Contact   Imprint   Advertising   Guidelines

Foil Board rail protection

A forum dedicated to Hydrofoil riders
Obe_1
Rare Poster
Posts: 24
Joined: Thu May 04, 2017 11:54 am
Local Beach: Lake Michigan
Favorite Beaches: Lake Michigan, LaVentana, Hatteras.
Style: Freeride, Wave
Gear: Shinn Monk, Ocean Rodeo Flites & Roam, Cabrinha Drifters, Blade Trigger, Slingshot RPM & Misfit, Groove Skate foilboard, Lift 150 V2 & 170, Liquid Force Rocket Foil, Overdrive
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0

Foil Board rail protection

Postby Obe_1 » Sun Dec 16, 2018 6:53 pm

Does anyone have any practical experience using a rail protection tape on a foam core hydrofoil board?
I see many of the SUP boards have this put on.
Just wondering how well it holds up on a hydrofoil board and if the slick clear or padded tapes work better.
I have seen some users using gorilla tape, but would prefer not to use that as I have a silver colored board.
The LaVentana beaches are more of a medium coral/gravel than sand and can scratch up a board easily.

User avatar
Mitaka
Frequent Poster
Posts: 202
Joined: Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:00 pm
Style: wave riding
Gear: Cabrinha Drifter, BRM Cloud D0, F-One MITU, KETOS foil
Has thanked: 5 times
Been thanked: 5 times

Re: Foil Board rail protection

Postby Mitaka » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:52 pm

I use clear polyurethane tape. Holds great for more than 2 years and does great job in protecting my rails.

Obe_1
Rare Poster
Posts: 24
Joined: Thu May 04, 2017 11:54 am
Local Beach: Lake Michigan
Favorite Beaches: Lake Michigan, LaVentana, Hatteras.
Style: Freeride, Wave
Gear: Shinn Monk, Ocean Rodeo Flites & Roam, Cabrinha Drifters, Blade Trigger, Slingshot RPM & Misfit, Groove Skate foilboard, Lift 150 V2 & 170, Liquid Force Rocket Foil, Overdrive
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0

Re: Foil Board rail protection

Postby Obe_1 » Mon Dec 17, 2018 12:28 am

Mitaka wrote:
Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:52 pm
I use clear polyurethane tape. Holds great for more than 2 years and does great job in protecting my rails.
Many Thanks. I found some polyurethane Helicopter tape that should work well. It should be able to hold up. Looks like some of the bike frame high Impact protective tapes may work also.
:dance:

DAnderson
Medium Poster
Posts: 130
Joined: Thu Aug 25, 2016 2:17 pm
Local Beach: SWFL
Gear: 14.5 A Flite
8/5 A Roam
18/12 soul 11/9 av8
15/9 s3
ha725/195
ML B3
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 13 times
Been thanked: 20 times

Re: Foil Board rail protection

Postby DAnderson » Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:40 am


User avatar
Mitaka
Frequent Poster
Posts: 202
Joined: Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:00 pm
Style: wave riding
Gear: Cabrinha Drifter, BRM Cloud D0, F-One MITU, KETOS foil
Has thanked: 5 times
Been thanked: 5 times

Re: Foil Board rail protection

Postby Mitaka » Mon Dec 17, 2018 8:11 am

I am buying car bumper protection film (designed to protect from stone chips and scratches), 60 cm wide, cut to the desired length in the shop. It is much cheaper than the offered tapes (same material) and it is easier to be cut to the desired width (2-3 cm for thin foil boards or 5-6 cm for thicker ones). Very easy to apply. I have the same film on my SUP board holding for more than 5 years.

scottnorby
Medium Poster
Posts: 192
Joined: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:33 pm
Kiting since: 1999
Weight: 210
Local Beach: WASHINGTON
HOOD RIVER
OREGON COAST
PISMO BEACH
LA VENTANA
Favorite Beaches: Northern Oregon coast downwinders
Gear: SPACESTICK - Foilsurfer - Wingsurfer
SPACESTICK- 5’3 MICRO convertible surf foil
NAISH - 2020 jet foils
SLINGWING V2
Tomo- Hydroshort
CHANNEL ISLAND SURFBOARDS - 6'8 bandit
FERAL wetsuits
Neil Pryde Armorskin wetsuits
Has thanked: 5 times
Been thanked: 11 times

Re: Foil Board rail protection

Postby scottnorby » Mon Dec 24, 2018 8:04 pm

Spacestick Foil boards (made by Cush surfboards) has a protective skin over the entire board.
And the rails are coated in Urethane---liquid Skateboard wheels, basically......tough stuff
(fyi--Most have foil tracks----this one has inserts to mount the foil)

www.spacesticklab.com
Attachments
Screen Shot 2018-03-07 at 9.49.25 PM.jpeg
IMG_7593.jpeg

slowboat
Very Frequent Poster
Posts: 783
Joined: Sat Jun 10, 2017 2:55 pm
Style: wave foiling
Gear: This and that
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 95 times
Been thanked: 104 times

Re: Foil Board rail protection

Postby slowboat » Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:20 pm

Mitaka wrote:
Mon Dec 17, 2018 8:11 am
I am buying car bumper protection film (designed to protect from stone chips and scratches), 60 cm wide, cut to the desired length in the shop. It is much cheaper than the offered tapes (same material) and it is easier to be cut to the desired width (2-3 cm for thin foil boards or 5-6 cm for thicker ones). Very easy to apply. I have the same film on my SUP board holding for more than 5 years.
How did you apply this? Surprised it says on a surfboard

Huib
Frequent Poster
Posts: 202
Joined: Fri Sep 18, 2015 4:23 pm
Kiting since: 2015
Local Beach: Brouwersdam, Ouddorp
Style: Hydrofoil
Gear: Groove Full carbon Wave, Ketos 118cm board, Ketos Foil, BRM Cloud E8+ 6.2 +4.8+3.7+ 2.8+2.2
Brand Affiliation: None
Location: Rotterdam
Has thanked: 30 times
Been thanked: 27 times
Contact:

Re: Foil Board rail protection

Postby Huib » Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:05 pm

Interesting topic. I have a lot of problems with protecting my Alpinefoil board VR5. The paint of the Alpine is very fragile and I have tried various types of tape. Nothing seems to help.
These are photos of some damages after 6 months of use.
WhatsApp Image 2019-01-07 at 16.36.04.jpeg
WhatsApp Image 2019-01-07 at 16.35.16.jpeg
WhatsApp Image 2019-01-07 at 16.34.43.jpeg

nothing2seehere
Very Frequent Poster
Posts: 1667
Joined: Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:25 pm
Kiting since: 2012
Weight: 72
Local Beach: Calshot, Hayling, Meon - Southcoast UK
Gear: Duotone Rebel, Evo SLS, Flysurfer Soul/Peak, Ocean rodeo jester, Airush Ultra, shinn boards
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 204 times
Been thanked: 292 times

Re: Foil Board rail protection

Postby nothing2seehere » Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:29 pm

That looks like you have fibre glass tape like they use on cricket bats on there. I would have expected that to have worked. Interesting!

Huib
Frequent Poster
Posts: 202
Joined: Fri Sep 18, 2015 4:23 pm
Kiting since: 2015
Local Beach: Brouwersdam, Ouddorp
Style: Hydrofoil
Gear: Groove Full carbon Wave, Ketos 118cm board, Ketos Foil, BRM Cloud E8+ 6.2 +4.8+3.7+ 2.8+2.2
Brand Affiliation: None
Location: Rotterdam
Has thanked: 30 times
Been thanked: 27 times
Contact:

Re: Foil Board rail protection

Postby Huib » Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:43 pm

nothing2seehere wrote:
Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:29 pm
That looks like you have fibre glass tape like they use on cricket bats on there. I would have expected that to have worked. Interesting!
Yes is fibre glass tape from Tesa.
I always wear the Majestic X slider rope trapeze and no helmet. Still a lot of damage.
Last edited by Huib on Wed Jan 09, 2019 3:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.


Return to “Hydrofoil”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot], Google [Bot] and 175 guests