Just right. R-Series boards have completely replaced my entire quiver.

After looooooong weeks hoping for this board to arrive, and the patient team at Almond kindly replying to my frustrated emails, the R-Series Plez Phez arrived at my door in San Francisco and it is even more than I hoped for. It's an easy board to catch all sorts of waves with, from clean 5ft peelers to mushy 2ft beach break. Once in motion, it is FAST accelerating like a real board and very distinct from any other foamie (even the Catch J.O.B. series) that I have ridden. Turning is easy and thrilling, you have high control over trim and direction, with the ability to really pull the board around if needed. It duck dives fin, it paddles out great, it feels safe and thrilling at once. Over the weekend, I took it out to Waddell Creek near Santa Cruz and had some great turns there in 1-3 foot conditions. The Plez Phez could do it all- small glides, bigger drops, zippy down-the-line runs to make sections. The fin set-up really gives some drive and I've feeling that the Plez Phez will likely become my go-to board for any scenario when I need versatility and range. And in Northern CA that means this will be my all-the-time board. Highly recommend for anyone more than 6 months experience in surfing. I am fairly intermediate, 6' 2", 200lbs and it has been a dream for me. Allowing my more experienced friends to ride it, they came out of waves energized and are probably looking on this tab now. Get the board. Experience some joy in 2020.

Board is great. Center fin has a structural design flaw . Not sure why it isn’t solid at the base.

Ridden a few times now in mediocre to fun surf. Board is a blast! Tons of volume for great float and wave catching ability. Only surfed as 2 + 1 so far but excited to try as a straight single and maybe even twinny! Almond produced a winner here! Definitely want to expand my R-series quiver!

After several weeks of flat spell, I finally dropped into some waves higher then thigh high on this little man. Thus, finally got to experience the joy the Plez Phez has to offer. The only down side will be the affect on my bank account as my next board mighjust be a fiberglass Plez Phez....