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Postby C A R A F I N O 2014 » Sat Oct 19, 2013 2:13 pm
winter, cold on the outside, warm on the inside.
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Postby Bille » Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:58 am
In that first photo :
your foil must be fairly Light --- for that guy to turn the board & foil
up sideways like that, with just One hand ?
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Postby Hawaiis » Sun Oct 20, 2013 6:44 am
Yeah carbon foils are very light compared to aluminum ones.
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Postby Taaroa » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:25 am
Of course they are light
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Postby wdric » Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:02 am
Well that's not pretty.
I guess after the previous post about other brands this was always gunna happen!
Looks like its only rapped in a thin layer of carbon to give it the look on the outside
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Postby Hawaiis » Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:31 am
That is called reverse engineering. Just like the Japanese cars, they buy American cars , take it apart and see if they can improve on it. Saves a bundle in just 5 minutes, as Gecko likes to say.
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