This looks like a pretty standard mini-mal type design, with rounded pintail and thruster set up. I was in the shop last night and an 8'2" caught my eye with a nice volan glass job and green resin tint. I'm looking for something to ride on medium-sized pointbreak waves and average days at the beachbreaks. My 6'10" fish hasn't really been getting the job done for me wave-count wise, so my primary goal with this board is to get me into as many waves as possible when I don't want to take out my log.
I'd go for something shorter than that...you're 6'1'' and if you need to cacth more waves easly you better get a 7'..something.A 8'2'' is closer to a longboard and starts to become another way of surfing..For what I see you're not looking for a super radical kick ass board and if i can suggest you the right board to ride, you better gett somethign more like a mc tavish carver (even if i hate shaping machines!).I tried it many times and catch waves pretty easly, plus has got that tiny bit of more rocker and concaves that make the board more manuvrable.