Review of Addiction kite boards in Perth
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 8:17 am
Hi local kite surfers in Perth West OZ the following is a quick review on a local kite board addiction with an unique construction. The boards are made by Peter Gold and we have been trading ideas on board building for the last couple of years. Peter is now producing these boards to sell and I managed to have a ride on one of his latest creations.
Shape
140*38*1.2 tray style board with 30 degree flip tips no release edge. The bottom has a subtle concave, slightly rounded rails.
Construction
This is where it gets interesting the boards are made out of solid laminated light weight timber strip cores. The boards are constructed using traditional vacuum bagged epoxy techniques. The timber is light weight with a density of around 250 kgs/m3. These boards are very strong and it will take a lot of effort to break one.
Ride
The boards ride very nice. Quick planing due to the concave. The tin profile of the board (12mm) allows very good edge hold. The flip tips are fantastic, landing jumps with a bit too much front foot and the nose pops up no problems, we tend to get a short sharp chop at some of our local spots and the flip tips help here as well. The board has a nice amount of flex in the tips and is quite stiff thru the middle.
Price
I think Peter is selling these boards for about 800 dollars (Australian) So if anyone is after a locally produced low cost, great ridding alternative to the mass production boards these are it. We have very few local board builders over here building boards for the local conditions.
Cheers Shane
Ps for the non believers. I have no commercial interest in these boards
Shape
140*38*1.2 tray style board with 30 degree flip tips no release edge. The bottom has a subtle concave, slightly rounded rails.
Construction
This is where it gets interesting the boards are made out of solid laminated light weight timber strip cores. The boards are constructed using traditional vacuum bagged epoxy techniques. The timber is light weight with a density of around 250 kgs/m3. These boards are very strong and it will take a lot of effort to break one.
Ride
The boards ride very nice. Quick planing due to the concave. The tin profile of the board (12mm) allows very good edge hold. The flip tips are fantastic, landing jumps with a bit too much front foot and the nose pops up no problems, we tend to get a short sharp chop at some of our local spots and the flip tips help here as well. The board has a nice amount of flex in the tips and is quite stiff thru the middle.
Price
I think Peter is selling these boards for about 800 dollars (Australian) So if anyone is after a locally produced low cost, great ridding alternative to the mass production boards these are it. We have very few local board builders over here building boards for the local conditions.
Cheers Shane
Ps for the non believers. I have no commercial interest in these boards