EzLounging

As he alluded to, the smaller sizes probably would be. 56 with a pretty normal waist would ride a lot different than the 64, which is a lot of board with its waist.

I'd think the TF would be a great choose there too

Own the 56 Café and I enjoy it, and mainly ride in hard packed ON conditions. Same specs as my 59 Pencil, which I absolutely love. The Pencil feels a touch more "friendly", but I figured it's due to being more broken in, as I've had it longer than the Café. Plus, due to the moon tail vs full tail on the CR. Look forward to getting it more broken in, but def a bit more chargey than my Pencil currently.

@ad1105 has owned the 59 and the og CR+ and loved it, as well. He can maybe elaborate on his exp, also.

I had a lot of fun on my Café 56, but it was definitely a little on the short side. would like to try the 59, but not a big fan of super wide waists.

His surfboards are so good too

CR/CR+ are so fun; Probably the shape that really won me over to the brand. The Plus in particular was an absolute rocket and felt so precise, but really was at its best when the groomers were fresh. My CRs eventually took a back seat to the Pencil/P+, as I prefer a bit of entry rocker and a bit more length. Would be curious to try the CR64, but I’ll be purchasing the Pencil Split before I try the former.

So found out couple days ago that I owned an older Cafe Racer that was from Korua's pre-Nobile facility. The new ones have full-wrap edges, mine still had Mervin-style edges that stopped just past the contact points.

I probably need to ride a new one. I had the impression that CR had a more "neutral" and kind lifeless feel, but that may just be the old construction from the old facility. Parker ain't on new EZL yet, but told me the old shapes from the old factory were lifeless pieces of crap, and now he's all in on Korua... think he's 4 or 5 deep. Definitely was night and day between that board and the Nobile-produced TFs and Stealth I've ridden.

All my Koruas are currently Nobile-produced, and I wouldn't describe any of them as lifeless. The only issue that I've come across was on my CR+, which was torsionally warped. Still a total beast, but I ran the issue by Korua and they ended up sending me a Pencil+ as a replacement. Their customer service is top-notch. The models I had from their older production facility were the Stealth and Puzzle, neither of which I own anymore because they did, in fact, feel lifeless. The Stealth in particular felt like I was riding a door. Glad I stuck with the brand because their Nobile models are badass.

J0_Zehp wrote: Thu Dec 08, 2022 3:53 pm
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Sooooooo sick. Love Album surfboards.

J0_Zehp wrote: Thu Dec 08, 2022 3:53 pm
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Have seen this before
Parkers Koruas