Any body out there had first hand experience with boards made with parabolic stringer blanks ? Perfomance,cost,strength etc.

Whats a parabolic stringer?

yes first hand experience - i snapped mine on the 3rd surf!

hey lucky... also snapped my board in tiny surf... hardly used... balsa rails... reputable brand... epoxy glass job.
i have also heard many other stories of these boards snapping a little too easily... my advice is to stay away from them and stick with traditional shaping methods and poly glass jobs, plenty of local guys still manufacturing so buy aussie made

Lucky, sorry for my slow response,...been getting pitted all week down south.
The board I snapped was a Firewire, the one with balsa rails. To their credit the company gave me a replacement board for free (one that was sitting in their factory and used for testing by customers etc). The replacement board was 2nd hand, but better than nothing.

I submitted the photos of the snapped board a couple of months ago to this forum.

The board rides very well for a mal, but dont listen to anyone that claims parabolic stringers are stronger than standard boards - they aren't! If you buy one do it coz you like the board not coz you think it will last longer than a normal PU board.