hey guys n girls, im looking to buy a new long board, len dibben reckons his boards are good for 10 years? is this true u reckon?
would they still keep their float? better than a new epoxy or tuflite? curious, if anyone can give me some advice that would be cool thanks!

Don't want to put Len down, he's been part of WA surfing since I started, and that's a long time ago, (not quite half a century, but getting close). Things have changed a lot since then, it's time surfing moved into this century!!! A good stringerless foam sandwich board will have a huge strength to weight ratio advantage over a conventional stringered fiberglass skin variety.
That can be same strength, much lighter.
Same weight, much stronger, or a combination of both.
It's going to cost you more, but if you're serious about your surfing. you'll get more fun out of it in the long run.
Not sure about the mass produced variety, haven't had anything to do with them. Burt's balsa boards have a good reputation down here, (not foam sandwich I admit, but same principal). Don't know if Mark Stone from Gero is making mals with his polyester foam sandwich technique, but his wave boards also have a good reputation. There's also Juice, and Kaos, I'm sure either of them can make you a great board.

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Ross at scarborough longboards makes an awsome board aswell. he'll make you anything you like. even something much the same as someof the big name boards.(ie. mctavish ect..)
he is very well priced as well from memory, and local!!