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XTR construction

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 Tuesday, 18 Jun 2019 at 9:39pm

Anyone have experience with XTR construction ? Good , Bad , Indifferent ? What’s your view ?

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Supafreak Tuesday, 25 Jun 2019 at 8:16am

Anyone?

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surfstarved Tuesday, 25 Jun 2019 at 9:34am

Nope. Got any photos or links?

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brutus Tuesday, 25 Jun 2019 at 9:48am

very good technology , pretty expensive , but they use an i-blank which is a waterproof EPS blank , and very good laminations.....Javier has been doing them for a decade or more , have heard no negatives , he has a great stable of brands and makes a lot of Tomo's and Slater customs !!

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indo-dreaming Tuesday, 25 Jun 2019 at 3:49pm

Didn't know you could get them in OZ

Haven't tried them but would like too, always up for riding new builds.

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Hazrus Tuesday, 25 Jun 2019 at 8:47pm

I saw one or two CI’s on the Onboard store website a while ago... all gone now. Very interested in getting one.

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carpetman Thursday, 27 Jun 2019 at 9:09pm

Whats the difference between XTR and varial? Seems to be a similar foam type? Maybe different construction techniques? Ride reports of either?

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indo-dreaming Thursday, 27 Jun 2019 at 10:56pm

Thats a good question, they do seem very similar.

I think i have ridden one of them not sure what one (looked like blue foam?) one of Robbie page's boards (he was working with some label from France who was making them and at Maccas when i was there) but dims and shape wasn't to my liking so didn't get much out of it, board felt like a pig to me.