Dear fellas I had the most unfortunate experience seeing the oddest thing in my entire sailing career. The board was from Thailand and a very big company having the top riders on it's roster. I was having the 3rd day enjoying the steady breezes of a very early tradewind as I can remember from way back. After a one hour session me and 3 mates decided to take a breather. Wind picks up a bit more and we get more adrenaline pumping taking over tired muscles. On my first reach out and at speed some weird clacking sounds like huge marbles inside the board disturbs me. I stop and check maybe the fin is loose. Not! I continue on about to scratch my head. And when at speed again the sound appears in unison and this time stop. Check the mastbase maybe the joint's loose. Not! Dammn! I'm really disturbed. Tried one more reach and try not to pay attention to the sound and what the hell at speed I can't go upwind and speed doesn't go beyond what I think it could always do. I stop again and inverted the board and tried slapping the bottom. Sheet! 1/2 of the board is delaminating. I hurry back to shore and stow the board upside down in the sun with the vent plug unfastened. After 30mins. No water! My friend checks it out on the table too and gets baffled, his first remark 'holy cow!' as he was pressing different areas. The depression can go down as much as 1/4 to 1/2" at different places. Funny thing the core is still hard and at a distance you could see the whole skin flexing and waving. Worse we found out 3/4ths of the board's skin seems detached from the core but none on top of the deck. Going home they were all pumped up inside the pickup truck and I just wanted to yell shut the hell up all of you. Anyways my buddy took pics with pen marks and serial nos. and send the accompanying certification he too saw it and was an avid fan from way back 2000 and so is the rest. These two guys have tiki's tatooed on their biceps. It was a new old 2nd hand board 105 in volume and supposed tough and only a few were made. It didn't have warranty anymore but with it's 20th +/-5 use I still sent my letter with my frends pics as well and ask for a vindication for I just sold my beloved Kinetic and Fanatic at garage sale prices just to go after it. I hope my season starts out well as am left with just a 95ltr board.

Or if you use the wrong Resin the entire core will melt and you can fill it full of peanuts. Viola a giant Marracca.

Bugger Johno I had the same thing happen to a board of mine after 18 months which was a great free ride board, I put it down to bad luck although I wasn't happy. The thing that wound me up was the fact the Aussie agent said 18 months was acceptable for someone 84Kg sailing in 12 to 20 in choppy ocean no jumping

Anyway, sounds like Mark knows what he's talking about I repaired mine similar but took a few short cuts, I just wanted to get back on the water asap, that's when I ordered the Kinetic. Repair turned out ok, did 30 a couple of times at Yorkey's and been lent out a few times over the last 5 years

Never seen it happen, very unlikely the outer glass has delaminated - but yes possible.....

JP can you drill a hole in the middle and tell us if the outer layer of glass has delaminated or it the divinycell layer has delaminated?

If it IS just the outer glass layer, which is like 1mm thick, it is an easier repair

tiki's tattooed on their biceps? haha hardcore..

I once saw a guy with the F2 dragon tattoo. that was the oddest thing in my entire sailing career

am really 'buggered' since it happened kited to get the bug off my head..terminal is right the core's hard but the skin just 'unlaminated'..Mark I thought of having it fixed but it's a major overhaul and the guy here just know how to repair cracks and small dings..anyways since me and my friend have forwarded our letters I have been told to send the board to Manila as the Brand distributor will make a 'personal' appeal. Incredible stuff it was instantaneous. Never ever did I see such a thing..if it happened to delam in small patches then it's acceptable over time