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eric
Since 13 Jan 2006
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I am still not going to say get a new board. I am still going to say that learning on what you have will be fine, and that once you are up and moving around--10 sessions +/---there are things that will work better, but by no means an end all.
Eric
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
6081 Posts
forever labled as the
retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master
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| Thu Mar 05, 09 2:44 pm |
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| tinyE wrote: | | pdxmonkeyboy wrote: | | my recommendation would by a slingshot fuse. |
i just so happen to have one for sale, cheap! |
Jeeez Brett, you hounding me or what? I guess if you had trounced me at chess I would do the same thing. 
BTW the fuse is long gone. It would be a great newb board though. good float, upwind like a champ and about as good as a twintip gets in the waves.
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Scribble
Since 18 Nov 2005
636 Posts
NoPo
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| Thu Mar 05, 09 7:34 pm |
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Make a lightwind board out of plywood and learn on that. I learned on an old Drake and I wish I would have started on something really wide. Hein made me a DIY flywood a couple years back and my first time on it I could instantly go upwind. I don't know if he's doing the DIY board anymore, but he took some pics of mine like he was going to sell some more. Or just cut out a shape and go with it. There are a couple of "make a light wind board" threads here. When you are up and riding you could then invest in a nice board and have a board for fooling around with in light wind.
Andy
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holly
Since 09 Jul 2006
440 Posts
Hood River
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| Thu Mar 05, 09 9:03 pm |
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| i recommend duck tape!!
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
4330 Posts
Hood River
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| Fri Mar 06, 09 9:45 am |
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You're such a girl. It's duct tape.
| holly wrote: | | i recommend duck tape!! |
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blowhard
Since 26 Dec 2005
2027 Posts
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| Fri Mar 06, 09 11:01 am |
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| Forrest wrote: | You're such a girl. It's duct tape.
| holly wrote: | | i recommend duck tape!! |
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Holly is right
I saw it was invented for the army to shed water from containers
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
6081 Posts
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| Fri Mar 06, 09 11:28 am |
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she is right.. its duck tape
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
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Hood River
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Hein
Since 08 Mar 2005
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| Fri Mar 06, 09 2:49 pm |
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Duck/Duct tape is for pansies...
Gorilla tape the bitch.
Get it at Hood River Supply.
Pimping  - it's so easy.
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mschulz
Since 29 May 2007
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Reno, NV
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| Fri Mar 06, 09 3:42 pm |
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| Hein wrote: | Duck/Duct tape is for pansies...
Gorilla tape the bitch.
Get it at Hood River Supply.
Pimping - it's so easy. |
This shit is the bomb .....
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holly
Since 09 Jul 2006
440 Posts
Hood River
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| Fri Mar 06, 09 9:47 pm |
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| yeah forrest thats right learn to read!!
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jac1313
Since 10 Nov 2007
36 Posts
Gresham
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| Mon Mar 09, 09 6:00 pm |
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| I have a board that I'd like to throw a grab handle on, but it isn't pre drilled for one. If i drill small pilot holes and screw it in...will it hold?
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Hein
Since 08 Mar 2005
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| Mon Mar 09, 09 6:04 pm |
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
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Los Angeles, CA
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| Mon Mar 09, 09 6:05 pm |
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Depends on the board. If it's something older with a mainly foam core such as what we were talking about above, nope, it's probably not going to hold (unless you drill all the way through). It it has wood stringers then you may be able to, but without sealed inserts, you'll probably just "ruin" the board. I'd either use stick on inserts (also posted above), or find a way to link between your straps/pads. Better yet, just ditch the handle! 
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blowhard
Since 26 Dec 2005
2027 Posts
Windward
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| Wed Mar 11, 09 10:46 am |
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| jac1313 wrote: | | I have a board that I'd like to throw a grab handle on, but it isn't pre drilled for one. If i drill small pilot holes and screw it in...will it hold? |
In experimenting with foot strap positions in thin ( 1"- )boards
I've been able to hog out the deck and attach the screw in type insert
and then resin them to the bottom of the board filling the hole with some cloth on top
and thusly making a hinge  but they didn't come out and the boards never hinged,,
there,
yet
But I don't have handles on my boards
so don't know the forces involved
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