Thank you for the review! Great info on the big Baron, especially about the pressure dings-good to know. Still gonna get one

Love this review! The Big Baron looks sick. I will try to get one soon. Thank you, Skipper!

Nice man..I really want one... I was also considering Mid6 but it's more expensive and they only go from 7' and up.

I have the 6 8 version of this and am loving it. You a right to point out the sensitivity of the rails, definitely more of a shortboarders midlength rather than a full cruiser. Great drive around sections. Mine is holding up ok in terms of deck compressions. Fins wise I have been using the futures uprights js make for the board, pricey but super light and they go great. Thanks for the reviews!

Great review - Your channel rocks because I can relate as an average everyday surfer myself. Watching a pro surfing world class waves to show off a new board, dosent tell me how the board will work in average conditions. A pro can make any board look like a magic stix. Also, a person standing in a shop reviewing a board going through the spec sheet doesnt really tell me a lot more than the manufacturers website. The fact you take the board out into the waves at the same spot in weak and average conditions makes for a better review. I can tell a lot more about a board from your reviews. Keep it up. I hope the brands throw you some more boards to review. Yeeeew!

Briefly mentioned on your Album Moonstone review that I'd recently bought a 6'8" Big Baron with Futures EN fins. Usually ride a 5'8 firewire mashup, or Seaside (I'm 5'10" and 160lbs, so similar to you). At first, the baron felt massive and slow to react through turns, but I guess that's just relative to what I was used to, and, I don't think my back foot was far enough back. So far used it 3 times, generally in 3ft and fairly clean conditions. Definitely loving it now. It picks up waves a fair bit easier than the mashup, and has that addictive glide on takeoffs you simply don't get with a shorter board, likewise over flatter spots on the wave. On an open face, there's so much drive through swooping carves, and it cuts back really nicely. Overall it feels smooth, fast, flowy, yet with some bite and performance from the tail. Can sort of duck dive it, but obviously you can still take a beating on bigger waves, as I can't get it down very deep. Still need to figure out how well it will go in more top to bottom style turns...am tempted to take it to the Wave pool to see how it gets on there, although one collision with the wall will be trouble!

Great review, Skipper! It looks very nice under your feet.

Nice review ! I have been riding the pukas lady twin since 2 months, the shape and the surfing look similar :)

Great review Skipper. You make the board look fun. :)

Great review 🤙🏽

Great review and surfing! I enjoy your reviews. I'm going to consider to get one. Thank you, Skip!

Great review!

After contemplating for quite sometime..I wish I bought one a year ago.😅 I am ordering one today

Great review! I'm ordering 7'0" :) Yewwww!

Yuri, nice review , enjoying your regular guy reviews I’ve got a Big Baron, 7’6” 50 liters ( I’m 200 lbs and 60 years old “) You are on the money, a really fun MIdlength, fast ,maneuverable, thinned out so you can still duckdive it. It is an excellent board if you want a bigger board that still will perform As you stated the glassing seems a bit weak. I dinged the rail with my shin on my second session pulling into a closeout. I’m using the Merrick keels ( the ones they use in the Fishbeard) and have been happy with those. I m more of a swoop/carve, drive through sections guy All in all pretty happy with the Big Baron

Great review

Awesome review

I picked up mine a few weeks back and theres some magic in this board that allows it to perform in a way I didn’t expect for a board of this outline and size. I’m an intermediate plus surfer in his mid 30’s. My job is sit down and so I’m a bit stiff and popping up has become a bit slow. I got the 6’8 higher volume and I’m 6’3 90kg. The board is super easy to pop up on and has incredible drive through turns. I have been doing full roundhouse cutbacks and I haven’t done them in yrs with this consistency if I’m honest with myself. Fins- modern Keels are great on point break style waves. I haven’t tried a more upright twin yet and looking forward to that. If I had my time again I’d order the low volume 7’0. Falling in love with twins.

Great review - the shape looks a bit like the Sunday. Compare the Sunday as a twin versus the Big Barron - Thanks!

Great review! Curious to hear your thoughts on the Big Baron vs Lovelace FM seeing as they are both similar in length and fin set-up.

You have ridden plenty of mid lengths and shown you are happy to try things outside the mainstream Try checking out the CJ Nelson Outlier (Firewire Thunderbolt). I love the construction and the hull feeling just works. I even like it in bigger, punchier waves, though it definitely has it limits. Bottom turns never felt so good….

Can’t beat the Rastas mate 🤙🏽

Greeeeeaaaat videoooooo dude!!!!!!! Thxxxxxxxxx!!!!!!

Great surfing

So how does this compare to the seaside and beyond? Which do you prefer? I was looking at getting the seaside but now not sure!

Hey! Thanks for the review. I wonder which of the mid lengths you have tried is best for paddling? I am considering a big baron, mid length crisis and mis strength, but wonder what you have found.

Seeing as it was 2 years ago you made this video, I think you were lighter then. What size board would you pick now at your current weight 78kg?

Just curious, what’s your favorite go to mid length? CI Mid, Album Plasmic, Thick Lizzy, Seaside Beyond, & Big Baron, etc? Always “thankful” for your reviews! Happy Thanksgiving!

That's pretty typical for PU boards as far as pressure dents go.

I am waiting for mine. It's on order. Super excited. So if you ranked your mid lengths again (like your mid length crisis video) where does the Big Baron sit?

This or the album plasmid? Great reviews 🤙🍺

How did it go duckdiving? Was it hard to push under the waves?

Is the 6'8 easy to duck dive?

Nice board and a better volume for you. Yeah, Epoxy on a Poly blank is nice and light and surfs like a poly, but unfortunately it just dents too easily.

I think you can maybe justify the weak glassing on hpsb’s (JS specialty) for the weight and performance factor but for mine when you get above 6’6, Esp on twins I expect better quality. Things gonna look like a golf ball in 3 months and adios fin boxes.

lol the way you hand measured,

Hey bro do you prefer this to the Seaside & Beyond?

how would this compare to a morning of the earth 2 tracks?

Have you tried Chilli Mid Strength？

Have you ridden any different sizes in the big Barron? I’m 74kg 179 cm intermediate short boarder and was thinking the 6’6”. Let me know your thoughts

Do you still find yourself surfing and enjoying midlengths these days? Your videos seem to be more shortboard oriented these days. Do you reckon they're better suited to smaller conditions than the big baron?

Vee in the nose?Are u sure