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Gestalt said..

515 said..
I would like to boards go away from EPS which sucks water to closed cell foam.
Hollow boards have a place for race boards.
Been more into winging and a few companies have closed cell foam such as Appletree and PPC.
Talking to a PPC board rider that their hollow race wing boards have a bulkhead, so they don't sink!

Also seen some home builds using Extruded polystyrene, and on the topic of "gassing" reply comment is that pin holes are your friend.

To your point 515 regards hollow boards.. Naish have released hollow foil boards too.. I wonder how much cost reduction is available if the tech can be up scaled

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www.surf-magazin.de/en/wingsurfing/wing-boards/board-building-hollow-shell-naish-launches-hollow-boards-on-the-market/

Yeah I think for winging hollow boards will slowly come in but the price is high!
KT also making hollow downwind boards and they have videos of the Cobra factory building them. Likewise with Naish, Kane their foil designer and top rider also mentioned the lightness and stiffness.
Interesting when I was talking to PPC employee/rider he was saying that there hollow wing race boards weren't built for longevity.
I was thinking of how I could build my own (former EPS vacuum sandwich windsurf board builder years ago)?
Kinda using ideas from hollow wood boards for framing but not the faffing with the rails and strip deck. Maybe frames thin ply/hd foam/glass, with the ply computer cut from drawing program. Using existing board bottom with plastic and peel ply to get bottom skin and rocker jig. It's sounding like more work than foam core!

Would never try a hollow windsurf wave board, unless float and ride only

Keeping with foot strap inserts and interesting using tracks
Specifically metal inserts, Agree use stainless 316 grade.

A long time ago, I built a couple of wave boards (with offset back inserts).
Used furniture inserts into H80 foam then glassed over, a bit of mucking around to stop resin into threads but worked well and so easy to change compared to conventional inserts.

No problem with jumping but 3 years later the corrosion issue!

Gestalt said..
Was fortunate to have a friend with the original 9'-10' duck tail longboards. so much fun.. he was trying back loops on his..
i guess it depends on the wave and location to some extent. I found the more drawn out turns the longer boards fun but also was chasing something more snappy.. prob. Need both lol.

I picked up a Kona wave board with the step tail.
It was great in cross on and not very windy, used a 6.5m and compared to normal board, it had the float and sub planning speed to get through white water so easy. Further out planned and it truly feels like a shorter board.
Coming back in I was so amazed how well the onshore turns went but was reluctant to do a onshore frontside bottom turn with that long nose.
I see the newer versions is much shorter and should be a lot better but don't want to buy new - too expensive, need ankle recon and wing foiling has less stress on my ankle.

Good topic and classic quote with he has most toys