I think it just shows that any board can break despite claims that epoxy boards are stronger. The surftech epoxy boards do stand up better to heel dents than most glass boards. A 2 foot shorey will snap a 9 foot board.
It sounds like you've been pretty unlucky. What are you going to get now ?

I had an epoxy 10' Walden for 3 years and only just recently sold it. It is not as robust as surftech for sure. I'm just wondering if GSI are using the same materials used from a couple of years back or whether they are Inventing these E2 and E3 names (not inventing the concept) and using slightly less durable materials than before? Just a thought.

doggie said...

I wouldnt touch GSI boards, and SLX is just crap imo.

I agree. I know a guy with a GSI Mc T Fireball. He loves it to ride but reckons the glass job is crap Too light and too brittle. He reckons he's going to get a real one.

smh said...

doggie said...

I wouldnt touch GSI boards, and SLX is just crap imo.

I agree. I know a guy with a GSI Mc T Fireball. He loves it to ride but reckons the glass job is crap Too light and too brittle. He reckons he's going to get a real one.

How dare you use the word crap and mct in the same sentence

I agree on the GSI tho

Family discounts still don't cover newish broken boards. i'll be looking at local made shapes though i'd love acustom walden. Still get me wetties and wax from me darlin' sis though.

Sister and brother in law in surf retail give family discount(cost price I hope) on surf gear but they supply mostly GSI boards so for my next board(non GSI) it looks like full price.

Yep I know mate got scar onthe side of the head to remind me Must say they are an improvment from a riding point of view .And pimp away nothing wrong with it would never learn anything here in the third world if sombody didn,t. think this forums better anyway ,you guys have a good weekend . we got swell here yppie

62mac said...

Hey TB, jump on the mct site mate,new range of sup's start from 1350
I was going to shout it out in the sup forum but that would be deemed pimping
which comes with a heavy price

Ok - in my experience with both epoxy boards and gsi I have found that certain gsi epoxy boards are pretty bombproof - the best being the nsp range. I have certainly never heard of any real problems with the waldens but in my opinion the nsp's are and have always been the ducksnutz quality wise (quality of construction)
When gsi did the southpoint boards - especially the bongas I personally saw at least half a dozen that had been snapped and heard of many more on top of that.
Bic also make very very tough epoxy boards that I rate highly for their construction and are certainly as good as or maybe even better than the nsp boards.
I personally do not like slx construction and do not think it is suitable for the general surfer because I don't believe there is any benefit in having a longboard that light for one, and every slx mal I have seen looks like a 2 year old 4oz shortboard - covered in repairs and depressed to the sh#thouse.
Tuflite epoxy in my opinion is by far the best epoxy construction in the world and I believe that in many cases is even better than standard PU board construction. It is most definately superior in ding resistance to any other surfboard construction - BUT it is not un-breakable, and I have seen many more tuflite boards snapped than PU boards.
Just my thoughts.

meyerhoffers on ebay,brand new and very cheap($375) they've clearly built more than are selling at full retail($1150) They go ok but take some getting use to especially on a steep drop t/o

Makaha said...

Lets face it epoxy floats like boats or sup's

Yea not a fan either mate, but some people like it, CMC seems to prefere it.

towball said...

Yer I bet you seen a few of them doggie lol .can't say I have ridren the hoffer alot but I do like it find it wippy top to bottom like I would ride ashort board if I could (those days are gone) I get it out if the point gets abit crowded for sweeping .It dings bloody easy in one case three dings in one day.

doggie said...

towball said...

I got gsi fire ball pu board thats been great , also have a maehoffer in SLX not im pressed. Gen Mctavish over here $2150. can buy SUP for that .

doggie said...

I wouldnt touch GSI boards, and SLX is just crap imo.

How did the maehoffer go? Weired lookin things, looks like a pregnacy test kit

Cheeky

@ 6,4 I'm sure your heavy footed crazy, more important the hull have you surfed it more? Anymore feed back?

smh said...

pete53 said...

meyerhoffers on ebay,brand new and very cheap($375) they've clearly built more than are selling at full retail($1150) They go ok but take some getting use to especially on a steep drop t/o

Trouble with getting a meyerhoffer is that they would be pretty hard to sell 2nd hanD.

I recon it would be hard to buy one even if you wanted one

obct said...

I'm not sure if the Meyerhoffers look like the worlds biggest odor eater or the worlds biggest panty liner or just really dumb looking.

Although I'm not too well versed in design principals of surf'n I can follow clues and one I've noted with interest is the so called "Competition Model".

Take a close look at it in comparison to the original and lo and behold, its shape is evolving closer towards the shape of a normal board, and not towards a more radicalised version of the original shape.

I don't know what that says to you, but to me it says the original was too crappy to go any further with.

personally I reckon they look like a floating peanut - and carrying one down the beach I reckon thats exactly what you would feel like. And no I haven't tried one and I don't care how well they supposedly surf, I would not been seen dead on one. And if anyone wants an as new 8ft one I have a mate with one who would part with it cheap.

doggie said...

billboard said...

obct said...

I'm not sure if the Meyerhoffers look like the worlds biggest odor eater or the worlds biggest panty liner or just really dumb looking.

Although I'm not too well versed in design principals of surf'n I can follow clues and one I've noted with interest is the so called "Competition Model".

Take a close look at it in comparison to the original and lo and behold, its shape is evolving closer towards the shape of a normal board, and not towards a more radicalised version of the original shape.

I don't know what that says to you, but to me it says the original was too crappy to go any further with.

personally I reckon they look like a floating peanut - and carrying one down the beach I reckon thats exactly what you would feel like. And no I haven't tried one and I don't care how well they supposedly surf, I would not been seen dead on one. And if anyone wants an as new 8ft one I have a mate with one who would part with it cheap.

Is that yours that you dont like

No - personally I like peanuts - otherwise I wouldn't have let you stay for ten days would I