Mark _australia said..
Notes to self:
(1) Don't buy a board from SUP Island if they think the "ply and glass" should hold together a styro core board thru anything.
That's a pretty normal garden-variety delam for major heat stress on an EPS core board. I just saw windsurf boards (far better construction than any SUP) do exactly the same oooh 3 times in last year. But I've had mine in extreme heat plenty with the vent open just fine. VENTING!!!!

(2) Don't believe posters who say the core has "melted".

(3) Buy a Sunova, cos after this unfair slamming they deserve a sale.


Notes to OP:

Heat causes expansion.

The unaffected areas are normal - it had to warp somewhere and didn't warp where the straps were.
It didn't at the tail possibly due to tail patch glass and also in a narrower area it is stiffer (delam normally in the middle 60% of the board.) Adhesion to a stringer, boxes and rails can stop the delam in those areas.


I would be sad also, but EPS makes a great light product and you just need to treat it right. Like you service a race car/bike more than a postie bike that will run forever with olive oil in the sump.

billyyorkes said..








u know there's two ways to look at what u said.
you say this will hurt sunova but you could say this help sunova .heres most people sticking up for them and here me the pissed of customer saying he is going to still buy one .the fact is ,I'm not well off ,I can't afford to buy a board every time it gets 36deg and your caught out camping .if martin at sunova valued his customers he should return there emails to..as far as board bags go **** 95 % travellers are playing Russian roulette with there boards .im a carpenter .imagine if I built your house to only withstand 35 knt wind and it was blown down by a 40knt wind my excuse is oh it lighter and cheaper .you should have tied it down .any way you had it 14months bad luck .oh yes bet you would be pissed but then with very little investigating to find out it's very common with. Most""""Brands"""""Ps don't really care what you call it ,melted sucked in,delaminated call it what you like ,it's not good .it happens ,and it don't take long to go .its seems to be happening more than you are making out .