Breaking of the board and bindings?!

jakenj · Posted: Oct 04, 2006 7:18 am Post subject: Breaking of the board and bindings?!

i have been reading several posts on this site and some of you are saying how you have like broken your board or your bindings on jumps and stuff, how is this so?

what have you broken before and what were you doing?

Tennessee J · Criminal Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 76 City: Memphis

I watched a buddy 2 weekends ago go up for a babkroll that looked more like a backflop. When a came around to pick him up, his binding had busted from the screws completely. the plate was just shattered. I say shiddy landing + shiddy bindings = time for new bindings. These are the bindings he has...

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Oct 04, 2006 3:23 pm Post subject:

I blew out 4 pairs of Watson bindings within 4 months. Just landing with your foot teaked or on the tail of the board seemed to crack the soles completely in half. I switched to transits after that, they've held up great, so did my 05 sphinxes.

Tennessee J · Criminal Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 76 City: Memphis

LakeIolaLuke, sound like the Watsons let you down repetitively. Confused

jakenj · Posted: Oct 05, 2006 7:57 am Post subject:

do you get to take the bindings back for a new pair or do you have to keep buying new ones

tprkolbas · Outlaw Joined: 30 Dec 2005 Posts: 184 City: white lake

i had a freak landing and snapped my board about 10 inches along the seam between the top and bottom of the board - it was a new board too - krown sin 138. i landed on the opposite crest of the wake. i went out and bought a better board so it worked out for me anyway.

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Oct 05, 2006 2:55 pm Post subject:

LF has a one year warranty on bindings, I got all of my new watson's for free, and they even gave me money when I switched to the transits!

Tennessee J · Criminal Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 76 City: Memphis

Maybe I'm not riding hard enough lately. I've busted one binding in my day - came down for a hard landing out in the flats and when I hit, a (rusty) screw connecting the sole and the plate planted itselk into my heel. Needless to say, I retired those old rubber things and my heel recovered Cool

CulverBum · Outlaw Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 125 City: Culver

Hmmm broken boards? Yep done it 3 times in the past year. First time on a HSFS360, normal landing, just snapped. Second time on the awesome 06 replacement board, HSBS360, landing really heavy on the tail, snapped. Most recent was about 2 weeks ago. Poked out wake to wake stalefish, normal landing, loud pop, snapped.

Sucks when it happens cause you have to start bumming boards off your bros, but when the maker hooks you up with a new set-up its the best feeling in the world. Here is a picture of my most recent board split almost in half, enjoy. You can kind of see my old Transcend in the back, the crack wasn't as severe.

d22 · Guest

CulverBum, holy sh*t

Tennessee J · Criminal Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 76 City: Memphis

CulverBum, wow, you sure a truck didn't run over that Smile

SeaLyon · Posted: Oct 06, 2006 5:09 am Post subject:

That's one disadvantage of i liter board. Man that's a bummer.

PimpinD2 · Posted: Oct 06, 2006 5:11 am Post subject:

maybe u should stop riding that board...

Tennessee J · Criminal Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 76 City: Memphis

SeaLyon, is that you - the go - to guy for bimini tops?

SeaLyon · Posted: Oct 06, 2006 5:29 am Post subject:

Yeah, SeaLyon Marine Canvas now SeaLyon Marine Hut. Did we do a top for you?

Tennessee J · Criminal Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 76 City: Memphis

no, but I came by early in the summer with my Prostar 205 to measure for a bimini and there was a waiting list of like 10 weeks. Anyway, let me know when you clear up this winter and I'll get you to put a bimini on.

SeaLyon · Posted: Oct 06, 2006 6:02 am Post subject:

It gets pretty crazy here in the summer. I'll keep you posted when we slow down a little.

Tennessee J · Criminal Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 76 City: Memphis

gene3x · Addict Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 759 City: Dallas

They say those CWB boards are solid but I snapped my Marius on a Roll to Revert. It looks similar to the Transcend above. Of course I am 6'2" 225lbs and try to go as big as possible. Very Happy