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| 234091 | 9758 | CJ Nelson Outlier reviews? | 115 | Hodaddy81 | Jan 17, 2022 | 2022-01-17T10:27:51-0500 | Cuttlefish said: I just acquired a lightly used one yesterday and was curious to see what others thought of it. Rolled up to my local point and it's 4-6' of swell from Cyclone Cody. Bugger it might as well go and explore its upper limits. Got lucky on the paddle out and so it was relatively easy, which is a good thing considering the nose width and its thickness making it a chore to duckdive. Noticed I had to lie back a little further aft on the board than I normally would otherwise the nose tends to push water. Moved back a tad and all good. As soon as I got out the back a good sized one rolled through and straight into it. Take the drop and into the bottom turn and could feel the forward rail drift but I control it and it goes mach speed across the face. Do a down carve which turns into a layback as the tail drifts. Even with the 9" Greenough template fin set another inch further back than in the pic below and the large bonzer sides the tail is still letting go due to its width. I have the opportunity to spin and go on another medium sized one while paddling back out and it's bar of soap drifty but super fast speed across the wave. Figure upper limit of the board with that fin configuration at least is established so head in and grab my 8' balsa Sunova 8ball and back out to catch some bombs. Can't wait to ride the Outlier in 2-3'ers. Sure it will be fun. View attachment 38812 Click to expand... I personally really like the bonzerish fins that you chose but I bet a set of more upright 3.25 side fins and a 8 inch skip style fin that thing would be locked and loaded. I have one on the way as well. Looking forward to really trying a lot of fin configurations |