Select to expand quotePlummet said..
I haven't even seen the bronq. But i'll guarantee its got a high rocker. That will make it smooth in chop and power hungry.....
So... Generally speaking the attributes that make a board smoother. More rocker more tip flex more rounded shape also make a board less efficient and worse upwind.
Any way the designer gets all these variables and throws them together to make a board somewhere along the spectrum between awesome upwind and ultrasmooth power holding machine. You just need to decide where you sit in that spectrum.
Yeah, it has a high rocker. Similar to the Luigi 2 I had. Also seems to have the same round tips, from my recollection of the Luigi. Probably get proven wrong 
But the rocker isn't silly high.
I do not have any issues getting upwind, the complete opposite in fact.
The very last sentence from Plum is key. I read that as what suits you, only you know.
We can all say what's great for us, but you are not us.
Demo, is the only answer. And if you can get a demo for a few sessions, then all the better. A demo at your spot in the conditions you normally fly in over several days make for a demo. Everything else is a quick view of something through a window you don't normally look through 
Just like Nathe states, "it's just finding what works right for you"
I agree with your comment a quick go on a Mako doesn't warrant a good place for me to make a comment.
It was a king I had a go on and the straps were not setup for me.
I've always been tempted by them, but never had chance to demo properly. A couple of guys at my local used to ride them. One has gone to surfboards only and the other has got himself a Monk Lover.
Ended up going with the Bronq. Love it!! Buttery smooth through the chop, holds an edge like nothing else and a dream to carve. I ended up getting smaller fins for it, which feels much better (43mm bite fins).
Only problem, although this was anticapted going into it, I'm struggling a bit on those marginal days where I'd like to be on a slightly bigger board with less rocker. I'm talking about 14knot - 16 knot range (which seems to be common where I am - and also its choopy).
I'm not sure I really want to go the whole hog and get a full blown light wind board (maybe I do tho?). Looking at getting a second board with a bit more width, buying something like an ultrasonic that is 44 wide or something similar?
What are other Bronq users using on those marginal days?
145x45 size works well in that wind range. You might as well get a door like board because it will make those marginal days more fun.
I ride the large Bronq and weigh 100kg. Most of my kiting is on choppy Botany Bay.
On a marginal day I hop on my big finned quad sector. It also goes in the surf and is good fun to boost. It is not at all technical to ride, compared to raceboards or foilboards.
If a seabreeze is building, my session starts on the sector then migrates to the Bronq without having to change kites.
I find that the "power differential" between a surfboard or skim board is not large enough to the Bronq... hence why I rate the Sector so highly.
Select to expand quoteCygnify said...
Ended up going with the Bronq. Love it!! Buttery smooth through the chop, holds an edge like nothing else and a dream to carve. I ended up getting smaller fins for it, which feels much better (43mm bite fins).
Only problem, although this was anticapted going into it, I'm struggling a bit on those marginal days where I'd like to be on a slightly bigger board with less rocker. I'm talking about 14knot - 16 knot range (which seems to be common where I am - and also its choopy).
I'm not sure I really want to go the whole hog and get a full blown light wind board (maybe I do tho?). Looking at getting a second board with a bit more width, buying something like an ultrasonic that is 44 wide or something similar?
What are other Bronq users using on those marginal days?
Your fin choice is great for those said winds
However the bronq IMHO is made more for high powered sessions, this is where the bite fins come into play,
The bronq isn't a marginal wind board, however it's not as power hungry as it looks, did a big dwinder a few weeks ago on a 11 Vegas with a few others, the winds were very hit n miss, I found the boards efficiency made up for it's lack of area
Add a bigger kite like a zephyr or core and you've the best of both worlds, a big kite small board is more dynamic than a smaller kite big board,
Love my Bronq 135 (when powered up) back on my North Select 138 when marginal, both awesome freeride boards 
When not enough wind for a powered session on the Bronq and still in the mood for TT, I got a 2014 Liquid Force Focus 135x42 - early planning and crazy upwind even when underpowered. Alternatively, and for even more LW performance I cruise around strapless on my 5'10 WAM.
Select to expand quoteBrisKites said...
Nobile T5
second the T5 its a chop hungry monster.....
Just posted a review of the bronq on gear/reviews
A great board to consider for those aggressive riders out there , excels in choppy conditions
Select to expand quoteSonnyRider said..
Shinn King George? Or King Gee as it's now called?
I have a Monk and had a short demo on a King Gee earlier in the season on a marginal wind day. It gave at least 2-3 knots more and was really nice to ride. I was really impressed with it.
