Board Name: Starboard 9/30 Extremist
Manufacturer: Starboard
Length: 9′  Width: 30″  Volume: ?  Weight: ?
Weight Range: Beg. 50-140 lbs., Adv. 60-190 lbs.  Skill: Beginner to Expert

From the website: The fish-tail style shorter boards are the most exciting and progressive shapes in the range. They are still stable paddlers due to their 30″ width but they demand a slightly higher skill level to be able to reach full potential. They feel more like surfing a shortboard. With instant acceleration, their shorter shapes allow you to pump down the line with powerful, driven cutbacks and rapid response. They comfortably handle the speed of taking the drop on larger waves.

Evaluators said:
“So light! It’s pretty and easy to handle, excellent turning and fun on the waves. I like everything about this board”  (Intermediate Female 150 lbs.)
“Great turns; great nose rides; but hard to paddle straight without switching sides”  (Advanced Male 120 lbs.)
“Fun in waves; like the handle”  (Intermediate Male 180 lbs.)
“Easy turns to setup before waves; like the stability; doesn’t track straight without switches”  (Advanced Male 200 lbs.)
“Turns fast, super stable”  (Intermediate Male 190 lbs.)
“Turns well, good for riding waves”  (Intermediate Male 160 lbs.)
“you can really crank a snap turn on this board; stable for a 9′; not much glide”  (Intermediate Male 140 lbs.)
“Easy to carry; loved the size and it’s turning ability”  (Intermediate Female 140 lbs)
“Loose wave feel; surfs great; tracking not as good”  (Intermediate Male 200 lbs.)
“Good small board for big guys”  (Advanced Male 220 lbs.)
“Stable! lot of fun in small waves, would probably really rock in bigger ones”  (Advanced Male 170 lbs.)

Summary: A short board that big guys can ride. Very highly rated for surfing. Most common comment–pretty. It’s hot looks made everyone want to try it, and good surfing ability with big guys in small waves meant it got bogarted–people were waiting to try it.