have you ever tried stringerless in small waves?cabron strop stringerless is bs. just get the 8.c or whatever with the wood stringer.
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have you ever tried stringerless in small waves?cabron strop stringerless is bs. just get the 8.c or whatever with the wood stringer.
ya not worth the markup in price for an imperceivable amount of flex. carbon strips is bs. the sooner u understand this, the sooner u stop perceiving the extra flex benefit.have you ever tried stringerless in small waves?
I'm sure many guys say the same about ANY non PU/poly construction. I dunno man. Varial's infused glass is apparently worth an upcharge for you, so where do you draw the line?its all a giant upsell.
how someone is willing to pay an extra $100-$200 for $10 of carefully placed material is beyond me.
no doubt. what is too much extra $$ and what we hope to gain is personal and part of what makes new boar day fun.I'm sure many guys say the same about ANY non PU/poly construction. I dunno man. Varial's infused glass is apparently worth an upcharge for you, so where do you draw the line?
choice of the customer is just that. their choice. I salute the beta testers of this forum so I don’t have to fly blind.To each his own. Who cares what other people want to ride and what they perceive the value to be?
Half the threads on this forum are about alt constructions.
i also have a really nice gold mine to sell you. pm me for details...I've never had a board delam from XTR (knock on wood). But I've bought second hand XTR boards that had a delam on them or a delam fix on them (JKB's Evo).
I will say that the only board I've ever snapped/buckled in my entire time surfing was a Tomo SP2 with a HD blue stringer on it. The waves were hollow, low tide, 3-5ft, so its somewhat understandable... if i recall correctly, I was paddling for a wave, got pitched, and when i came up the board was snapped.
I do think the full carbon strip on the bottom adds strength. Ill attach a diagram of how it was explained to me by Javier. The needle on top of the water is like the surfboard. The board obviously has a measurable amount of tension strength alone. But when you add a strip of carbon it adds an increased amount of tension strength. It acts like a carbon cable that is anchored from nose to tail of the board. Once weight is placed on the board (needle) the full carbon strip on the bottom of the board gives the board MORE surface tension strength. He said not as stiff as a wooden stringer. But definitely stiffer than stringerless.
I dont know... i totally bought what he was saying. lol.
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I'm 5'10" x 165 pounds. I usually surf in a 4/3 with booties.Such a sick quiver!! Weird how the V4 twin looks like it has a wider outline than the RN V4?
BTW, how tall are you?
Have a great time! Post trip ride/wave report would be greatly appreciated.I'm 5'10" x 165 pounds. I usually surf in a 4/3 with booties.
The curve you're seeing is from the pointy versus the round nose. It's why the rounded ones have more volume. I actually prefer them now. Didn't used to, but I also wanted a more traditional looking board in the twin... for some reason I cannot now remember.
Loving all of these boards. I'm heading to a warm water surf to some head high barreling waves tomorrow and back very soon thereafter. Hopefully I can use all three & hopefully I'm not a complete f'ing kook. Would love to report ride feel.
-S