Is it normal to break this board in half lke this?

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JanPaul999
JanPaul999
43 posts
43 posts
25 Dec 2012 8:22am
I broke a super x 106 in half after practicing jumping with it, i jump only knee high (distance of the actual board from the water). During all my practice I had i guess around 3 not so good flat landings...

Is this normal? Or does this indicate that the board was already weak/beaten before I started using it? (i bought it second hand a few months ago -I could not see any damage then)
jsnfok
jsnfok
WA
899 posts
WA, 899 posts
25 Dec 2012 8:41am
Yea I snapped my skate doing the same thing, just cruising along and just did a little chop hop and SNAP
jsnfok
jsnfok
WA
899 posts
WA, 899 posts
25 Dec 2012 8:43am
I mean no it's not normal but it does happen
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23704 posts
WA, 23704 posts
25 Dec 2012 12:22pm
Jan it could have been jumped hard before you got it. One flat landing from 15ft could have cracked it almost right thru and then it was fine on flat water for years then it lets go.

Or - Super-X competition involved forward loops in the middle of slalom competition so basically competitors wanted to land planing out of their loops and the boards slapped the water really hard. If it was sailed in Super-X comp by a good sailor that could have been enough.

Or it could be a manufacturing fault and then just lots of little jumps, the numbers of boards with glass not fully wet out with resin is amazing (atrocious).

spot1
spot1
WA
1588 posts
WA, 1588 posts
25 Dec 2012 9:20pm
snapping boards is part of the life
stick it in the shed and go buy a new one
JanPaul999
JanPaul999
43 posts
43 posts
26 Dec 2012 12:55am
Yes I did, onward to board number 3 now, hmmmm when will I destroy that one
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