I was at a resort lately, where all they had for board was an old, highly damaged Techno 293 with a small learner sail. Ridiculous equipment, but went out anyways for the heck of it.
Point is: the board had about 5-6 large cracks in it, from mishandling obviously. Yet it didn't seem to suffer for it: no bubbles, no soft spots, seemed really light and had not taken water, etc.
How does that work, are those boards made differently or is it us that get paranoid when we have small dings in our equipment ? (me the first...)
From my readings of most boards, especially those with vent screws is they basically have a foam core that readily absorbs water so in effect will suck in water through cracks and holes.
Perhaps older boards that were manufactured in different ways like an older Bic have cores that don't as readily absorb water.
It would be great if someone made modern shaped boards in polypropelene (I think) material like the Bomboras were made out of, especially if they were at a cheaper price compared to boards made by Cobra.
Funny, thought the Techno 293 (whatever that is) was pretty modern and modern make too.
What's the age of that model, guys??
I think the old Techno has an external ASA skin over conventional epoxy/glass construction (but less epoxy and glass obviously) so it is possible the skin has cracked but underneath is still good
1st Elite Australian Wavesailing Titles 2011
1st Elite Lancelin Waves 2011
Finals PWA Tenerife.
Weights are comparable and better than production boards.
