I Demo'd the 8'5" TL back in March.
My take:
Nice Colors and finish.
Board is heavy for it's size and from what you'd expect from Infinity.
I like the shape and the rails.
Not keen on the fin placement, front side bites are too far forward.
Creates stiff handling even in quad.
Performance:
This board has adequate flotation for me at 185#.
Sits flat on the water at this displacement.
Down the line the board really accelerates and holds.
There is a lack of tail rocker combined with the forward fin placement
making this board hard to power off the tail and kick out.
I tried many fin configurations.
Quad was just too stiff with the fins being spaced so far apart.
2-1 is much better but still stiff.
The last fin combo I tried worked as good as I could expect.
Scimitar Side Bites and a 6.5 Hatchet (Futures), forward in the box for
as loose a set up as I could make it.
The Testing was done at a beach break with barreling waves for the most part.
Head high waves breaking down the line.
I suspect that at a more gradual break this fin set up might work well.
Hope that helps,
Ralph
Sup-position
Huntington Beach, California, USA
(714) 899-3020
www.Sup-position.com
