Alternative to CKB or X-Shape Decks?

[Bommi]

Good evening

I am looking for a new light freestyle landboard deck. CKB and X-Shape are not producing anymore. Does anybody know another vendor?

Thanks for your answer :)

Henrik

[bakersdozen]

7 hours ago, Bommi said:

Good evening

I am looking for a new light freestyle landboard deck. CKB and X-Shape are not producing anymore. Does anybody know another vendor?

Thanks for your answer

Henrik

Hi Henrik, and welcome to Extreme Kites. Where are you from and what is your story?

Have you tried for anything suitable from Trampa? They have a small, but customisable, selection for kiteboard specific decks;

https://trampaboards.com/kiteboard-decks-c-233.html

[Bommi]

Thanks, bakersdozen!! I am living in Thuringia, Germany (btw this is my homespot: Google Maps).

My Story is that I love kiting since I was a child.  Unfortunately I never got into kitelandboarding or kitesurfing or anything else that moves with a kite until last summer . Since then I spend almost every free minute between board and kite.

Now that I made some progress I want a lighter kitelandboard for the winterseason. At the moment I have a Next Redux which is really big and heavy. Guess it is 110cm long and weights arount 9kg. I really liked it in the past, expecially when shredding over the field. But now I feel that I need something more agile. I tried a Trampa Holypro 35° but it is not that much lighter than my Redux. I then tried a Trampa Holypro 15° and I really liked the overall weight but I find it too short and too speedwobbely. So i decided I will go with skate trucks but with a longer deck. I then looked for a longer deck and I found the X-Shape decks. They are longer but still much lighter than the Trampa decks. So I ordered a X-Shape deck and Trampa parts. I now got the Trampa parts but X-Shape let me know that they are not producing anymore. Now I have really nice trucks and wheels and no deck. I asked CKB and but the are out of business too. I also asked an CFK manufacturer which was mentiond in this forum but which name I forgot but they didnt answer my request yet....

Reading a little bit into this forum I am now considering a DIY board but before getting deeper into that I wanted to ask, if there is another alternative :).

[bakersdozen]

Thanks for sharing your story @Bommi ! Have you tried to reach out to Trampa and tell them what you are trying to achieve? Based on your weight and preferences, they may be able to customise a board for you ie. ply layers and drill patterns etc. The Holypro 35° you tried may have been a 17ply (maximum stiffness and weight), so it still may suit you in a lighter ply. Also to cut some weight off, you can trim the board down - there are heaps of posts on here about people doing that in the past. Failing that, you can always look into DIY - @plummet on here made his own carbon fibre board some years back.

[Randy]

BTW -I like the spot you ride at.  If I zoom in, seems like I can see your tracks.