Just started work on a repair for a buddy of mine and saw under the traction on a Nash wing board. Supposed to be carbon and there is carbon however, under the traction pad, it’s sanded through with visible bamboo in many spots. Also, all of the foot strap inserts etc. on the deck are routed through the carbon with just the final layer of glass on top. I’m repairing a heel dent and yeah if the carbon was in good shape this wouldn’t have happened. These boards are cheap for a reason.
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I decided to just never buy a board from a big kite company who’s boards are always solid color painted. Sand through effect sure, but totally solid coloring no. They are hiding something with the paint.
Thank you for posting this publicly
No wonder mine is water logged and heavy!
Yeah, I tried to post on seabreeze but Naish advertises on the site so the mods killed it immediately!
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At least you can see a layer of glass over the inserts, so the construction is good, just that someone oversanded the inserts into the deck layers, then glassed the inserts and painted before QC came along!
I had this over sanding on a Duotone board that retails for $800 more and I went through the deck in one use. A FFB Wingnut that is cheapo construction came new with cracked q-cell at the inserts and only carbon over eps construction (no laminate) but once beefed up by me with glass over the inserts, has been great. So moral of story, buy a custom or from a local shop that will take care of you if there’s a problem.
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Yeah I personally won’t ride EPS ever again. It just wants to suck up water and once it’s wet it stays wet and then delam etc. my prone boards are similar to Appletree construction and if I was going to get a production board that’s what it would be.
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