The North German company SchierBoards, based in Stade near Hamburg, produces handmade and individual wakeboards from SAERTEX non-crimp fabrics. They are not conventional wakeboards as they’re known. The boards are completely made of carbon fiber and a wooden core.
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The story began with a crazy idea. The two founders, Daniel and Lars, met in 2012 at a training course on fiber composite components. Since Lars works at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and is involved in CFRP development there, both the know-how and the materials for their own boards were available. Shortly thereafter, the first wakeboard was created in the garage. It was not as easy as they had initially thought. Stiffness, flex, and many other details had to be taken into account. To perform a more detailed analysis of the boards, Dominik, who also works at DLR, was brought on board. He calculates and simulates complex components. So why not try his hand at a wakeboard?
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Extreme lightweight
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High stiffness
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High load capacity
Numerous analyses and tests were carried out to ensure that all materials in the different layers work together harmoniously. Only paulownia wood is used for the wood core, as it offers optimal properties such as stiffness and flexibility. This wood core is surrounded by several layers of SAERTEX carbon fabric. The use of carbon enables high loads to be carried with minimal component weight. In addition, the edge is coated with a special resin mixture and the underside of the board consists of an abrasion-resistant laminate, which develops special properties in combination with CFRP.
Thanks to the SAERTEX material, the wakeboards are much more stable and lighter than conventional boards. The lightest boards from the Stade-based company weigh less than 3 kilograms. All wakeboards are handmade and therefore not mass-produced. This makes each wakeboard unique.
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