Split kiteboards for travel
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:21 pm
by merl
The most recent posts on this topic are a couple of years old.
Anyone got any recent news on split kiteboards for travel? Who is still making them?
This one still seems live:
http://www.kitesurf-ventdefolie.fr/PBSC ... ID=1548878
And these look cool but maybe a bit heavy (3.5kg bare, 4.5 with bits)
http://www.seathroughboards.com/
Maybe DIY from an old twintip is the way to go.
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Re: Split kiteboards for travel
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:41 am
by stiggits
I made a three part board before and it worked out very heavy,
making the joins strong enough proved a lot of messing around.
A lot of airlines now charge for any baggage which isnt hand luggage,
so over sized board bags dont cost much more than a normal sized bag of
the same weight, depends on the airline.
Split boards aside,
interesting link to the seathrough boards, have not seen these before or
thought about this as a construction method.
It could be interesting to try this as a one piece frame, im sure that way
you could get the weight down a lot.
You could then have one frame with various bases of different sizes and shapes.
Has anyone tried something like this ?
Re: Split kiteboards for travel
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:55 pm
by merl
seathrough kiteboards are not making them at the moment. Not financially viable according to the dude. no mad still going.
Re: Split kiteboards for travel
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:48 am
by merl
Just to update with the latest info I found out.
If you are interested in split boards for travel then three options seem to be alive and kicking in Europe:
All these guys are responsive and helpful, have at least one board in stock and are willing to ship.
Re: Split kiteboards for travel
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:16 am
by kiteboy84
Just to add more info about this topic:
Www.splitkiteboards.com
Its brand new, they have good prices and the boards are tested in aerospace institute. High tech stuff. I have one and I am very happy with paying no taxes
