Back then I searched hard but could find anywhere online with international postage. Bumbles email bounced.
In the end I found a 10’ bisect on eBay and I happened to be close to it in London at the point in time so I jumped on it.
It worked ok but in the end i came to the conclusion that a 8’ mini mal offers no disadvantage compared to this longboard… Unlike a decent performance longboard. All it is is extra weight and its as bad as a SUP to bring to the beach.
Skip forward a few years and I don’t even know where in the world I’m going to be in 6 months time so it seems to make sense to get something portable. This time something like a 6’4" fast pin tail single fin.
But where can I buy this online? MES don’t seem to ship and their retailers are retail stores… And these don’t seem to have them anyway
I guess I should drop the idea by now and carry a normal board…
I just can’t face shelling out for something again which will probably end up left behind in another country again.
split boards is a term used more for snowboards that can be turned into touring/climbing skiis before being reassembled for the drop.
A great question, however, as the patent is now expired on the bi-sect surfboard.
Understand little interest from the short board only crowd, as boards have gotten so small not an issue to travel with.
For the longboard tribe, however, sure would make sense. Probably doesn’t pencil out, however, for a large scale effort.
Once 3D printers are able to construct a full board, should be simple to build as a bi-sect. I imagine George Gall could figure that one out over a weekend with the right technology at his disposal.
Sorry for the 2 person bump but it’s better to keep info in one place.
We need a kit for builders to add this for those of us who have no choice. Otherwise it’s going to have to be a case of something horrendous like this. They don’t even say that it’s inflatable:
That was an amazing project! If only I still had access to a workshop. I’m not sure on the details of the joint. How light is it compared to carbon tubes? What’s the best stringer to anchor it to and how?
The issue I had with carbon tubes was that I couldn’t source a tube that fits neatly within another tube.
I built it around a hollow wooden surfboard HWS, so the stringer is wood, 1cm wide and reinforced at the important spots. The joint between two segment is not a real joint, theey are just buttjoined, with a little piece of rubber to equalize tolerances. But within the butt joint, there is a wooden dowel to the left and the right to help against torsion forces.
For sure it is much heavier than two carbon rods, but this includes everything, the rope, the rope tensioners, the extra wood, the rubber etc. I would estimated that this 4pc could have been about 1.2kg lighter without the split feature, but if I remember well it is about 7’2-7’4 and weighs about 6kg. But this was a prototype with a wooden skeleton and spray or can building foam (a light on). If I would built it again, I would do it without the foam and some changed details, resulting in a weight of 5,4kg approx.
