I keep seeing this argument over and over. The thing is when free/riders make an all inclusive statement "that doesn't work" then the racers (who have spent much time learning, testing, tuning) will throw back their conclusions. The truth is most racers are much more experienced at tuning because that’s what we do, we try a setup/part, compare it to our competition and do it again, (we always need more). Freeriders only need what a racer would call "good enough" because they want to ride where as racers although we'll complain about it, love to tinker. So is a 48 to big? NO. It can be tuned by a knowledgeable skilled person to hit as hard as anything and then pull to the top. Does a freerider need that little extra? NO. So the answer a skilled and knowledgeable tuner (not a keyboard tuner) would give is yes it works and well, but overkill for most freeriders. I think that you freeriders should go to a race and if given the chance feel what good race boats feel like and racers should go to the surf and realize what is really needed in the surf. There are always exceptions, I know Graig (Zimmy) would love Scottie's Judge sport mod motor in his surf blaster and could probly ride it (and launch too high) but most would just hurt themselves. You have to think of it in task specific or what works for this.
