Bombora boards were bullet proof whatever the shape "newtoy, antartica, bigtoy and even zots" and later slalom boards.
my fanatic and starboard is a foam- eggshell so if you fart to close to it its got a hole. So Mark if your out there, design some modern bomboras and I will buy them over the current eggshells on the market. just don't farm the build out to the cobra factory like all the sheep out there.

ains said..
Bombora boards were bullet proof whatever the shape "newtoy, antartica, bigtoy and even zots" and later slalom boards.
my fanatic and starboard is a foam- eggshell so if you fart to close to it its got a hole. So Mark if your out there, design some modern bomboras and I will buy them over the current eggshells on the market. just don't farm the build out to the cobra factory like all the sheep out there.

I still have Mark Paul's personal Bombora Capricorn. His own boards that he rode were not made of plastic. This one weighs only 11kg and isn,t made of recycled milk crates. It might be over 30 years old but made just like the boards of today at Cobra.

Hey Akim I didn't see that in the van last week . Put some new straps on and sail it next weekend .

KA360 said..

ains said..
Bombora boards were bullet proof whatever the shape "newtoy, antartica, bigtoy and even zots" and later slalom boards.
my fanatic and starboard is a foam- eggshell so if you fart to close to it its got a hole. So Mark if your out there, design some modern bomboras and I will buy them over the current eggshells on the market. just don't farm the build out to the cobra factory like all the sheep out there.

I still have Mark Paul's personal Bombora Capricorn. His own boards that he rode were not made of plastic. This one weighs only 11kg and isn,t made of recycled milk crates. It might be over 30 years old but made just like the boards of today at Cobra.

That's not a Capricorn. It may be a pre production model but it has definitely got a different tail design to the final product. Bruce McKee was the designer and shaper of the Capricorn With input from Mark. I don't remember Jim French being involved in the process at all. There were several blanks and pre prod boards made before settling on the final design and you MAY have one of those. Can you take a photo of the bottom and post it please?

nice, and I bet its as strong as an ox

I don't think the answer is moulded recycled milk bottles

As per other thread, I think the answer lies in same shape, same construction, with just epoxy and glass, not carbon / dyneema, and some wood reinforcements or double sandwich in some areas. Then the materials are cheaper and there is less mucking around with paint / hand sanding / apply graphic stickers / clearcoat bottom and do grip on top. No fin supplied.

There is so much that could be cut out to make a board that it less pretty, maybe a tiny bit heavier, and waaay better on price.

All this Bombora and mark Paul talk. I just watched wind warriors the other day after converting the old vhs to digital. Absolute classic.

I had three later Bombora slalom boards, the Zot, the 260 and 270. The Zot was basically indestructible. It never deformed and never suffered even when hanging up in a shed for years. The 260 was quite thin and its shape changed over time, destroying the rocker line. The 270 was much better built and was fine till I sold it about 8 years ago.

Most probably the potential market is too small but it would be cool to have the option to buy a cheap board that is tough and is a modern design. When I bought the 260 and 270 in the mid nineties they were around $800 or $900 new. Back then a new Mistral or F2 cost at least twice that amount. So in today's environment most probably a new board of this type would cost around $1000.

Nearly every Bombora I owned delaminated around the foot pads within 6 months. I had several of them replaced under warranty. Admittedly I jumped them a lot, but my glass boards lasted infinitely longer than the plastic. Hell, I even had a couple of my Bomboras warp from the heat. The middle of the board bowed up like the freakin harbour bridge. Plastic was crap!