Forum  NWKite Forum RE: Epoxy or poly surfboard
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RE: Epoxy or poly surfboard |
Author: tautologies
Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:47 pm (GMT -8)
either one will break. They are both meant for surfing, and not the extra power we have in the kites.
In general the epoxy can take a lot more than the polyester board. Of course it does depend on the glassing jobs etc and overall work on the boards, but the epoxy is usually better..that said I;ve seen enough epoxy boards break.
I am considering a few epoxies (surftech: Candidates: Stretch, Brewer, Rusty and Bushman 6'1'' to 6'3'') myself now, and I am aiming to put pads with carbon laminate under to increase strength and minimize the heel dents...hoping that will prolong the life of the board.
Still, I use polyesterboard everynow and ten, and they work, just don't expect they will take all the abuse you can hand it...
Getting an epoxy, I would never jump it high...
If yiou want something that hold up to kiting, check out some of the kitespecific directionals...all major companies have them now (I guess)...
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