mikeysfl wrote:I did not like the MLF. Too much rocker, and too heavy. I ride boots, and with these boots, the board was heavy as hell. It also has too many channels. I would not recommend this board. THere are a lot better boards out there,.....especially in the 120cm range.
Each rider has its own opinion, I strongly recomend this board, as long as you have 2 kites and you're not a beginner. The board is small and so it won't let you ride as soon as a bigger board, but when you're powered, it is an all different game, the board is lively and it is a load of fun, it's so easy to pop that sometimes I just keep poping again and again in the shop, I love it
As for its weight, it's true, the board is heavy, but then again, it will only show its weight if you want to make some board off tricks and prefer lighter boards, as a matter of fact, this board must weight less than a naish mutant and you can see some riders pulling insane board-off tricks, the say that they prefer a board to be heavier so that the wind doesn't pull it. From another perspective, i would place my bets on this board regarding durability against a ligher board. For me, this board doesn't feel heavy in the water.
The most positive aspect about this board is the smooth feeling, the ride is smooth even in the shop, you just have to learn to edge it right, in the beginning I would edge it too much and make a lot of back foot pressure, this helps you to handle the gusts without too much trouble, but now I've learned to use all it's edge and i can go upwind much better, the ride in the shop is also much easier once you start to ride with the board with more rail in the water.
Finally, the price... it's much cheaper than the other "much better boards".
And based on all of this I just wrote I can say that I recomend this board, at least try it, it might become your favourite board, it shure is for me.
Djizasse
Ps - You see mikeysfl, to (not) recomend something you must at least know what you're talking about, you can't ride an afternoon with a board and make an opinion about it. I'm prone to believe that you just rode this board for a while and didn't get to know it, otherwise you would not say that the rocker is too big and that it has too many channels. You just got one thing right, the board is heavy, but that is only one small part of the whole story.
with a 17,8 when others are with 13 and 14 you can catch much more wind with this beauty it's not a easy board but if you still have some doubts check this movie
maybe you aren't at the level that the board needs to ride well.