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That long beach is hard on gear
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or chinook is using less than the best aluminum...
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Sorry to see the damage.

On the bright side if the base was carbon it likely would have broken resulting in rig/board separation (and potentially more sail/mast damage in the shore break) and better the tail broke as it is cheaper to replace than the arms.
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C36 wrote:Sorry to see the damage.

On the bright side if the base was carbon it likely would have broken resulting in rig/board separation (and potentially more sail/mast damage in the shore break) and better the tail broke as it is cheaper to replace than the arms.
I wonder if carbon bases, especially longer ones, flex enough that they don't bend/kink/snap like aluminum ones. Aluminum booms are brutal for breakage. Carbon is the way (initial $$$$$ hit but over long run possibly cheaper).
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spoken like a true kiter Chris! I see through what you wrote there...admit it you hate windsurfers. :D
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C36 wrote:Sorry to see the damage.

On the bright side if the base was carbon it likely would have broken resulting in rig/board separation (and potentially more sail/mast damage in the shore break) and better the tail broke as it is cheaper to replace than the arms.
winddoctor wrote:I wonder if carbon bases, especially longer ones, flex enough that they don't bend/kink/snap like aluminum ones. Aluminum booms are brutal for breakage. Carbon is the way (initial $$$$$ hit but over long run possibly cheaper).
I thought the same thing, until I saw three extensions crushed in the waves, all carbon. I have seen aluminum extensions bend (like Gwind's, but haven't seen any break). As for carbon booms - Ben did two last summer and Chris Klohn warranted three from memory (big guy snapped them doing forwards).

edit: Heard that Chinook warranted the boom. Hope that happened.
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