I’d love to see pics when this is done.

@Scooby2 wrote:

barrows, I have some carbon sidewall boards and have 3 pieces of advice:

Hi scooby, thanks for the input. I have a bit of experience working with wood/fiberglass/carbon materials and layups. My brother had a small skateboard business he ran out of garage making vacuum pressed, wood core, fiberglass/carbon lam, cambered, profiled core carving boards. Growing up our father built many iceboats and racing dinghys, and full size yachts up to 44 feet at our home.

1. Can you get some real ski/board resin and heat cure it, it is way stiffer and tougher,

I will use WEST system epoxy, this is fantastic stuff and I am familiar with its qualities. It was originally developed for racing sailboats and iceboats, and comes in a few different formulations.

2. after laminating the rails, sand them smooth without going through the fibers then paint on a thin layer of SB-120? or any epoxy resin for surfboards with a UV block in the resin. otherwise it will yellow up a bit. see fiberglasssupply.com you could also add black tint to your resin that you laminate with instead

I am not concerned with yellowing or UV degradation with this epoxy-while it is a real factor, I am still riding skateboards my brother made more than ten years ago with no problems with UV degradation. I do not expect to have a split ever last this long!

3. stop your carbon strips about a half an inch before the tip and tail so if it gets bonked, it wont start to peel, esp if you don’t use the toughened heat-cured version of epoxy. Cut up a bunch of shards of carbon, make a paste with the shards and some premixed epoxy, paint his on the last half inch areas and press it smooth with some clear tape, like 3m wide packing tape, sand that smooth.

Not a bad idea, I am thinking about rounding the the tip and tail sections a little, just maybe a .75″ radius or so, to reduce the stress at the “point” of the cut. I will decide after the the cut is made and I get a good idea of the laminate at the tip and tail of the board. If I do round it off, I’ll probably stop the carbon there, so it will not take any abuse right at the tip and tail. You can also get carbon powder for mixing with epoxy (WEST), this would work well for what you are suggesting.

Hi Yogi,

Thanks for posting, nice pics… My 173 is now in the US and should be here in Colorado at the end of next week. How is the stiffness of the Furberg after cutting?

Thanks for the feedback. I am pretty sure that I am going to add a carbon fiber sidewall on the cut edge, hopefully this will compensate for the stiffness lost with cutting. I prefer the board be pretty stiff, even for powder. Considering the softness of the core you mention, I may choose to reinforce the holes for the chinese hook screws. I’ll decide after drilling and getting some hands on feel for the board.

Need some input on sizing. Height vs weight. I am 179cm tall and close to 100kg with gear. Footy player legs 😀

If I were to follow the Furberg size guide, I should take the 173cm board. But I have always bought boards according to the “between chin and nose” rule.
Has anyone ridden a board that close to their own height? Maybe I get a wow factor when it gets to float in powder :bananas:

The trees will not move to make room to be nice. just because there is coming a 198cm guy who needs a longer board..
So the lenght discussion is just based on my height and weight.

Thanx for your input.

@Bjørgvin wrote:

Need some input on sizing. Height vs weight. I am 179cm tall and close to 100kg with gear. Footy player legs 😀

If I were to follow the Furberg size guide, I should take the 173cm board. But I have always bought boards according to the “between chin and nose” rule.
Has anyone ridden a board that close to their own height? Maybe I get a wow factor when it gets to float in powder :bananas:

The trees will not move to make room to be nice. just because there is coming a 198cm guy who needs a longer board..
So the lenght discussion is just based on my height and weight.

Thanx for your input.

It depends on what you are doing with it. How deep is your powder, how tight are your trees, what length boards do you like to ride? Everyone seems to have their own preference about what length boards they ride.

Height will give you more leverage over a board but my experience is that weight has more to do with how easy a board is for you to maneuver (to bend it) and how much float it provides.

I am 5’9 (175cm) and 145 pounds (65kg) without gear. I have a 163 Furberg that I have a few days on now. For me, the length of the Furberg seems to be the same as the length of other boards I ride in specific conditions. Bigger boards for deeper powder and open bowls. Smaller boards for tight trees and mixed conditions. I would get the Furberg in the length of freeride board you typically ride.

Thanx for the input!!

On a good day there`s maybe 50cm of fresh powder.
I really like to ride big open terrain. Riding the trees is more of a thing I have to do in order to get back to the resort. The resort I ride in has big open areas, but its not steep. Thats why I maybe need a longer board for more float.
I currently ride a Burton Malolo 162. Its great when I pick up speed! I could keep the malolo for those days with no visibility and its tree riding only.

Nesse:
Kjører i Myrkdalen. Skal visst minne om Stranda etter det de tilreisende sier.

@buell wrote:

You will love it!

I should add that this board rips! It has outstanding float and is insanely stable at speed. The powder turns, the mixed condition skidded turns, and the rockered board pivot turns are so smooth. The tail does not catch. It is so nice to have a board that is not hooky and that has the ability to easily release the edge for turning and then re-engage it for serious bite.

This board rewards aggressive riding.

Thanks Daniel.

Buell: Thanks for posting, your description is exactly how I expect my 173 to ride. Having the freedom to turn the way I want, rather than by what the sidecut and camber determines, pivots, slarves, straightline exits, I cannot wait! Mine is cut in half right now, waiting for me to laminate the carbon sidewall, and mount everything up into a killer split pow board.

Found this cool pic. These boards look killer.