I did exactly that on my Naish Hover Downwind 110L (also 7'8, but 20" wide) to make parawinging easier and it made a huge difference to how easy it was to balance and waterstart! It also makes board control a bit easier, but not so sure it helps pumping (though pumping while starting is a lot easier). I'm happy with the decision, it helped my learning process, though now I mostly ride my midlength board as the riding experience is much better.

Jve said..
I did exactly that on my Naish Hover Downwind 110L (also 7'8, but 20" wide) to make parawinging easier and it made a huge difference to how easy it was to balance and waterstart! It also makes board control a bit easier, but not so sure it helps pumping (though pumping while starting is a lot easier). I'm happy with the decision, it helped my learning process, though now I mostly ride my midlength board as the riding experience is much better.

Cool how did you make it ? ....maybe with one of those ?

www.surfmarket.org/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart_product_id=15810&virtuemart_category_id=26&lang=es

Any advise not to screw up with the epoxy ?

thanks !

Get it done properly - I fix this stuff all the time
(1) sometimes heat affects the glue. Carbon gets really really hot.
(2) it doesn't take much to tear laminate up away from the foam. Even just a little. Your board has about a third or less laminate on the deck than a kiteboard. Then flex and board expansion/contraction makes the delam spread.
put chinook inserts in

Mark
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My pwing board has footstraps which made learning to pwing relatively quite easy. As I progress, my key goals are to downwind and take advantage of the seabreeze driven swell in WA. I can't help but wonder if now that I'm reasonable competent on the pwing, that the fixed front foot position is holding me back from efficient swell riding and pumping. As the summer seabreezes start to fade here, I'll use the time to remove the footstraps and re-learn to ride without footstraps. Alot of pwing riders here ride strapless, especially those doing the downwind thing. Might be worth persevering with a strapless board unless the only goal is riding the pwing in/out on swells.