Jimmy Lewis 9’2” Rental - Florida Board Advice

[StarboardSUPMan]

I took a vacation last week to Singer Island, FL and wound up renting a Jimmy Lewis 9’2” board.  I wanted to try something smaller and more performance oriented.  I wasn't looking for something so performance oriented but that's all the had.  The other boards I own are a 10’5 Starboard Drive and a 12’6 KM Compressor.  At 6'2" and 195lbs this was quite a drop to a 9’2 with 124L from a 10’5 with 160L.

First impressions of the board were it was quite stable for what I expected.  I thought I would be surfing prone by the end of the day.  In fact it was quite the opposite I found that after I got over my initial wobbles it felt very stable.  The other few things that took getting used to was that constantly paddling forward helped tremendously in board stabilization.  Before I would paddle out and just wait around for a wave. I felt like I had to stand further back on the board and it got more stable.

Things I liked about the board were it floated me well, it surfed amazing, easy to catch chest high waves, Super fast down the line, easy to turn. 
Things that I was concerned about was stability in chop.  As the day wore on and the chop picked up it turned into a washing machine out there.  I ended up constantly correcting and made catching waves difficult.  I wasn’t sure how the board would do in smaller waves as I was blessed with some chest high swell while I tried it out (which I hear is uncommon for Florida in the summer).

Before renting this board I had my eye on the 2014 8’11 Fanatic Allwave.  Now I’m considering the 8’6” Allwave or perhaps a ProWave as a 124L board floated me.  The reason I was leaning towards Fanatic boards were they have a mast insert which sounds fun.  A concern about the Allwave is the rail thickness, I really liked how the Jimmy Lewis had nice thin rails.

Any suggestions on other boards to look at in this size range that are good for Florida waves?

[StarboardSUPMan]

Here are a few pics of the board and the day.

[TonyGring]

That looks like his Stun Gun model.  You would be hard pressed to find a better board for surf in my opinion. Sounds like you would agree based on how it rode for you?  I'm 155 lbs and ride a 8'2'' Stun Gun. It's 99 litres.  I thought it might be too small when I first got it. After a month or so I acclimated and am loving it from knee high to well overhead. They are one of the best constructed boards ever. Really tough. I also love the thinner rails and foil / rocker of the board. Very fast down the line . Lucky you that they had one. They are rather hard to come by.  Good luck in your quest !