Darks Arts EPS and Carbon Fiber Surfboards

[casa_mugrienta]

"The board was returned to the glasser and things were promptly made right."

Never would have been sold or sent to an excited customer .

Duh

But I wasn't surprised in the least from the stories I'd been hearing for a while. I knew what I was getting into.

And really they're really a marketing/branding agency that sells surfboards. I'm sure they and their fanbois would claim otherwise but really they are.

Riders have made this acceptable obviuosly - industry standard for the last 25 years -

That's what I said in that recent thread.

Nobody agreed with me.

 

[Retropete]

The Florence brothers on a couple of Dark arts sleds.

 

[griffinsurfboard]

Lots of Carbon custom weave stringerless boards being made 25 miles north of myself .

 

[racer1]

The Florence brothers on a couple of Dark arts sleds.

Can't believe they are filming at that right in the beginning. It seriously sucks.

 

[xmesa]

That's basically what Album Matt is saying.

He says it's a stringered PU blank but they can do stringerless as well. I'm sure there is a difference in feel since Carbon is more rigid but it's still tempting.

I had a Mescaline in this construction (PU/Carbon) that was like... 5? years old and it felt brand-new. i think this is the way... you do lose that crazy light feeling but the stiffness was nice

@griffinsurfboard mentioned something about keeping the rocker on the stringerless ones...
i guess a rocker bed is used during bagging ... but even so, i had one of my boards scanned and it was pretty twisted.

 

[xmesa]

Anyone compared these dark arts with the Black dart https://lostsurfboards.net/black-dart/ Looks similar but different. Aside from riding characteristics The Black dart comes with a severe heat warning I wonder if the DA version is a little more user friendly?

i've read good things online... but felt up a Lost RV and some other boards on a rack and was not into it.

 

[kool-aid]

Just pulled the very expensive trigger on a pyzalien 2

 

[ChaseTMP]

Just pulled the very expensive trigger on a pyzalien 2

Did you go with a deck pigment?

 

[kool-aid]

No, I just bought an already built one off their site.

I probably would have if I went custom but don't have the patience for that and need something grovely for the fall here.

The dark boards aren't really an issue here at OBSF so that wasn't really a concern.

 

[waxurDyl]

Went down to the factory this AM to meet the boys and pick up my quiver. I’ve had 4 or 5 Microlights from Manny but these are my first JT shapes. As expected, they feel gooood! Colors are right, glass is flawless and not a single drip of resin in the fin boxes
5’1 Coffin
5’4 Fish
5’7 HP Dad Bod

 

[chilly1]

Went down to the factory this AM to meet the boys and pick up my quiver. I’ve had 4 or 5 Microlights from Manny but these are my first JT shapes. As expected, they feel gooood! Colors are right, glass is flawless and not a single drip of resin in the fin boxes
5’2 Coffin
5’4 Fish
5’7 HP Dad Bod View attachment 97154View attachment 97157

Amazing (Skittles) quiver!! the Fall is lookin bright!!

 

[racer1]

not a single drip of resin in the fin boxes

first thing I check

 

[racer1]

LOVE that patina look of the colored decks

 

[Aruka]

that green apple, watermelon and cherry jolly rancher quiver looks sweeeeeet

 

[kool-aid]

Wow, very nice all carbon daily driver quiver.

JTs work really is top notch. Seems like they have it super wired.

Hope they can keep it up if they start to move more volume.

 

[waxurDyl]

Wow, very nice all carbon daily driver quiver.

JTs work really is top notch. Seems like they have it super wired.

Hope they can keep it up if they start to move more volume.

Thanks! Yeah, the new factory is very tidy, probably one of the cleanest factories I’ve been in and I’ve been in a lot. Just a handful of guys working in a very clean environment that seemed to know the details of every order/board going through. Hanging with them I was given insight to some upcoming board building and industry projects which sounded exciting. Oh...and I ordered a 5’11 Pyzalien and a 6’2 Ghost before leaving with those 3 JTs

 

[ChaseTMP]

Thanks! Yeah, the new factory is very tidy, probably one of the cleanest factories I’ve been in and I’ve been in a lot. Just a handful of guys working in a very clean environment that seemed to know the details of every order/board going through. Hanging with them I was given insight to some upcoming board building and industry projects which sounded exciting. Oh...and I ordered a 5’11 Pyzalien and a 6’2 Ghost before leaving with those 3 JTs

Is the Ghost pro dims? I was feeling up both a regular 6'0 and a 6'2 Pro Ghost at E.T. the other day and if I was going to walk out with one, probably would have grabbed the Pro, but I'd only be using it for solid Burnout or Breakwall.

 

[racer1]

Thanks! Yeah, the new factory is very tidy, probably one of the cleanest factories I’ve been in and I’ve been in a lot. Just a handful of guys working in a very clean environment that seemed to know the details of every order/board going through. Hanging with them I was given insight to some upcoming board building and industry projects which sounded exciting. Oh...and I ordered a 5’11 Pyzalien and a 6’2 Ghost before leaving with those 3 JTs

With the margins being higher at their price point, they can probably afford to have every team member QC and know each board coming through. Better attention to detail, not just trying to fly through volume of orders. Better in the long run for business and consumer, IMO.

 

[griffinsurfboard]

With the margins being higher at their price point, they can probably afford to have every team member QC and know each board coming through. Better attention to detail, not just trying to fly through volume of orders. Better in the long run for business and consumer, IMO.

Yeah Butt 360.00 !!! ;-)

 

[kool-aid]

Yeah Butt 360.00 !!! ;-)

I have a dark arts that is a couple years old and if you strip it of wax it will look completely brand new. Not even a dent.

If there's a shape you're partial to and it's for small waves I'd say it's worth it.