The rods in question: Tica Surf - UMGA

I own two Tica rods currently (8' UGSA and 10' UMGA) and I've been very happy with them. I was thinking about getting the 7' and 8' UMGAs for pier use, but I wanted to get the opinions of some of the more experienced people on the forum. According to Tica, these are the ideal "do-everything rods" so how do guys think these would fair as king or cobia rods?