Directionals jump insane as well...and toe side turns have serious holding power. If your board is well designed and tuned, you can spend a 3 hour session and never switch stance, because the toe side riding is so locked in. Especially if the surf is good and your doing all the jumping on a north wind (for example) riding heel side and the just crank some nice turns to toe side when riding the waves.
These are not your mothers old directionals they are generally smaller something like 5'3"or smaller and narrower with surf boar trifins or quads just on the tail for maximum grip and control.The racing directionals are relatively flat like a windsurfing slalom board as a flatter rocker makes for good control at speed if all the other factors banance out.
Back straps are quite far back usually. My racing directional is 4"11" by 16 wide and single concave with a relatively straight outline; tri fins. Witt back strap 9 inches from the tail. Front strap is centered as well.
This board is notably faster than a twin tip in every direction except an overpowered reach in super choppy water. Upwind and down wind it will smoke most twin tips easily. I am normally faster toe side than most people on a heelside riding twin tip. So these newer directionals are pretty sweet.
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