Tutorial - How To build a custom Airstyle T-Handle

[Toby]

Carbon is way cooler than alloy tho!... and lighter and stronger

of course, but if grip tape around, the coolness fades

And might be even more slippery for grip tape, if you have rounded edges etc...

weight...does not matter. you don't want to have your board very light for certain tricks.

[Zkatez]

I used tennis grip tape myself, the sticky stuff. Has some padding with it. Soft but firm easy to grip and it won't rotate on the handle...you can't have it rotating at all. I tried some roof rack foam stuff and it didn't work, definetly needs glueing above. Looks a great handle man.

I took some neopreen (old suit) glued it. That was too soft and rotate. I taped it tightly, to take out to much softness. Soft, but not rotating. This way, no need to round up the edges.

[flybykite]

The reason for the CF is because I have the material and minimal tools are needed. I'm in Vietnam or else I'd just order one from mac. Translating what I want to a local metal worker seems like a big headache.
Couldn't find tennis tape or similar so I'm going to use a bike tube wrapped around tightly and glued. Not too concerned about the cool factor in this project just durability.

Toby,
how tall is the handle from the deck? I was thinking somewhere in the 7-10 cm range.

[Toby]

like 7.5 cm