I recently traded up from a full wood version of the 110 litre to the pro edition. At first glance the rocker had me a bit worried, was it the same as the oldie? The wood version handled the chop quite well. With a flatter deck the rocker was not as pronounced as the woodie, but lo and behold it was there.

I settled into the new footstraps with no problems and once powered up, held on for dear life. How light was this board?!! The chop was no problem as I didn't seem to be spending much time in the troughs, just skipping across the top of the waves.
Adjusting the mast foot, and changing the fin brought about a whole new level of stability and trim.

Wind speed was around 18 kn gusting to 25 and I was rigged with a 6m np v6. The board seemed to gybe really well, first time I've actually done 3 successful gybes in a row, without having a helmet clad imprint of my face on the board. And at my limited level of capability I count a successful gybe as anything changed direction above water. The key to all this is user-friendliness in a robust and extremely light board that comes in around $2700.00

How about a photo Pete. Is that the FWS on your rack.

Yep. Brand new used once, little old lady on her way to church etc

I put the new straps on, only because they were on my 130l x-cite as well. They tend to hold they're shape better when they're wet. My personal preference would be the da-kine straps but they don't fit well on my board....Leading to another question. Anyone managed to put da-kines on a JP?

Why did you change the straps? I've always found the JP straps to be really comfy.