I broke my board :(

I broke my board in Hatteras. Anyone else manage to break an Underground Kipuna in two like this? First time ever (for any board) for me.

What were you doing? :o give them an email, they might give you a discount or something on the next one ...
BTW Underground (used to be) based in my hometown

I was doing the usual (for 11 years now, mostly strapped and dabble in unstrapped), riding, surfing, and the occasional aerial. My primary board has always been a surfboard. This one lasted 10 months, my last one (an OR mako surf) lasted about 13 months (also broke it in Hatteras). My other 2 boards were customs, a NRG by John Amundson (also finally broke it in Hatteras... must be something in the water there ) and a homebuilt (by me) and they lasted 4 or more years each. Only ever buckled (cracked) the other boards never broke one in 2 before. The others were definately repairable but not worth it, it was time to move on.

I bought both the Kipuna and Mako thinking they could handle it better than most other production boards. I guess I was wrong.

Fixing the Kipuna would be a waste of time and it would never be the same and likely just break again.

I did contact Underground and they said it would not be covered. Their warrantee was for the original owner (it was a demo board). This covers damage from faulty construction. Surfboards are not constructed /designed the same as a twin tip (re: usually not as durable), and due to their size if landed wrong will likely break. There is no way to guarantee they will not break. Their surf style boards are really strong compared to surfboards but can still be broken. They did not offer any deals.

XtremeBigAir.com (where I bought it) did offer a discount on another purchase though.

I had to buy something in Hatteras to finish the trip though.

Sorry to break it to you (no pun intended) but it ain't the water. If you break that many boards landing your jumps, you'll either need to learn how to land softer or resign yourself to the fact that you're going to have to keep on buying boards. The OR and UG's are well known for being pretty rugged and surfboards just aren't designed for jumping.

Unless the core is crushed or water logged, personally I'd get it fixed. Some times the fixed board holds up better than the original. I snapped an 11' long board in some 2x head high surf a couple years back, got it repaired and it works just fine. At the rate you go through boards, I'd think you'd need at least one spare on hand. ;-)

I think 4 boards in 11 years is not that bad and the first board was retired not broken. I guess I'm paying for it now.:D

Unfortunately, no one can land it perfectly every time. It's the same reason they can not guarantee the board won't break.

I do have some board building and repair experience but have never done a split board repair. Seen some examples though. Not convinced that repairing it is worth the effort. This board doesn't have much material to work with compared to a traditional surfboard. The core is only 3/4" at the thickest. It has another 3/4" for the wood on the rail. It also broke right on an insert location. Too easy to make the repair too soft or too stiff I think.

I am liking the idea of making it into a chair though. The Mako looks great on the wall. :cool2:

I broke my Kipuna last month in Hawaii

Board was about a year old, broke it last month.
I don't jump my board, mainly ride surf style. Waiting to hear back from Underground. This is the second one broken on Hawaii in June 2011. I heard Fabian broke his too.