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Aruka

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i wanna try the varial wrapped in cabron option.

the pressure denting on the PE glassed one i had was too much. worse than a Mystery glassed CI from Y2K.

talk me out of it.
 
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you guys with varials ordering same dims you would in pu/pe?

been wanting one for a while, that yellow one looks like a lot of fun.
One thing I've discovered is if you're a lighter guy (up to around 150 or so) It sometimes helps to drop down 1/16" in thickness. This will facilitate the flex properties.....when I first started making Varials, i did a few for lighter guys at their "regular" dims, and the blanks seemed too rigid unless you take some thickness off them. But, guys above 150 , 160 typically ride them at their regular dims.
 

jkb

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One thing I've discovered is if you're a lighter guy (up to around 150 or so) It sometimes helps to drop down 1/16" in thickness. This will facilitate the flex properties.....when I first started making Varials, i did a few for lighter guys at their "regular" dims, and the blanks seemed too rigid unless you take some thickness off them. But, guys above 150 , 160 typically ride them at their regular dims.
Being that they don't have stingers, are you glassing them similarly to a stringered PU/PE board or are you glassing them heavier? This would be for regular daily driver type boards, not Pipe boards.
 
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Being that they don't have stingers, are you glassing them similarly to a stringered PU/PE board or are you glassing them heavier? This would be for regular daily driver type boards, not Pipe boards.
You glass them as you would a reg board. Varial doesn't recommend mixing cloth weights, in other words, if you're going 4 oz. go 4oz. all the way around. f you're going 6 oz, go 6oz all the way around. We typically go double 4 deck, single 4 bottom. If they want it a bit stronger, double 6 deck, single 6 bottom.
 
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