Very good*, slight scuff or two to the underside but otherwise excellent

6 month warranty

The Goya feels small and narrow underfoot with a short, relatively wide nose outline. It feels the smallest board in this test and its maximum width (54.5) reflects this. The first thing you will notice when you sail it is that it doesn't feel like an onshore board. In fact, it is almost the complete opposite end of the spectrum to a board like the Quatro Tempo.
It takes more effort than the other boards to get going. It's not necessarily draggy in anyway, its just feels small. Once going, however, it has a very stable and comfortable ride. It sits low in the water which gives it great control (we sailed it completely overpowered on 3.7 with no control issues at all), but does make it a little less exciting for burning around in cross-on, lighter conditions.
For cross-on riding the Goya has amazing grip through the bottom turn (we haven't sailed another twin fin that comes close) and in the top turn prefers to grip and carve its way through the turn rather than slide. It's not to say it doesn't slide, but because it sits low and buries its rail through the turn, it prefers a tight grippy carve to a sliding turn, which is nice particularly as the waves get bigger.
The down side of the Goya is that it doesn't hold speed very well through the turns. It carves and grips, but all this grip comes at a price and in smaller softer waves it's noticeably harder to string several turns together than some of the other boards due to the loss of speed on each turn. You continually find yourself wanting a bigger and faster wave to make the most of the boards abilities. In smaller UK conditions, it feels something like driving an F1 car around a go-kart track...it's out of its comfort zone and you just don’t get a chance to realise the full potential.
In sideshore conditions, the Goya starts to shine. And the bigger the better! In smaller conditions or with less than perfect technique, the board doesn't hold speed like the others. However, as the waves get bigger and in the hands of a skilled rider, the Custom Twin is probably the best board in this test. It’s grippy, smooth, loose and reliable. Everything you could ask from a proper down the line wave board.

Summary

Our feeling is that the Custom Twin should be looked upon as a down-the-line wave riding board. In that purpose, it is arguably the best board in test. For cross-on conditions, it's fun in the turn and comfortable at speed, but is harder work than the other boards to get going and to maintain speed in the turns on softer, slower waves.

95

240 x 61.2

Very Good*

12 month warranty

When we saw team rider James Cox rip his way through the double elimination in Tiree on a Quatro Freestylewave in cross-off 5.0m conditions, there was no doubt that this was going to be a great riding board! But would it have the talents required to be a great all-round Freewave board?
Well, as a high wind freeride board, its not bad. It has good control, feels nicely balanced and whilst it isn’t of the ‘locked down’ blasting nature, it also doesn’t feel purely like a big wave board. It strikes a nice compromise. Adequately fast, comfortable but still with a good dose of maneuverability in the ride.
In bump and jump conditions, the Quatro starts to feel at home. It has plenty of lift in the nose which gives it a very safe ride through chop. The control is very good (despite the gigantic 28cm fin) and it has a feel to it that really makes you want to throw it around and try new moves.
The waves however is where the Quatro really shines, ranking as our joint favorite board with the Starboard. It grips, turns tightly and holds speed really well through the turns, delivering a performance that could rival many wave boards of this size.
Overall, on flatter water the Quatro performs well, but with an emphasis on control, comfort and maneuverability rather than all out speed. The wavier it gets, the more at home the Quatro is, and in proper wave conditions shows a clean pair of heels to everything in the test (jointly with the Starboard).
We would recommend purchasing a smaller (23cm) fin for higher wind/wave use.