ABoards: SFLS Anatomic System with D3O™ and Metal Fixators

[scklandl]

doesnt this stuff work the wrong way?

if Im landing hard I want my pads to be SOFT not hard and unforgiving,

[LiquidTempus]

doesnt this stuff work the wrong way?

if Im landing hard I want my pads to be SOFT not hard and unforgiving,

No you want your pads to absorb the impact. If you only have a soft pad, then you can end up compressing the soft material and bottoming out on the board.

With the D3O in the middle, when you have an impact your soft upper layer will compress and the D3O will begin to resist and spread the impact over a larger area in the soft under layer.

Then end result is you get more energy absorbed by the D3O pad than you would with a regular soft pad.

[Galeltic]

Great to see some New Technology in Pads.
Sweet with the 2011 Aboards.

We'll be pounding on these pads with the New 2011 X-Series Kiteboard.



Paul
www.PBKiteboarding.com

I wonder about do u sell this pad and strap without board ? if yes , how much ? in spring i would interest buying one set , thanks

[Starsky]

D30 looks cool as shit, but it doesn't make me want that board any!

[Kristoff]

A while a go i was looking to buy a Zseries, here are some shops who sell everything from Aboards..

http://www.pbkiteboarding.com/

http://www.brackleshamboardriders.co.uk ... ts_id=1403

http://www.airpadrekiteboarding.com/

[Zimo]

so how is it with this material - it becomes hard like stone at landings or not?

[KoenM]

so how is it with this material - it becomes hard like stone at landings or not?

LiquidTempus has it right ;

No you want your pads to absorb the impact. If you only have a soft pad, then you can end up compressing the soft material and bottoming out on the board.

With the D3O in the middle, when you have an impact your soft upper layer will compress and the D3O will begin to resist and spread the impact over a larger area in the soft under layer.

Then end result is you get more energy absorbed by the D3O pad than you would with a regular soft pad.

I read this also somewhere else ;

As described footpad consists from 5 layers and D3O material is just one of them - the middle layer inside pad. Whole pad from both top and bottom sides is soft. Therefore D3O works as middle shock absorbing layer and other layers ensure softness even at hard impacts.

I hope to try the pads in a week or two, from a local shop.

[Galeltic]

so how is it with this material - it becomes hard like stone at landings or not?

LiquidTempus has it right ;

No you want your pads to absorb the impact. If you only have a soft pad, then you can end up compressing the soft material and bottoming out on the board.

With the D3O in the middle, when you have an impact your soft upper layer will compress and the D3O will begin to resist and spread the impact over a larger area in the soft under layer.

Then end result is you get more energy absorbed by the D3O pad than you would with a regular soft pad.

I read this also somewhere else ;

As described footpad consists from 5 layers and D3O material is just one of them - the middle layer inside pad. Whole pad from both top and bottom sides is soft. Therefore D3O works as middle shock absorbing layer and other layers ensure softness even at hard impacts.

I hope to try the pads in a week or two, from a local shop.

good positive thinking and let 's us know after u try , one day thank

[suse]

From what i read on net d3o material does not become stone-hard at hits it still stays elastic

[Galeltic]

From what i read on net d3o material does not become stone-hard at hits it still stays elastic

thats very interesting but i wonder how long it would be lasting use ?