Just a warning to all - do not buy a -------- longboard. I got one in December 2008 and it lasted only 3 surfs before breaking in small beachbreak conditions. Didnt hit the sand, didnt hit another board, just outright snapped by a small 3 foot whitewater going over it. And it cost 1400 from ------------. Not happy Jan! For all ------- talking up of how strong their boards are this is very disappointing.

Hi swalkington & welcome to seabreeze!

Unfortunately, we don't support bagging out of brands in these forums.

Not saying that you're telling fibs - there's every chance you had a dodgy board.

Its just that in the past, anti X-brand people/competitors/etc have used the forums as a tool to degrade businesses and brands - we're not fans of that kind of stuff.

Here's from our forum policy:

Complaints about a business

When this occurs, the poster is usually quite fired up and emotional. Often the customer is now out to cause as much damage as possible to the business with the mission that they are "fully justified" (their words) and "simply stating facts" (their words) about the business.

This may be the case .. or not. There are many sides to any story. The point is that the Seabreeze forums are not the appropriate place to resolve the issue. Go to the appropriate legal/government authority and do it there.

Choose not to, and end up in hot water. As soon as you flame a business, you'll usually get supporters of the business come out in defence and question your behaviour and motives. People interested in the discussion will seek more information from you. It soon descends into an argument containing many and varied versions of the truth and everybody goes home unhappy.

It has never ended well for anybody.

The business is damaged, the poster now has a stigma in the forum community (and now can't deal with many shops because the shops know what will happen if they cross this customer - there business will get dragged through the mud.)

And of course, there's also the situation when the poster does not really have a complaint, but is simply a competitor or naive associate of a business who thinks the way to get more business is to degrade the competition.

A special note: This applies (and has been applied) to any business, not just businesses that sponsor the site.

Totally understand you're hurting from a snapped board. I did a similar thing (after 3 surfs), only it was totally my fault when I drove over it in the garage. I know your pain!

The best course of action is to work with the store and the manufacturer to get a replacement. Hopefully they will take one look at the broken board and see it is a manufacturing fault and give you a replacement.

Hope it ends well & you're out surfing sooner, rather than later..

MMmmm I wonder what type of board that is!?!

swalkington said...... snapped right across & through from the vent valve towards the end of the deck. that is why i am convinced it was a dodgy board - otherwise it would not have snapped straight through the vent valve ...

The first place it's going to snap is across where the vent is. Although most of the strength of that type of construction is in the rails, the vent does provide a structural discontinuity in the deck and core and it'll always break more easily through a discontinuity. FWIW I've got a few similar shortboards, not the same company but same tech, and never had a problem although I've thought I might snap one often enough. I usually ride a 1 7/8" or maybe 1 3/4" thick board and I've nosedived it in shin deep dredgy beachbreaks on a few occasions.

Legion said...

I usually ride a 1 7/8" or maybe 1 3/4" thick board and I've nosedived it in shin deep dredgy beachbreaks on a few occasions.

not to nitpick, but do you mean 2 3/4"

if not, then that is a damn thin board. must be a pretty good construction for them not to snap.

and the moral of the story is dont spend $1500 on a pop out no matter what they claim
go see a long board shaper!!!!!! dont know any so cant help
but someone here will

DL said...

Legion said...

I usually ride a 1 7/8" or maybe 1 3/4" thick board and I've nosedived it in shin deep dredgy beachbreaks on a few occasions.

not to nitpick, but do you mean 2 3/4"

if not, then that is a damn thin board. must be a pretty good construction for them not to snap.

No typo, it's 1 3/4". With a concave deck too.

Well not a bad outcome,not that I didn't believe your story on how it broke but you had to convince the manufature (not easy) The perfect end to the story would have been a new replacement board but they have met halfway which isn't a bad thing,shame you had to pick up the freight costs


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RIO said...

What do you'se mean by "pop out"???


AND KEARNSEY hows the dog going after hook through nose episode????
looks nasty!!

Pop out basicly means they "pop out" a 1000 boards a week on a production line vs a hand crafted board.

Yeh the invincible Staffy lives on. He was up to his old tricks within a few hours . Im amazed how quickly it healed. Not even a mark there the next day

KEARNSY said...

RIO said...

What do you'se mean by "pop out"???


AND KEARNSEY hows the dog going after hook through nose episode????
looks nasty!!

Pop out basicly means they "pop out" a 1000 boards a week on a production line vs a hand crafted board.

Yeh the invincible Staffy lives on. He was up to his old tricks within a few hours . Im amazed how quickly it healed. Not even a mark there the next day

Thanks for clearing that up for us KEARNSEY in regard to "pop outs".
I don't suppose the BIC I sometimes ride is a "pop out"??

Your dog looks like it has a lot of character, I guess he learned his lesson as quick as his nose healed!!

And if anyone needs a longboard shaped may i recommend the pioneer Len Dibben in Booragoon WA, he's a champ and genuinely great craftsman of the longy's!!

He shaped my shorty though and he would hate to hear I snaffled up a BIC