Board Trimming

[The Surgeon]

So I've just seen a board for sale. Trampa. It's been really trimmed down. This looks like a great idea. I've got a 15 ply 15 deg Trampa Long.

 

It's pretty heavy but then I've got hefty old trucks on it. I weigh 13.5 stone but reckon there's hardly any flex in the board so I could easily start 'taking bits away' like the one I've seen for sale.

 

Has anyone got any advice on just how much is safest? I'm looking for some pics I suppose of when this has been done succesfully and maybe any boffins can talk me through the stress paths in the board so I can sort my own design?

 

 

All help gratefully received.

 

Rodge

[br3n]

haha... dont take too much out or you'll end up with one like mine, unrideable

[Morgan]

take some off try it if its not what you want take more off, its down to preference how much flex you want so your best bet is to shave some off and keep trying it and go from there.

[Chris Bainbridge]

The fact that its a long Trampa deck make it a naturally heavy deck, and make it hard to loose much weight from, so if you really want a much lighter board you'd be better off selling it and buying something like a MBS Pro 90.

 

However if a new board isn't an option, then the best way to remove a significant amount of weight is to move the trucks inwards a couple of cm if theres room then really trim the tips down, then you could also take a little bit out of the middle of your board, between the bindings. The problem is doing this will slighlty increase the ride height, althoughits not usually that much of a problem.

 

Strip down your board to the bare deck, cover it with wide masking tape then figure out where you want to reposition the trucks to, then CAREFULLY mark on and re-drill your deck, then draw yor new trimmed deck shape onto the masking tape and follow the lines round with a jigsaw. Trampas are easy to cut so it shouldnt take too long, but its deffinately a good idea to take your time over getting the edges right. Once you've got your new shape deck you can sand off the edges and finish them off with some wet and dry paper to give a nice finish.

 

You should be able to loose 400g or more depending how much you your willing to take off, but as mentioned it is best to only take material out of the middle a little bit at a time.

 

Hope that helps.

[Tyler Durden]

Making the wheelbase as short as possible will have the most effect on the feel of the deck, although doing this only will not reduce the weight it will reduce the spin weight which is quite significant.

 

Like Chris said shortening the wheel base will increase the ride height, and will make your board even stiffer. This in turn allows you to remove more board material. ]

 

When cutting the board, the more you can take from the tips the better, then you can either "waist" the board like Kitedeck did, or just drill holes, or a combination of the two.

 

have fun, and make sure we get to see before, during and after pics.

 

Here's my effort:

 

http://www.kitegallery.net/d/71681-2/Unholy_Trampa_005.jpg

 

I also did a GI Flight Light:

 

http://www.kitegallery.net/d/71699-2/GI_Flight_Liter_002.jpg

 

More photos here - http://www.kitegallery.net/misc/Tyler-Durden/Project-Boards/

[Capt Slog]

Found you rowlf.

 

Forgive the intrusion and going off topic, this is a game of hide and seek being played in the Barzone.

[DanielJeyes]

Tyler - Where did u get the trunks for your board?

[Tyler Durden]

They are prototype NXS trucks from Kitedeck.

 

Have a look here http://www.kite-deck.com/