All-round boards can do a bit of everything, but nothing really - you might say. Compared to specialists, this is usually true: none of the 95-litre all-round boards in this group will pull off such tight turns in the surf as a genuine wave board. No board will keep up with a small freerider in the speed duel and no power freestyle move will be as high as with a real freestyle board. The solution would therefore be to buy three boards for different conditions - or to live with small compromises.
How big these are depends heavily on the model - some brands interpret the orientation strongly in the direction of flat water suitability, others build wave boards in disguise. Because every board has its own strengths, it is all the more important that the board suits your personal requirements.

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