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2010 LIMITED EDITION PROTO-TYPES 
In 2010 I concentrated on some fun projects,
also a few repairs and 8 carbon blanks  for riders to shape their own landboard designs.
Some details of the fun projects & repairs are described below.

Land board  LBXX

Using a solid carbon deck of medium flex I incorporated the truck mounting system into the deck itself.
The Kingpin is Titanium and goes through the deck. The pivot cup is held in an enlarged thickness tip.
The trucks are Version 001 solid carbon with Titanium stub axles and about half the weight of commercial ones but
still compatible with the skate mounting system.
The stub axles use shims and a SS circlip set in an annular grove to locate the bearings with the help
of a medium strength retaining compound to allow bearing replacement. These were originally  developed
to be used on the carbon hubs I made in 2008 with Polymer bearings.
(Version 002 trucks use the locknut and threaded axles to be compatible with standard bearing fit.)
The grab is solid carbon with a dense EVA foam bonded during the prepreg cure.
( probably could do with an extra layer of less dense foam for more comfort).
The footstraps are EVA foam pads with nylon straps held by a carbon buckle attached to a Kevlar-DuraSurf
strap and carbon L-shaped plate bolted to the deck with standard 2 cm spacing of M6 SS engineering screws
and  nyloc nuts.
The deck is relatively thin and has a thickened spine section which runs into the truck area to give torsional rigidity.
It is also not as waisted in the centre as other boards I have made.
The deck has a slightly lower COG than those using standard commercial truck mounting plates with more flex at the
tips due to the varying graduated thickness used in the foot to tip area. Spin rate is high due to reduced mass of trucks
and  stability at high speeds wasn't compromised due to thickened box section spine.

Tip detail with Carbon/Ti  trucks running on MBS Twistars, T3 tyres and 12mm bearings.  Carbon-Kevlar Footstraps

Feedback reports:  Jon Hayes  2010 CKB Team Rider


26th Sept 2010
"LBXX is standing up very good after initial problem with the trucks, ... but they're holding up fine, had a light wind session on
Saturday and the board performs amazingly with the pop it delivers, and on Sunday super powered in 28mph on 13m Venom 2.
The board again performs amazingly, pop is mental when joined with the big wind conditions, was awesome fun,
board was ridden hard and stood up well, the deck and tips are showing no signs of weakness, and the trucks are also
standing up fine to some pretty big jumps and kiteloop transitions so all is well :) also hit 36.6mph on LBXX on Sunday in
the big winds, was good fun, deck performs outstandingly in all areas.."

13th Nov 2010
"... the proto is still holding up fine, riding and looking sweet as
it did when i got it from you new :)"

Jon Hayes 

Prototype 2010 137 x 43 Wakestyle Carbon Board
Object: Increased flex at tips for press type tricks and prevent chop dig-in .
Maintaining rockerline between bindings under load.
Finless with channels for grip on flat landings. Stiff centre tucked rail for good grip & pop but smooth in transition.
Slidable Stainless steel inserts for flexible binding positions both stance and boot width.
Full carbon with solid carbon tips  to allow length  reduction for customisation. Graphite rails


Ronix Cells mounted on slider fixings

Rockerline ( 2.5 inch at tips)

   
Tip detail showing concaves and channels                     Branson Testing at St Annes.
Still needs a bit more work. Specifically:
Avoidance of sharp transition from stiff area to flexible area by  tapering carbon thickness more.
Increase of channel depth and re-model of rail to stabilise edge grip.

Prototype 2010 Kite Specific Wakeskate
Object: Cheap ( sub 100 GBP) fun board to use up surplus Epoxy Resin and other material.
Spec:
Size: 118 x 41 cm
Weight 4.5 Kilos
Concave: 3.5 mm at centre tapering flat towards tips
Rail profile radius 3.0 m
Durasurf 0.7mm base with carbon tips
Laminated Marine grade wood & Herex C71 core
Lamination bond: Black pigmented prepreg Epoxy Film
Top surface: Textured Black pigmented Epoxy ( Grip tape or EVA to be added later)

   
Jon Cook giving it a short test.                                              Video on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/18271472

    
Prior to edge finish  showing textured Epoxy grip                               Cross-section of lay-up with black Epoxy
(Grip tape later added)

2011 -  Development of 3-D Concave for top surface

2010  Limited Edition Landboards
LB56 Use of coloured carbon weaves in lay-up

LB52 fitted out with MBS components prior to shipment to USA
  
Before                      After

REPAIRS