Global Surf IndustriesReviews of surfindustries.com

Okay, I've owned my 6'9" 7s Superfish 3 for about 2 months, and fortunately we've had a good run of swell here in Central Florida for late Sept, early Oct 2015, so I had a great opportunity to ride this board in chest to 2 ft overhead swell on our typical beach break conditions here. Okay, first off let me say that I'm stepping down from 9ft performance longboard. I wanted a board that I could duck-dive to get me out to the line up on our bigger days, but would provide me with reasonable stability, and some extra buoyancy under the chest to give me a bit more float, and paddle power for my skill and age. A little more maneuverability over my 9'0" longboard is a plus, but not something I was really demanding. I'm 182 lbs and 49 years old, and for my age I'm in good shape, and a decent intermediate surfer. Florida beach breaks on big days are extremely challenging to paddle into, since you have to take on the white water and breaking surf full on to get to the line up in most cases. Many times with the period at or near 10s, you take on several waves to get out. The 7S super fish 3 has been a very good board for me, I looked at volumes and went with something that's near the top end of my duck-dive range. I read that the max board volume you can duck dive is about 4.0-4.5lbs of body weight per liter of volume of the surfboard (not sure how scientific this is, but it's just a general guideline). The 6-9" is 43.1L so with my body weight of 182lbs, I'm in this range of max board volume to duck dive. After adjusting to the smaller size board through some trial and error, I found it to be reasonably good at paddling, very manageable on steeper drop ins, good stability, and my rides have been great when the wave holds up nicely. I would personally drop back to my longboard for our more common knee to waist high surf here in Florida, but when we get chest to head high surf, this is great board offering just the right amount of speed, maneuverability, and plenty of fun factor when the waves are pumping. For 49 years old, I actually can't believe how we'll I've adapted to riding this board. Additionally, the board is super light, I've never had a board this light, so it gives you more buoyancy while keeping the board short. Another nice bonus, are the FCS keyless fins which don't require grub (allen head) screws. This will be my go to board when I travel to California and Costa Rica. My only con related to the board are the pressure dings on the deck, I would probably prefer just a bit more glassing on the deck to make it a bit more stronger, but I also know that this board has been built to be light, so there's a tradeoff. In general, I think the value (cost to fun factor) is really fantastic. I would recommend to others. BTW, I was also amazed at how quickly it shipped, and arrived at my home undamaged. Ordering online via the GSI website was a very good experience. Good luck with your next board purchase, and I hope you get some good waves soon....

I had no problems dealing with GSI site is very user friendly service and delivery was spot on cheers GSI

Board is great, online experience was easy. The delivery driver had a problem reading my address however this was easy to trace and was corrected swiftly with little inconvenience.

I have had at least 8 GSI boards, I have had a couple warranty issues as well and each time they handled it fast and professionally! This last time was the first time ordering online and holy mackerel the board got to me fast! Keep it up boys (and girls). My only gripe is that you keep discontinuing models that I get committed to, so I'm having to switch and don't always find the same results.

Very happy with the product. Shipping was on time.

I have never had a board this responsive and loose before. That being said, it took me 5 weeks until I finally had that one wave where everything clicked on. When the waves are firing, this board goes unreal. I still have a difficult time riding it when the waves are marginal though. The price was right when I bought it(clearance sale), and was a no brainer to at least try, but will not purchase another one at the current prices. Am still watching the site for more sales on Salt Shakers.

Very happy with the board and accessories

The board I ordered is just as promised and actually delivered quicker than promised. Only problem I had was due to ordering at the start of a holiday weekend. I saw the charge on my credit card but had no email confirmation of my order from the store because they only process orders on regular workdays. The online account I created never worked again. So I was a little nervous that I'd given away my credit card info rashly. But no harm done in the end.