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Forums > Windsurfing Wave sailing

Wave boards are too breakable for $$$

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Created by andos > 9 months ago, 7 Nov 2011
sigmar
QLD, 86 posts
16 Nov 2011 9:37AM
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In regard to Brocken boards Ihave been building boards since 1978 in glass then in 1990 changed to composit with eps core the problem is everyone wants a light board ..as a matter of fact, that is the problem . InJeri Brazil where i have been a few times now boards get broken every day as most guys do freestyle ..there its common thing, as thy use freestyle boards in the waves , the trend by most manufacturer is to ceep weight down thus compromising the strenght , the boards i build are in either carbon timber veneer as for wave use little bit heavier but strong and for flat water use carbon as this is lighter construction but there is no board available that cannot be broken just depends on circumstaces regards Pete at Manta sailboards

stehsegler
WA, 3479 posts
16 Nov 2011 12:37PM
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Let's face it at 10 g force after landing a forward your 80 to 100 kg weight suddenly becomes 800 to 1000 kgs. In addition, the force goes suddenly from zero to full load. It's like dropping a little Toyota Yaris onto your wave board...

... to be perfectly honest I am surprised boards hold up as well as they do.

barn
WA, 2960 posts
16 Nov 2011 1:32PM
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sigmar said...

InJeri Brazil where i have been a few times now boards get broken every day as most guys do freestyle ..there its common thing, as thy use freestyle boards in the waves..


Funny that, I sailed Jeri for 3 months straight and 90% of the time there were bigger waves than a standard day at Gerroa. I only used a freestyle board, 90L with 4.2 every day. Jerri and Gerroa are both freestyle locations with occasional waves.

In Jeri, snapping a board is nothing to get upset about, take 3 days off to rest while this Italian guy fixes it, and your back on the water laughing..

I split the nose on the beach, kept sailing, and then hit some chop at full speed and the bottom ripped off.. My mate saw it all, so it was totally worth it.


Mark _australia
WA, 22822 posts
16 Nov 2011 6:24PM
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Note to self: do not let Barn borrow / test / try my boards. Period.


jsnfok
WA, 899 posts
16 Nov 2011 6:41PM
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Mark _australia said...

Note to self: do not let Barn borrow / test / try my boards. Period.





i second that, in fact theres now a postie note on my dash now

nickpryde
TAS, 189 posts
26 Nov 2011 12:43PM
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i cut into an acid a few years ago to inspect a big crease across the deck, the glass fibre was dry... thats pretty disapointing



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"Wave boards are too breakable for $$$" started by andos