There will be possibly time that $500 retail board will come one day from our Big manufacturers. Everything is possible.
But possibly also you are right that is not worth to bother to build $500 community board by ourself in numbers so I propose to change a bit focus in this thread.
In fact maybe even Aus301 was right that we could concentrate and admire those that build unique prototypes instead.
Community board could mean fountain of ideas, maybe some even revolutionary.
One day I could try to build such strange prototype in my garage.
Here are few concepts I want to try out:
1. Board 3 in 1.
Board 1. Suppose that we take a board 74 L - have all main components : mast and fin mounting, straps
Board 2 - 95 L is actually build as 5 cm wrap around smaller board and contain also own bottom. Fin is still attached to smaller board
Board 3 and 4 even bigger volume to create 110L or even 140 L
Summarizing - there is one common core board plus set of side extensions to increase general dimension of the board according to needs from 70 litres to 140 litres by attaching side panels.
Really? 4 pages on this???
A board within a board within a board??? What would that weigh like 1 million kilo's???
While we are at it, lets discuss putting a little outboard motor on the back of the board just incase the wind dies... Fly screens on submarines. This is daft.
I still like the idea!!
Go for it macro, but keep the Xfire shape !!!!
maybe you could ask Cobra to sell you a few non painted/branded Xfires ?
I am a sceptic - prove me wrong. Build it and they will come I say.
I will also eat my words, but till then I believe it would be a heavy dog of a board with the performance of a brick. Thats just my opinion though.
In regards to your other posts - so you are a thinker, and a tinkler. Thats great! Its thanks to guys like you things like a "Snuggie" exist. That guy must have had plenty of laughs, but now that he is a gazilionare who's laughing now??? And how about the guy who invented Croc's? So ugly - yet irresistably comfortable!
I was backing that the butterstick would take off. Maybe we are not ready for it yet, just like a 3 in 1 windsurfer. Just goes to show that even the daftest ideas can get their chance in the shine!
Go for it.
Make it somewhere between a freeride and a slalom.
Would love to see a board company run with the idea of building a budget board. It dosent have to be fancy just last a season or two. Ideally it could be pitched at the first time short boarder. Use it abuse it for a season, if you take the nose of with the boom no big deal. Finish the learning curve on something thats cheap that your not going to cry about if you damage it. Then you can go spend money on a good board and hopefully wont destroy it.
Al you can be the first tester. I'm still not sailing, so there's not much point in me revolutionising the windsurf industry just yet..
You'd keep the weight down by adding the volume to one side, as symmetrical boards are completely over rated..
Send me $500 and I'll build you one..
So we just need a shaper (barn? ), and then 150x500 = 75k. Plus freight presumably? Lets say 100k.
So break even is in the $600-700 range.
This is brilliant. I can't work out who is serious and who is egging on the crazy people.
How about I sell you a 99 litre modern style freeride board for $200, manufactured by the highest selling, oldest and most esteemed board company in the world, but with no-branding on it.
Yep - $200, that is significantly under your original budget.
All you have to do is send this bloke $150 and then when you get the board cross out the 'Mistral' with a black texta.
www.seabreeze.com.au/Classifieds/Windsurfing-Boards/~at06a/Mistral-Shift-8-4-99-litres.aspx?search=6dS%2bE7kXONTNaWZQFworNw%3d%3d
Then send me $50 to make up the $200.
Anyway I am not in gave up mode yet with new experiments.
I saw on YouTube hydrofoil jump on ride on vehicle.
Did anybody try hydrofoil - but wider and bigger that poor "fin on hydrofoil" that obviously is loosing to ordinary windsurfer in this video ?
