Disappointing I surfed the modern love child for the first time last week. The board surfed great and a caught about a dozen waves. When I came back in I noticed the board had compression in the top deck. I know this tends to happen to all boards as the age...but on the first surf! The day was mid sized mushy waves. I had no collisions or bad wipe outs. The compression is from popping up to my feet?! I'm guessing it is a manufacturing defect. I contacted the place where i bought the board and the company claims this is a wear and tear issue. I followed up with the couple board repair shops on the coast they say this type of problem all the time with Global Surf Industry boards. They figure it is inexperienced workers over sanding the epoxy coat as they mass produce boards. Anyway...its all pretty disappointing. Lesson learned. I won't be buying from GSI again!

want to review but still waiting for my order... It's been three weeks and still waiting. At least a dude called and told me the board that was going to ship was damaged so the are looking for another one? All communication went blank since then...so yeah?! Will re review upon receipt of my purchase.

slipstream 5.11 rpt number one in delivery, fantastic on time , packaging very protective on board. The ride, I have surfed the board about 5 times ,, from 2ft weak conditions to 3-4ft clean conditions ,, started with 3 fins reactor fins ,, board felt loose @light underfoot,, swap to four fins in better clean surf ,, the board preformed great very fast ,, very smooth ,,very happy after 37 years of surfing @shaping boards. the construction,, eps foam . carbon vector looks great, holding up , no dents on deck ,, so very impressed,, hoping you can bring out more models for the experience surfer ,, thanks ross

Nice shapes, but very fragile I have now owned 3 GSI boards, two of them superfish's (superfish 1 XL and superfish 3 CV), and the other a Hayden shapes made under license. I have creased the XL once and snapped the CV twice (with in two weeks of buying it). The HS I've surfed a few times, I can already tell that this is going to be just as fragile. When repairing the others, my repair guy has said he has never seen glass so thin. For reference I also have a Hayden shapes, made by Hayden and this thing is bullet proof. I complained to the GSI regarding the quality of their boards and was eventually given a discount voucher for a new board after more or less being told that I didn't know how to surf. While the gesture is a small saving grace I am VERY reluctant to drop another $ 900 on a board that I have no confidence in lasting more than a few surfs. As an overall purchasing experience I came away with sour taste and cannot recommend buying a GSI board to anyone. Spend your money elsewhere.

Love My New SUP I recently purchased the NSP E2 SUP from Global Surf Industries and I love it! I've used others paddle boards in the past but found the one I purchased much more stable for a relative beginner. Yes, I paid a little more for it, but in my opinion it is worth every penny. It was great ordering from Global Surf and it arrived in 2 days - I wasn't expecting it so fast. I highly recommended using this company!