I am looking for a handheld support for my Canon XL2. basically this will be used for event videography (the long handheld portions). I tried the DV Rig Pro with a Panasonic DVX100 and thought it was great. Has anyone used the DV Rig XL? What did you think? Do you have any other recommendations?

I would check out www.marztech.com

The Marzpak™ is the bomb IMO.
*Disclosure*: I am a co designer and affiliated with the company
(and an XL1 owner who does a lot of handheld shooting which is why I needed to invent it!).