Last week I tested out the RRD Toxic Wave. Its looked like just what I wanted for a more wave orientated board, yet still keeping the twin-tip ability to ride it switch without gybing. The toxic wave is 148cm long, which gives it a bit more length and volume to actually ride the waves without being to bulky for the some basic tricks and boosts.
The toxic has a thruster fin setup at the back end of the board, which aid in doing real nice big carves compared to a twintip. If found it a little hard to get a real hard edge at times, with a bit more time on the board I'm sure I could improve my edging technique for this board.
My biggest dislike of the board was with the footstraps. I normally ride Airush board which have some of the best footstraps in the biz. Admittedly, the straps are symmetrical so you can gybe, but as the board rides still rides well switch, I would rather setup some more comfy straps each session depending on which way you would mainly be riding the waves.
I'd really like to try the board again in some better wave conditions, it would have been perfect for my 20km cross-off waveriding downwinder in Esperence last weekend. A new 08 kite is higher up on the shopping list though, so I'll have to suffice with my Airush Hammer in the waves for now, which isnt a bad thing.
The demo board was courtesy of SOS Surf in Fremantle, Perth.
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