I recently bought a webber afterburner in SLX and been totally loving the lightweight and squirty dfeel of the board. i was surfing at my local beach on a small day I spun (poor attempt at a 360)and went off the back of tthe wave, the board sort of rolled over my shins, didnt hurt at all.

Upon grabbing my rail to duck dive a wave, it felt creased. ther was a crease abuot 100mm long with a split rining through it.

I was surprised at the size of the damage for what felt like a soft impact. the site says they have 2x4oz and a deck patch with 1x40z on the bottom, no mention of what laps the rails

Anyone else had any similar experiences and is SLX that fragile?

Hi GPA, I've only had this board for less than a month, the deck seems to be holding up well, I'm usually pretty hard on the decks of my boards.

I shouldhave got a pic of the ding, it was way out of wack with the impact, the rail resembled a w turned on its side, like it had been crushed and had both a split across the rail and one along it.

was very surprised at the damage as there where no other boards nearby, I noticed thedamage as it is where I place my hand to duckdive.

Must have just hit the "sweetspot" and it collapsed

This is my 1st epoxy board and the smallest board ive had for a few yrs. i love the lightweight and the bouyancy, however am also bit of a fan of longevity so it may be my last

1 layer of 4oz on the bottom?!

I'd expect a board like that to ding every time I surfed it.

Nothing wrong with epoxy, it's all in the construction. Check out an early tufflite. Those things are made like sailboards and are indestructable. I have one which is about 5 years old, which my wife learnt on, and I have surfed heaps, and the only marks it has are from the sharp edges on the inside of my Landrover. Not a single pressure ding on the top, bottom or rail.

DL said...

1 layer of 4oz on the bottom?!

I'd expect a board like that to ding every time I surfed it.

Nothing wrong with epoxy, it's all in the construction. Check out an early tufflite. Those things are made like sailboards and are indestructable. I have one which is about 5 years old, which my wife learnt on, and I have surfed heaps, and the only marks it has are from the sharp edges on the inside of my Landrover. Not a single pressure ding on the top, bottom or rail.

DL, Ive got a Burton quad that is diagonal 4x4 with carbon fiber patches on the tail and that seems to be holding up fine, some front foot marks but other than that its fine.

Tufflite construction is vacum construction epoxy where as these SLX are fiberglass over eps foam and finished in the same way as a stardard PU board with epoxy resins instead of PU resins.

I have seen a few tuffltes break but they are generally very strong..

Bolgo, is your board EPS or PU blank wih epoxy? I think it is a result of the EPS foam having no support for the epoxy shell.

Not sure

I have a Rusty (the brand not ferris oxide) EPS board and other than some compression on the deck had no drams with dings and seems to have held up pretty well.