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-> On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, bbense@stanford.edu-DeleteThis wrote:
->
-> if you want. But a custom epoxy is never going to be as abuse proof
-> as a plastic coated board like the Mistral. You pay for the
-> performance.
Please put this in perspective! The only durability that the plastic
coating gives is ding resistance, should you bonk the board on a rock. The
plastic coating does _nothing_ structural. And the structural strength of
production boards stinks. I broke 3 production boards each inside of 6 months,
my last one, a Mistral Screamer CHS construction, took 3 months. The rail
cracked open. This was 5 years ago, and I'm a lot more abusive on equipment
now than I was then. My custom boards have lasted 3 years with no structural
problems and are still going (~100 days/season).
This is personal experience. And at 6'8" and 225lbs, I put boards to the test.
~Jim
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Forsyth Design 8'10" & 8'6" bump&jump, Forsyth Design 8'8" Wave
Ezzy Wave sails 5.7-3.7
Height 6'8", Weight 225lbs (James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis)
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