For me the Flux is a planing hull similar to a Mini Simmons or Daniel Thomson surfboard (I’m a huge fan of both). Due to the straight rail line, narrow width, flat rocker, chopped tail and smooth bottom contours the Flux has very little drag.
With the low drag it paddles really well for a board of its size and catches waves easily.
It also has a nice flip in the nose to help with dropping into steep waves and bouncing off the water during touchdowns.
So this is wierd… Here are some of the dents I’ve been experiencing
They are rather miraculously gone after a little sun at 25° north latitude. Maybe these boards do need a vent. Also noticed my 60 liter has gained 1/2 a pound since new despite no through skin damage in the water. That’s about 1 cup of water.
Several of the dents are still there but the large area ones are 95% flat again 
Is the omen flux the same thing as the sultan prone 50l board? It’s a mid length foil board?
Similar idea. Looks like different execution.
To anyone interested in the flux from a prone point of view.
Chipri Pro always looked interesting to me
This shape is super interesting and I’d love to try one. I think that the pintail (Barracuda) works extremely efficiently at high volume, but this full tail is going to be much better suited to prone and wing on low volume boards. In that type of application you need to bring the board up to the surface as efficiently as possible so that it can ride flat and build hull speed, and surface area is what is going to do that.
If I could try one, I might feel differently, but I feel like Omen is missing a sweet spot wing board board between 48 and 60 liters (55L / 5’). Omen tells me that the 48 liter would work for my 80kgs (currently on 60L) but I’m wary of making that jump without trying and the 60L is slightly too long for my needs. Anyone winging on a 48 or 60 who can chime in?
@theliftjournal I appreciate your very thoughtful and thorugh review. Are you catching the tail rail at all? Seems like moving your stance back on the board may address the risk of catch a rail, which was helpful commentary to me.
Velocicraptor,
there is a guy on the a fecbook forum called Wing for Big Dawgs. He is 105kg and the 60L is now his go to board for riding in Fl.
I was on a 58L wingboard. Cabrinha macro, which was not a good board, but the volume was where I wanted it to be. When I got the Omen I knew I didn’t want to go smaller. So I went the 60L. Now that I have the 60L it get’s up in all but the lightest of wind so nicely. I wonder what the 48L would be like haha. On a normal powered up day. 15MPH+ I’m sure the 48L would be fine.
I also have the 36L for prone and love it. Haven’t tried it winging yet as the 60L is just too good. I’m 170 lbs for reference.
EDIT: Prone boards are prone boards. If you have more liters it’s easier to catch waves. The Omen shape can be viewed as a chop tail board. If you’re standing in the middle of your board then you need a long tail. If the board is designed to stand near the tail, then you don’t need the tail. I prefer my 36L 4’3" Omen over my 29L 4’5" Amos Raptor. To the point where I will not ride the raptor unless I have no other option.
There’s no reason to have a 24L Omen. Because at that point the board would be below 4 foot and then the rail line is more limiting than the liters.
It pumps like a 4’3" board pumps. Good. The construction is stiff and feels good on the pump.
So how does the 36l omen flux compare to other prone boards? It seems like flux can catch waves same like a bigger prone board. Ie, does the 36 catch waves like a 48l regular board? What if you got a 24l flux? Would it catch waves like a 30l normal prone board? Or is flux only good for the smallest and unbreaking waves and you wouldn’t go smaller as that would defeat the purpose?
How does the flux pump compared to your normal prone board?
I have the 48L Flux and have only had it out on a few sessions. At 72kg, I found that I still needed decent breeze to get the board up to the surface (not surprising). I struggled with the insert placement as there is no centerline and I like a V strap setup where my feet are facing more forward than perpendicular to the centerline. That being said, I had a few really fun, powered up sessions on the board. I’m off to La Ventana next week so it will get put through it’s paces (finally) and I feel like I should have a good understanding of the board afterwards.
Thanks so much man. So I have not found any issues with the tail catching. Actually with boards with the foil more forward I had more issues with it catching even if they were pulled in.
I think smaller would defeat the purpose. At 36 liters it is 4’3 and 18 wide. So to take away 12 liters I suppose you can do shorter but then how much narrower do you go? My personal experience is since the weight and volume is under your feet it doesn’t effect the pump. I would not change anything but I have just recently started to connect with it. Plus as a person that was blowing waves on smaller boards I enjoy my increased wave count.
I’m 78kg and winging the 60 liter. Once I’m to my feet it builds speed really well, way more than a larger 27 inch wide board I used to wing. I’ve had great sessions with a 6 and 7 meter wing in very low wind. Think 60 liters is right on the edge of being a workable light wind board for me. The narrowness makes takeoff easy. Most of the weight is aft and it’s easy to swing the nose around.
If there’s enough wind for 5 meter or below, it’s super easy to start and not sure I’d miss the liters much on a 40 or 48 liter. I’d like to try a 36 and 40.
I have the 48l. Im 80kg. I probably need about 15 knots to get it going. I have a larger board as well, and i often find myself picking the larger board unless it’s really blowing since i don’t want to get stuck if the wind drops a bit. I also tend to reach for a size up in wing as well when i pick the 48l for the same reason. I do wish the 48l was a bit bigger at times. If it was a bit bigger i would probably worry less and use it more. I agree that there is a size missing between the 48 and the 60. All things being said though, the 48l is a really great board and it gets started much easier than you would think (I’ve tried the 42l rocket wing s and a 43l ffb prone board and those are unwingable to me. I would need far too much wind/ wing size). For someone with better skills than me and in a place with some decent wind, i could easily see the 48l being a perfect size.
48L is getting pretty small for 80Kg. The Omen is one of the few shapes out there that make it realistic. I think I could probably get away with a 48L in the Gorge at 90Kg but will stick with the 60L. It makes a great prone board for me too being so narrow and paddles very quickly.
As a follow up to this I should mention that apparently the 60L I had was one of the first production that used a lighter carbon cloth and dented more easily. I’m not sure if they changed both foam density and cloth weight but Omen (Greg) sent me a brand new 60L, I didn’t even ask, he contacted me 
Another good reason to go with these guys. So far it looks like new. Interestingly this one is very slightly lighter than the original too (or could be my scale sucks, they are that close).
While the new Emissary looks like a better choice, I think this Flux is also going to be a great board for parawing after the initial learning curve on my bigger board 
