[Bill McIntyre]

I'm almost positive that they were using the stock bands.

It wouldn't be surprising that its underballasted with the stock configuration, because the other Riffe Midhandles are too. The Island is notorious for shooting low, splitting lips, and spraining wrists in the stock configuration. I had one a long time ago, and installing the muzzle stabilizers solved it, but it also made it handle like a canoe paddle. If I didn't have it pointed exactly in the same direction I was going on descents or ascents, it caught water and veered off.