Look for automotive protection tape as that is basically the same stuff. Probably try the auto parts retailers.

Stevo..would you recommend that for the Sunova..at the very back where the ion tape doesn't reach

there is some tape at Bunnings called all Bear All Weather tape, it's clear and much thicker than normal tape but about 1/2-2/3 of the thickness of most rail tapes @ ~0.2mm. have used it on a few boards and works great (also disappears almost completely once installed). Costs about $15 for ~48mm x 25m roll (from memory). Its not as soft as most rail tapes so won't absorb big hits but protects against most incidental paddle hits and from placing board on bitumen etc.

No rail tape for me these days as I find 2 layers of electrical tape around the paddle blade edge is sufficient board protection.

warwickl said...
No rail tape for me these days as I find 2 layers of electrical tape around the paddle blade edge is sufficient board protection.

+1

Tardy said..
i wonder wether glueing a old bike tire tube to the rails would work.
works with boats .

good thinking (i think)......maybe gluing bike tyre to paddle blade would be a more cautious approach
but with this board i have little faith in the structural integrity of the rails......and was thinking the more plastic holding everything together the better
will go and poke around at bunnings

GizzieNZ said..
The whopper man didn't really help when he ran over the front of the board and nearly chopped the nose off when his fins hacked into my board

Maybe go steel .
aluminium tape
he'll never get through that .
i was joking about the gluing you know ...just thought I'd make that clear .

i use authentic railsaver pro and love it

never get a ding where the rsp is

massive storm swell here in NE us past week--punched a paddle ding in my starby blue carbon--of course, not in a place protected by railsaver pro

I got a roll of 3M rail tape from PPC..for very rear end of my Speeed where RSPro doesn't reach.. mainly to protect it from getting chipped on paddle / turn transitions..looks mint and almost invisible

Supmaori said..
I got a roll of 3M rail tape from PPC..for very rear end of my Speeed where RSPro doesn't reach.. mainly to protect it from getting chipped on paddle / turn transitions..looks mint and almost invisible

I think the sunova is one of the tuffest constructions i have owned but a bit of rs pro can't hurt.
Towball would probly say Jimmy Lewis pretty good too

only managed to get 3 layers of tape on each side of the board......but that is okay i suppose. Cleaned board rail with isopropyl alcohol before putting tape on. Went for paddle on river.......am weighing 100 kg at moment......the 10'3 SB pro is pretty tippy but quite pleasant to paddle on flat water. Gotta love the pintail. And have caught lots of waves on it prior to its whopper man injury......its very forgiving and floaty in big wave takeoffs.......quite fat rails up the front.
Went without booties to see what the river temperature is like.......will definitely be a booty person next time :)