Here’s my water report on the Stewart 11′6″. I just bought the Stewart and have been out with it about 5x and I love it. I went the opposite of most guys and went from a smaller board (Angulo 10′8″)to a bigger board. By the way I am 180lbs. My 1st priority is in ease of catching waves, then carvability. This board is more tippy than the C4 11′6″ and just as tippy as the C4 10′6″. It’s due to the 28 5/8″ width, bevel rails and 15″ tail. The step deck doesn’t really make the deck area too narrow. It does make carrying the board easier because your hand can grab the thinner rails. I can also dig the rails into the wave alot easier, making it carve and hold the face of the wave more like a regular longboard. It definitely carves better than the C4 11′6″ and it takes less effort to catch waves. I took off the side bites and run only the 8″ center fin and it works really well. It definitely is the most high performance 11′6″ out there IMO. The new Laird 11′6″ looks like another good board in the same size range.

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Another good video interview. I’d like to know more about that bevel on the bottom contour. One thing I like doing is putting a straight edge across the bottom of the board. It gives you a pretty good idea of what that side really looks like. The step deck is interesting too. But one thing step decks do is narrow the standing deck area. Do you have any idea what the difference is in the max width dimension vs. the standing max width dimension?
Mahalo.

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interesting board. i’m thinking it ought to be both stable and loose. hope we hear some in-water reports on this one!

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