this may be an ignorant question but is the new fastrack system much of an advantage to water bourne boards? i can clearly see how it is for snowboards as powder riding is such a different story to groomers. but water is water isn't it? i'm not much of a surfer persay i roll TT's, an i can safely say whether its boots or straps one stance is it......??
Nothing new about adjustable fin tracks, mast tracks
Just more bits to come loose, wear out, seize & fail
For the small benefit cant see the need besides something different
for the sake of it!!
My 2 cents!!
for the surfer who wants to use the board unstrapped and wax under the front foot - its a a disadvantage - because you have this grove under your foot which doesnt feel good
If you do use straps then once its on you dont need to adjust -
I agree - gimmick
I also think it will affect the flex of the board as it is a long solid strut that wont allow the board to flex in that area
As a board builder i can say (with nothing against SS) this it a total gimmick, i would never waist time building boards with this kind of setup, although it would probably be faster in production speed therefore cheaper. As for flex it would make zero difference either way.
Cheers,
Dan
It actually depends what the track is made from
If you asume its made out of a plastic with no flex then it probably wont flex much haha
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I can tell you that this setup allows for a lot more flex than with a regular pack of inserts in which flex is non-existent. The only way you can get flex with regular inserts is to have them separate, in which case they will pull out easily.
I think this idea is good for wakeboard/ twintips, it saves weight, adds easily changeable stance between many different boots and baseplates and allows for flex directly outside of where your binding ends.
The only idea I don't like is the stance possibly slipping and changing (however I haven't tried it yet so I don't know about that).
Does anyone know if the track is available to buy as a separate unit in Oz yet? For example to install in any surfboard..
