Zenith Review

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We love it when our customers are happy, but when they take the time to write a review, that really makes our job worth doing. Dan Green from Northumberland recently purchased a new Zenith from us, and here is what he has to say…

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Ride Zenith review.

Having had the zenith for a few weeks now I thought I would do a review.

Straight out of the wrapper the boat looks nice well built and comes with a great selection of pre cut and shaped foam to enable quick, effective outfitting with minimal fuss. There was even a surform supplied to enable quick custom fit straight out of the packing. Fit is good with plenty of room for my size 10 feet with wetsuit boots.

The first two surfs were in small clean conditions and I was pleasantly surprised at how quick the boat was to get up and planing despite its short length. Direction changes are quick and very smooth.

In a bigger wave the Zenith wants to perform. When the wave walls up fast the boat will go exactly where you want it on the wave and it actually feels quite “safe” knowing that if a section is throwing you can position the boat well up on the wave to get along the section. It also accelerates round closing sections very well. Roundhouse cutbacks are great but what I really like about this boat is how vertical you can get your top turns. It literally snaps round off the lip.

When it comes to hitting the lip the Zenith seems to take off and land in a quite controlled manner with great pop.Its rails I find are quite forgiving at the front of the boat. Coming from the Phantom where I had to work hard to avoid tripping the rail on landing I have found the Zenith allows you to be thinking of the next move rather than tripping the edge.

Stability in the line up. The zenith seems to be a little unstable to a point which I guess is down to the v in the hull. However this is only up to a point whereby it seems to have a nice secondary stability and sits lovely on an edge. Rolling this boat is easy.

Overall I am very happy and am looking forward to getting some big autumn swells in this boat. Thanks guys

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