I can ride well on a Nobile Infinity 6, strapless. This means gibe, tack and little jumps.
I recently got my hands on a surfboard for kiting, a 5.8 Flora, because it was cheap and the line looked more wave-oriented (more rocker, more volume, less width) as I was on the lookout for something that would be more suitable for aggressive bottom turns and generally better-off on waves.
However I am finding this board very hard! unforgiving when changing stance and are yet to close a tack on it. It does however provide an entire different feel on the wave, I can dig the rail very well and finally ride properly the waves. But we all know that a board is good for the waves only when you feel comfortable on the way out too eheh.
So my question: are EPS kind of surfboards really that much harder than kite specific directional boards? should I just get use to it?