficult to ride on the backhand and I still haven’t quite figured it out but I am very excited to continue to experiment with this board