Anybody hear about this new tech? Basically a hybrid of PU and Epoxy to get the best of both worlds? Just read an article about it, seems interesting.
I guess nobody is familiar with this concept? I wasn't either till I read about it on my Surfline app last night, I wasn't able to figure out how to copy the link from the app but I found it on my computer today. Interesting read, let me know your thoughts if you care to discuss... http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/d...a-game-changer-freestone-says-fk-yeah_135258/
Very cool. I was hoping you would post a link, I'm too lazy to google it. It does sound like the best of both worlds.
Indeed, i'm all about new tech and trying to get the most out of my surfbort, something to keep an eye on and maybe one day try out. Yeah I was struggling with getting the link from the app on my phone last night and got tired of messing with it till I found it on my computer today. Glad you enjoyed, I think he's onto something.
Kind of counterintuitive to say you want extra "swing weight" up front. And putting Epoxy over PU has been done forever. But I've never heard of combining core materials... especially with that stringer pattern. But I do think it's an interesting idea to create a stiffer nose section with a center stringer, combined with a flexier middle and tail sections with the parabolic rail stringers. My question would be about that stringer pattern... if that is a U-shaped stringer in the middle. Seems like where they meet would be super stiff. But maybe that's a good thing. I'd really like to try one out.
I thought the same thing about the swing weight comment but I think what he means is just to have some weight to "feel" the nose during turns. If the nose is too lite then you can't really tell where it is through the turn. Kind of like in a golf club. Course just like clubs everyone is going to have a different weight that feels right to them.
Check that... Looks like the back two thirds is stringerless. Only a center stringer in the nose. View attachment 17432
Yea... there's just not enough stiffness for me without anything as a stringer. Especially if he's doing 4x4 deck 4 bottom. I've had good success with 6x6 deck, 6 bottom, but with a carbon tape stringer along the bottom. Between the heavy glass job and the carbon the flex feels good... but I couldn't imagine anything lighter than that would feel right. He talks about the feeling of riding a "spring loaded" board... I'd have to try it to believe it. On another note... I'm trying to talk my blank guy into bagging a thin sheet of PVC foam (1/4" divinycell) to the deck of a roughed out EPS blank, with a layer of carbon net between the two layers as a "springer," versus a stringer. The net would be templated to fit INSIDE the cut outline so you wouldn't see or even touch it when you finish shape it. The result might be a really light board with good flex, good snap resistance, and excellent dent resistance on the deck side.
