am wondering where the board making factories (large scale) are around the world.
there's cobra in thailand
plus.....
?????
1 in vietnam. make jimmy lewis SUPs and soon the new mistrals
1 in China. make AB+ and Thommen1 boards
AHD make boards somewhere in france i think. well europe anyway.
cheers for the tips.
i took the info above and searched a bit further..... still looking for more.
so far i got
nelson factory - Hawaii
jinli composites - china
cobra international - thailand
????? - vietnam
still looking for others.
I know the Kinetic Gladiator I had came from their own factory in Vietnam, they moved from Thailand I think ? I got a great run out of that board, heaps better than the production boards before it but I'm not sure they're still in biz as their web site is very old ?
The Factory that used to make Kinetics moved to Vietnam. AB+ boards are now made there,no longer at Jinlee in China and I assume that is where the new Mistrals will be built.
yeah, kinetic were good boards. robby radis did very well on them.
i'm not sure but i'm guessing the kinetic factory in vietnam is the factory everyone refers to.??? i'm sure some of the WA guys will know.
cheers remi.
ok an update.
nelson factory - Hawaii
jinli composites - china
cobra international - thailand
kinetic sailboards factory - vietnam
Terminatech/Mangusta factory - Tunisia
Anybody know how many boards a day come out of Cobra? and how long does each one take to produce?
Oh and I certainly don't want to know how much each one costs to produce
when i was a kid we couldn't afford 5 manufacturers in our street so we either bought a windaction or used wide style double pluggers. [}:)]
i used to put the finboxes in windaction boards under a kerosene lantern with a chisel at night and baked bean tins to mix the resin. those were the days! 
Pffggghhhh.
What was Windaction? We were so poor we made our own boards, and had to walk 10miles to steal the foam to do it.
