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The best boom I have ever had was a Hydrodynamix that lastest 9 seasons (Finally let go in the shipping channels in the middle of Port Phillip Bay off Port Melbourne) - but the manufacturer of them is not willing to give a demo of the new models as I only do slalom and speed - no waves!! despite my trashing several booms a year!
drjukka,
I just checked our correspondence files and what was actually said was that you were willing to
TEST our slalom booms.
At that time we were looking for people to
TEST our latest skinny wave booms, the slaloms were already tested and on the market.
We also directed you to the retailer in Coloundra, some retailers will
DEMO gear.
We will Demo any of our products and we have just about one of everything in the van at all times, including a custom Z-Boom.
The only catch is you have to be in WA and be at the same beach as us, or arrange to pick up the gear you want to Demo.
Now to the reason that Hydro boom lasted so long: It was
32mm diameter and that makes a huge difference to the strength and stiffness, about
25% more than any small diameter boom.
If you are over about 80 kg then you will probably bend and break reduced diameter alloy booms pretty reguarly, fact of life!
The simple answer for heavy weights is to go back to 32mm booms.
Paul
gotta love that! de rigging my gear i noticed that the starboard side of my 14 month old NP X3 boom had a quite large upward bend in it. i swore alot then got on the phone to onboard and orded me a north silver!! GIVE THAT A GO! does anyone know wat would have caused an upward bend in my boom?
