I spoke with Mike almost a year ago after a owner's reunion in Florida. What most of the folks that hadn't ridden wanted was a more stable board, that would fit in a standard rack and was easy to learn on.
The Piscus meets all of those criteria. It is constructed using the same methods as their more advanced skimstyle boards, and so will fit into a standard rack.
The board also is more neutrally bouyant than most other surfstyle boards. This translates into easier laerning for newbies. The board was easy to flip up as the trailing edge sank a little upon startup.
I found the Piscus 57" to be exceptionally stable, while I was able to throw a surface 3, I had diffculty breaking the fins loose for a lip slide. IMO, it felt like a good quality cruiser that you could use for teaching folks with, or for people that wanted a board for everyone on the boat that would also fit in a standard rack.