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| 206064 | 9758 | CJ Nelson Outlier reviews? | 48 | Hodaddy81 | May 2, 2021 | 2021-05-02T14:54:50-0400 | skurp said: Great review! And (saying this with a smile) you're saying "mystically floating above water" like it's a bad thing? haha - that's what I love about the Outlier - that buttery, floaty weightless feeling. Agree with some of the other comments here - 7'6" may be more your speed, if duck-dive-ability is the imperative. With all due respect, are any boards in the 8ft range "easy" to duckdive? Think its more of a time your paddle-out and use all that volume to get outside as fast as possible between sets, kind of board. Outlier wouldn't be a desert island board for me either - too specialized. In my quiver I use it to make bad waves fun and great, lined-up waves unforgettable. Anyway - keep 'em coming, love the format! Click to expand... So as far as volume placement it just felt really big to me because most boards I ride in that size are a little less volume in general. With that said I had no problem getting a 8'3 cola pintail in the same technology under enough of the wave to be able to get out. The pintail was a little less volume in the nose in the aspect of thickness and down railed. The outlier was so buoyant at the nose that I could not even get the nose under. Thats more of what I mean. most boards in that shape / style are way more pinched in my experience. I also have had plenty of 8+boards that are wide point back that I can duck dive. Of coarse thats design. With all of this said I am interested in reviewing a " long board" in the thunderbolt tech. Personally I think it is where I will really see more + then -. Anyway thank you for the feedback and yes. good possibility the 7'6 would have been better, but I had to grab what I could get. |