Surfing race boards is a blast as long as you don't expect to do cutbacks. Headmount and I spent a lot of mornings surfing our 17' Bullets, to the occasional irritation of people trying to surf double-over-ankle waves on conventional beginner sufboards. Really anything in the 12+ region is a lot of fun in baby waves, including my challenging-for-me 12'2" Ku Nalu. One of the few boards I'll never sell.