I was supposed to be selling my Tabou 95 this week, but instead I will be glassing it back together with rovings to pass it on to my groms to trash.
We had a solid NE yesterday with some small, sloppy waves, so I decided to have 1 final blast on the Tabou before selling it this week. 2 hours into the session I rotated a touch too far on a forward, didn't stick my back foot down fast enough and CRACK!!. A perfect condition board, except for the crease all the way across the bottom and wrapping a hand-span up and around one rail.
Why are $2000 waveJUMPING boards still being built so breakable. I was no more than 8-10ft max off the water, and not rotating super fast.
I have absolutely hammered a $700 kiteboard (Underground FLX mutant) for 4 years, 100's and 100's of kiteloop ankle-jarring flat landings, ridden straight onto dry reef/rock, with only tiny scratches and fin nicks to show for years of serious abuse.
I only do necessary jumping with the kiteboard I surf on (heavier landings than on the Tabou yesterday btw). But the Tabou is built for jumping!!
Is it my bodgey sailing/landing style, or is this a widespread issue with windsurf manufacturing?
Not happy!, I'll just go and retrieve my dummy.