Anyone on here have any experience or info on the new Gong downwind boards? Specifically the NOTW model. Price is half most DW boards.
And it’s good!
I have a Gong NOTW 4’10 (35) for prone.
It’s super light and glides well on water.
Probably not as durable as a $1500 board, but hey, it’s 1/3rd the price.
Unfortunately they do not ship hard boards to the US
Starting friend has the 8.8 and found it helping him a lot with his progression.
Wanted to get the 8’0 but don’t ship to the US unfortunately
I’ve been looking at their mid lengths but same with shipping.
Could justify a trip to Italy
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Rep from the company basically told me if I secure my own shipping I could place an order for pick up and have the shipping company pick it up for transport. Gonna look into it. If I can find something with a good reputation that’s not crazy expensive maybe we could bundle a couple orders to one transport
I heard the going rate is 400
I could live with that. Know any good shipping companies?
I don’t unfortunately
If I recall correctly, they use DHL
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If you go down this path, I would advise securing a killer shipping company.
I am in France, and out of 3 Gong boards I bought, 2 arrived damaged.
And we are only talking about a few hundreds miles shipment.
Their original packaging is cheap af.
So the company shipping to the US would need to add a layer on top of it.
Nice thanks! Were they using that hex-flex stuff when you ordered your boards?
Exactly, it’s shipped in this:
This stuff is more designed to be “eco-friendly” than “board-friendly”.
To give you a comparison point, last year I bought an Amos from Australia.
It was simply wrapped in 10 layers of bubble wrap, and it arrived safe.
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Starting to seem less and less worth it hahaha
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