Hyperlite - My board is changing color!

sandman 03-05-2004, 1:57 PM

I took my bindings off of my 02' Premier last night only to discover my board has dramatically changed color. The entire board (other than the area under the baseplates) now has a reddish/pink hue to it. Almost looks like a sunburn. It is most noticeable in the darker region near the fron half of the board. THe back half where it fades to white is not nearly as noticeable. Has anyone else noticed this on their Hyperlite board?

beerdrnknboardr 03-05-2004, 2:29 PM

yeah, my old byerly looks like that, and as i recal my double up looked like that last time i took my bindings off. And now that i think about i'm pretty sure it happened to my hl project too

david_jackson 03-05-2004, 3:18 PM

use a boat wax and it will help rivive it it happend with my premier too

brettly 03-05-2004, 3:35 PM

mine is still cool, but then I keep it in a bag

(thane_dogg) · (thane_dogg) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 03-05-2004, 3:38 PM

it's called fade. the sun does that to everything.

cmm83 03-05-2004, 4:24 PM

sun? what is this "sun"? lol
Yeah my TFD is faded now too :-(

(blabel) · (blabel) **Join Date: Jul 2001** 03-05-2004, 4:26 PM

It's definitely time to get a new one. Fade's will hold you back big time.

(hobag) · (hobag) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 03-05-2004, 4:39 PM

Yea, fade sucks but the boards now are way better than five or six years ago

brettly 03-05-2004, 5:23 PM

yep sounds like a reason to get a new board!

wakeboard_iraq 03-05-2004, 6:12 PM

I am always up for a new board but 2 things before you do anything:
1. Hyperlite says in no uncertain terms that you should never put anything on your board other than soapy water - I dont recommend you wax it.

2. Put the boots back on, you wont notice the fade....

beerdrnknboardr 03-05-2004, 6:44 PM

or you could just put so many stickers on it you cant even see the board, or spraypaint

(autotunner69) · (autotunner69) **Join Date: Feb 2003** 03-05-2004, 6:55 PM

during the winter(non-riding season) I take my bindings off the board. I left them on for like two weeks one time and then went to take them off and it felt as if they where glued on. and I also take them off every night(during season) to prevent having fading or worse from ever happening to the board. $500, investment-oh I think so.....

(kristian) · (kristian) **Join Date: Nov 2002** 03-05-2004, 10:59 PM

My old LF used to do that bad. It would get a tan, went from bright yellow to brown. Then in the offseason where I put it in the closet, it went back to yellow, then season came around, went back to that yellow-brown colour.