surfdoode2 Posted April 27, 2011 Report Posted April 27, 2011 Trying to decide between a CKB LB28 and a Trampa (similar prices I think). Which would you recommend? Any opinions on the CKB mountain boards? Thanks, Mark Quote
heres jonny Posted April 27, 2011 Report Posted April 27, 2011 Think I've told you my opinions in the for sale thread ... I had the option to go for CKB or trampa a couple of years back, went for used CKB and never looked back ... don't get me wrong trampa are great decks, catering for a big share of the landboard market, but the creme de la creme of the landboard market would be a deck from CKB or design extreme, neither of which are producing boards at the moment, so a CKB if its available is a great choice (: Quote
plummet Posted April 27, 2011 Report Posted April 27, 2011 carbon over thermoplastic every time. !!! so. ckd. Quote
heres jonny Posted April 27, 2011 Report Posted April 27, 2011 carbon over thermoplastic every time Like ^^^ Quote
airjunkie1599968718 Posted April 27, 2011 Report Posted April 27, 2011 i would go for CKB over trampa but make sure it's not to soft for your weight - not much you can do about it if it is Quote
captain caveman Posted April 28, 2011 Report Posted April 28, 2011 carbon .......... makes you feel slightly more special Quote
surfdoode2 Posted April 28, 2011 Author Report Posted April 28, 2011 Haha, ok, seems like a fairly clear answer! Thanks for the advice Quote
redmark Posted April 28, 2011 Report Posted April 28, 2011 just incase you are still not sure CKBHaha, ok, seems like a fairly clear answer! Thanks for the advice Quote
Westwood Posted April 28, 2011 Report Posted April 28, 2011 As someone who has to deal with the less fun parts of carbon boards I will issue a warning. Make sure the deck is not too thin and flexy. Make sure it has not been cut so narrow it twists too much. Carbon is light and poppy but it doesnt have great torsional rigidity. This can mean it breaks truck baseplates regularly. These will not be covered by warranty either. Quote
heres jonny Posted April 28, 2011 Report Posted April 28, 2011 As someone who has to deal with the less fun parts of carbon boards I will issue a warning. Make sure the deck is not too thin and flexy. Make sure it has not been cut so narrow it twists too much. Carbon is light and poppy but it doesnt have great torsional rigidity. This can mean it breaks truck baseplates regularly. These will not be covered by warranty either. the old baseplate thing rears its head again... baseplates break on all boards...period... its a given with freestyle landboarding that you will break baseplates... ive got a similar design to LB28, many others have them, they were a run of identical shaped decks (i think a run of 10, watercut), and theyre solid as anything... sure you break baseplates, but youll break them on any deck, theyve broken on trampas, scrub, mbs and ckb with all the guys i fly with... i have a very thin cut deck (width), LB33, cut down to 110mm i think in the middle (ill measure)... but its a tight weave deck (as is LB28 and that run of decks) so doesnt have a lot of torsional flex, it also has ridiculously thin tips and ive only ever broken one baseplate on it... ive snapped more pivots, axles and baseplate pivout housings than baseplate corners,,, as for the flex, even a thin ply ckb has more pop than a similar flex trampa... the flex on a carbon deck is more progressive i feel, on a trampa it seems to flex the same all the way through the flex curve right down to bottoming out, my ckb's flex to a point, then theyre pretty stiff and have a huge amount of "spring back" feeling from that point, which i love, presumably this is the "pop" of the deck, its insane obviously im biased as i ride ckb, but theyre brilliant. im sure if i started out on trampas rather than ckb id be a trampa fan boy... both are great, both will break baseplates, both flex, both can be cut too thin, both can bottom out (ive yet to bottom out my flexy ckb, let alone my stiffer one) Quote
slide Posted April 28, 2011 Report Posted April 28, 2011 CKB deck's are like rare collectable ferrari's, so it is a collecter's piece - check rider weight tho, as most seem to be for light rider's Quote
Dubs Posted April 28, 2011 Report Posted April 28, 2011 Tip; use lock washers and nylon nuts and soft risers, dont over tighten you bolts = never break a base plate. I have the sister board to the LB28. You wont know how amazing carbon is till you try it next to pretty much any board. Back to back trampa feels like your riding a wet sponge.... Although I do still love trampas, carbon's just a cut above. Quote
parksy Posted April 28, 2011 Report Posted April 28, 2011 CK---CKB-----CK--- CKB---- C---K----- C------K------B....................THERE'S ONLY ONE!!!!!!!!! C-----------K--------------B. The day I have to leave my board will be a sad day indeed, I intend to live a long and happy life with her, and I don't care how many base plates get snapped in the time we are together, one day we may be able to find someone who can supply a plate that doesn't have snap off corners and live happily ever after! In the meantime it is a small price to pay for the pleasure she gives me. I Quote
heres jonny Posted April 28, 2011 Report Posted April 28, 2011 Lol Steve, been on the drink again? You do have an unnatural love for your CKB and flysurfers though :L Quote
Sammy1599968740 Posted April 28, 2011 Report Posted April 28, 2011 Have ridden LB28 and LB30 a fair bit. I don't really want nat to sell it its such a nice board. I'm 12 stone and haven't bottomed it out. Cracking little lightweight freestyle board. Needs to be ridden and a bit more though, not just sat in garage! Quote
parksy Posted April 28, 2011 Report Posted April 28, 2011 lol@ Jonny, if you owned the LB44 and my Arrow, 12S2 and 8m S2, wouldn't you love them unnaturally?? Quote
heres jonny Posted April 28, 2011 Report Posted April 28, 2011 Well I suppose, I do love my proto deck quite a lot, it sleeps under my bed cos its cold outside Quote
heres jonny Posted April 28, 2011 Report Posted April 28, 2011 And, didn't know you had an 8m speed why don't you ever fly it? Quote
parksy Posted April 28, 2011 Report Posted April 28, 2011 Cos it scares me haha I prefer bigger kites in less winds, the 8m needs higher 20's and then it's too quick for an old bloke like me, I'll sling it in van if you fancy a fly. PS it's the one that pulled my shoulder out!!!! Quote
surfdoode2 Posted April 29, 2011 Author Report Posted April 29, 2011 Ok, well the one I'm looking at is for 8-10stone riders and im almost 11stone. But I was considering the fact that when I'm landing with a kite my landings aren't as heavy as my normal downhill landings (even when i'm going higher)! Or do you think being a stone too heavy will be a problem? Quote
Afro1599968737 Posted April 29, 2011 Report Posted April 29, 2011 they are designed for kiting, so downhill doesnt come in to it. too much flex can eventually contribute to delamination. can you try it first? one option is to bolt a strip of carbon under the grab handle to stiffen the board, but i dont know how that affects the ride. Quote
parksy Posted April 29, 2011 Report Posted April 29, 2011 Or chop an arm off! You won't regret it. Well, you might, a bit. Quote
parksy Posted April 29, 2011 Report Posted April 29, 2011 Or you could ask nat if she got a mate who is 11 stone to jump up and down on it to see if it bottoms out! How high you jumping and how heavy you landing? Unless you coming down from 20 feet with straight legs, you gonna want a flexy board. Though if you comin down from 20 feet with straight legs, you won't be riding for long anyway haha Quote
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