Heavyweight Composite Longboards?

I had an old  Fusion ASD heavyweight composite longboard and it was one of the best boards I have ever got off the shelf. The selling point for me was the bomb proof skins and glide. I think NSP and South Point both offer heavier longboards than Surftech and they sell loads of them. To me the Tufites lose the light weight advantage after 7'6" and they feel like you put on the brakes when you stop paddling.

Most of my friends and I only make and buy composites because after  a few boards with no major dings for years it is hard to go back to poly board that knee dents on your first session.

Good luck, 

all my recent boards end up heavy because i use thick 1/8"+ cedar/poplar/paulownia/ balsa wood skins and sometimes solid blue dow cores. Even a 1/16" sitka spruce or canadian maple skin will be heavier than 1/8" balsa.

i like the idea of keeping the core as light as possible and putting the extra weight in the skin because that's where most of the protection is needed on a day to day basis.Flex is more dependant on a composite's core thickness and foil than skin thickness anyway.

I wouldn't under estimate lightweight highperformance longboards though.

they won't glide or carry their momentum very far but if you're riding them like an oversized 6'2" because you weigh 350lbs like alot of the blalahs here in Owyhee then they serve a purpose. Those guys swing theirs around like a potato chip

most of the older and much wider blue collar construction types I know absolutely rip on their lightweight surftech 9'-10' longboards just like they were 20-30 years ago on their like 6'2" thrusters when they were 50-100 lbs lighter. Those surftech  lightweights have a following.

Interesting post.  I'm always amazed by how few shapers here play with their EPS core weights.  I'm pretty spoiled having Atua Cores nearby, and their offering in blanks goes from something like 13kg/m3 to over 40.  Most shapers seems to be obsessed with the lightweight cores, but like you I found that for my riding it just wasn't what I was looking for.

I had just about settled on around 30 weight for my standard EPS/epoxy boards, and then around 17 for my sandwich boards.  Skinned with thicker samba or balsa, I could really dial in the weight to come in equal to, or just a touch less than a 'regular board', and that's where it got interesting - really strong with a more traditional but lively ride.

Options are good thing, in my book.