First session at home on the Spitfire XLW, and overall it doesn't take too long to get used to it. Still need to clock quite a few hours on it to build confidence for a bit more aggressive riding, but it's promising. Up till now, with the Zeeko Carver in the mellow balmy waters of southern France, I didn't really feel that the springiness of the D.A. board was much of a problem, but today with quite a bit of South Pacific short mushy swell and well juiced up with about 18-20kts, I wished I had something stiffer to have a more direct control, I will try with the Zeeko 5'4 next time.
A long bodydrag slowly punching through the swell in 10C waters didn't exactly help for being all relaxed and smooth on the first tacks, but I got to love the fact that the edges of the wings are pretty blunt. Eventually I got a bit more relaxed and more confident in those S-turns.
Had a few crashes, and the board didn't really seem to tomahawk as much, that too is promising.
Looking forward to more (and warmer) sessions!