Nice shapes, but very fragile I have now owned 3 GSI boards, two of them superfish's (superfish 1 XL and superfish 3 CV), and the other a Hayden shapes made under license. I have creased the XL once and snapped the CV twice (with in two weeks of buying it). The HS I've surfed a few times, I can already tell that this is going to be just as fragile. When repairing the others, my repair guy has said he has never seen glass so thin. For reference I also have a Hayden shapes, made by Hayden and this thing is bullet proof. I complained to the GSI regarding the quality of their boards and was eventually given a discount voucher for a new board after more or less being told that I didn't know how to surf. While the gesture is a small saving grace I am VERY reluctant to drop another $ 900 on a board that I have no confidence in lasting more than a few surfs. As an overall purchasing experience I came away with sour taste and cannot recommend buying a GSI board to anyone. Spend your money elsewhere.

Disappointing I surfed the modern love child for the first time last week. The board surfed great and a caught about a dozen waves. When I came back in I noticed the board had compression in the top deck. I know this tends to happen to all boards as the age...but on the first surf! The day was mid sized mushy waves. I had no collisions or bad wipe outs. The compression is from popping up to my feet?! I'm guessing it is a manufacturing defect. I contacted the place where i bought the board and the company claims this is a wear and tear issue. I followed up with the couple board repair shops on the coast they say this type of problem all the time with Global Surf Industry boards. They figure it is inexperienced workers over sanding the epoxy coat as they mass produce boards. Anyway...its all pretty disappointing. Lesson learned. I won't be buying from GSI again!

Missing Parts Great 11' SUP board and great sales service but mediocre on the quality assurance and customer care sides. The product was shipped incredibly fast but was missing an essential part - the main fin, when it arrived. The fin was then shipped incredibly slowly and so the sum total experience fell way short of what it could have been if the company had spent the few extra dollars to expedite the shipment of the fin.

Terrible Europe Customer Service... Terrible customer service from the European side, two emails with no reply at all. Don't make the best boards either, new HS hypto krypto creased on the first surf while duck diving. Other people have had similar issues with the GSI boards made in Thailand

Bought 2 love child's 6'4 Bought 2 love child's 6'4, amazing performance and fun, however considering the dimensions of the board, thickness, solid stronger etc, you would think these boards would last. Both I managed to snap within 6 months, haven't snapped any of my short high performance boards, buckled one but that's it in the last 8 or so years. Maybe unlucky, but I doubt it, these are mass produced in China! I would stay clear, spend your money elsewhere..