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This board is so quick that, coming off 2+1s and thrusters, I still don't have it under control. It wants to go faster and turn tighter than I can keep up with but once you dial the liveliness in, the speed you can harness is something else. This is the smallest board I own and also required a bit of commitment to recalibrate the whole act of paddling in. I started with Rasta keels but found them too twitchy for my transition to twins, and changed to Needs upright keels which made the board that bit more predictable.
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Great board super fun easy to paddle catching heaps more waves
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I bought the entity for more solid surf and haven't been disappointed. It draws the same lines as a fish, while allowing for deeper, tighter turns. I tried it with futures f6 + blackstix fins and HS generation series quads. The HS felt looser while also giving the board good drive (the blackstix felt a bit sluggish to me). Solid, quality construction, these boards are made to last. Highly recommended.
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High quality manufacture and made on time. Love this board not only does it look great it has tons of speed, grip on the rail and easy to turn and holds the rail. It is surprisingly stable which makes it less twitchy while the shorter length still allows for easy speed adjustment and turns.
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So much fun,fast, turns on a dime, easy to catch waves, could turn into the one board quiver.
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I am very happy with the the board so far. Looking forward to getting some better waves with it. This is my second Gary McNeill and I am again happy with the build quality.
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My PIP is a bit of a mashup between the Maxi PIP and the pin twin. The outline is a pin tail twin, a bit stretched out for a solid step up, but includes the iconic "Torus" full length channels on the maxi PIP, and other Gary McNeill boards, along with tail channels. My board is mostly set-up as a step up, which I've sometimes ridden more as a mid-length. With a nice pin tail, and tail channels, this board has so much hold, and so much speed in larger surf. I've felt very comfortable dropping into 6ft+ waves and getting a deep bottom turn with loads of speed onto the open face. The extra paddle power with added volume and length giving me plenty of extra time to get in early, and the refined tail providing no shortage of hold. This board loves to set a rail and get a big turn in, and loves to go fast. As a mid-length, this board has so much paddle power, and lots of speed, which helps for small, very straight, Autumn/Winter days with gusty offshores... I can imagine the diamond tail on the original model would offer some fun pivot points to make better use of the speed and ease this board has to offer. My go to fins for this board have been the Tyler Warren upright twins, which are a bit of a larger fin, and quite stiff, which I found better in the bigger stuff with ample power/speed available from the wave itself. In smaller waves, trying to ride it as more of a mid-length, the Rasta Twin+1 did a good job at generating speed. I got this board in regular epoxy construction, with some art on the deck. Sadly she's been in the shop twice now for a leash/tail, and rail repair from larger surf. With expert repairs, the board still feels great and held through some pretty good waves over the big surf brought by the recent Tasman Low.
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My PIP is a bit of a mashup between the pin twin, and the Maxi PIP. The outline is a pin tail twin, a bit stretched out for a solid step up, but includes the iconic "Torus" full length channels on the other PIP, and Gary McNeill boards. With a nice pin tail, and tail channels, this board has so much hold, and so much speed. I've felt very comfortable dropping into 6ft+ surf and getting a deep bottom turn with loads of speed onto the open face. The extra paddle power with added volume and length giving me plenty of extra time to get in early, and the refined tail providing no shortage of hold. This board loves to set a rail and get a big turn in, and loves to go fast. My go to fins for this board have been the Tyler Warren upright twins, which are a bit of a larger fin, and quite stiff, which I found better in the bigger stuff with ample power/speed available from the wave itself. In smaller waves, trying to ride it as more of a mid-length, the Rasta Twin+1 did a good job at generating speed. I got this board in regular epoxy construction, with some art on the deck. Sadly she's been in the shop twice now for a leash/tail, and rail repair from larger surf. With expert repairs, the board still feels great and held through some pretty good waves over the big surf brought by the recent Tasman Low.
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Amazing daily driver. I've owned this board for about 2 years, and for most of that, has been my faithful go to. I've ridden this board in pretty much anything, sloppy 2-3ft surf, tiny 1 ft surf, clean 5-6ft surf... With the quad set up, a wide range of fins will suit different conditions, and this board can handle the bigger stuff comfortably. I've much enjoyed drawn out turns with all the speed this board has to offer, it has good rail to rail surfing and hold with the help of the belly channels (fainter than the one on the Rasta Torus Twin model). In bigger stuff, the Rasta quad fins set makes this board lightning fast, with great hold, maybe at the expense of quick pivoting off the back, but this board is about speed and setting a rail in my opinion. In smaller stuff, my go too has been the Machado Seaside quads/Split-keels, which gives it a bit more pivot and snappy nature, but great speed from wider base front fins with a bit extra hold from smaller trailers. In tiny surf, I've enjoyed the Chris Christenson Keel fins for lightning fast speed and good, fun release. I got this board with the SPC Construction with a deck inlay/art. The stringless epoxy with carbon rails, along with the deck art adding a bit of strength is very solid. I must have surfed this board hundreds of times, and the dings are minimal and the deck feel very fresh. Deck compressions barely make it look a few months old. A solid elbow drop to the nose is barely noticeable as I hit mostly carbon fibre, I've done worse damage on regular PU boards sliding them into a board bag... Overall this board has been a dream, it feels unbreakable and is a trusted stead in a variety of conditions. It has been a roadtrip and travel staple with its immense versatility and solid construction.
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With another of Gary's boards, the CV2, as my go to for much of the last 2 years (still holding up amazing), and trying it out as a twinnie, I figured I had to get myself one of these Rasta Torus Twins. This board is so lively and fast, rockets out of stretched out turns, and goes off the top quite well. I've enjoyed it in barely 1ft stuff (although it, and I, prefers a bit more juice) along with more sizeable 4-5ft surf and everything in between. The belly channels give it plenty of hold when jetting across bigger stuff with lively release when you'd expect it from a twin fin. This board loves a clean, stretched out face to go lightning fast, but will also do a decent job on junkier stuff, and slower stuff. My board is built with the flax cloth/bio resin/recycled foam option, and after maybe 100hrs on it, still no dings and what feels like, only the slightest pressure marks across the deck. I started off riding this board with the Tyler Warren upright twins, felt quite stable but also didnt quite provide the release. I also rode the Chris Christenson Keels, which gave it good speed, especially in smaller stuff. I then got the Rasta Twins+1 set, and haven't ridden anything else, the fins are so fast and feel excellent in the board, if you're looking for fins for this board, the Rasta Twins+1 are a strong recommendation from me (makes sense...), the V2 foil on the fins enhances the whole speed aspect and suits the build greatly.