Postby schmoe » Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:29 pm
Hi,
This is really a tough one, some good flat water boards a real pain in chop. I have/had both FLX and Mako mentioned above, in a few sizes. The mako is the king of chop, the FLX king of all-around. In flat water the mako dose not really show its true unique qualities. Its good but so do others. Both boards will serve you well, but in my opinion if you have more chop go for mako, more flat water go with FLX, cant really go wrong with either.
One disclaimer, in HUGE chop the longer makos start to have a little length problem, in that case the FLX will catch up and exceed the longer makos. This is not an issue with the short mako (134). Having said that, in normal and big chop the mako is still the king, ace of spades, jack in the box, big daddy, with very few boards touching it.
Best FLX size IMO is 132, but I did not try the most recent version.
In most days I look at the mako and flx, cant decide, and just pick one randomly without any logical reason. And I am never disappointed.