broken cwb

I was riding this weekend in my first tournament and my board snapped in the middle of my run. It's an '08 trans plat. So anyways, I talked to CWB and they are replacing it and in the time in between I was just gonna ride my 05 absolute plat. I went out with some friends last night and the same thing happened again. My absolute plat snapped right down the middle just like the transend. Now I have nothing to ride! Never hit any sliders or anything. I posted a pic of the transend plat, but I don't have any pics of the absolute cause it just happened last night. Is there anything that I can do? Will CWB back me since its a few years old? Thanks

you know what CWB stands for right...

Connelly Wakeboards or Connelly's Will Break?

that is pretty sweet looking... welll err uhhh... in a bad way of course... but it is kinda kool to see the rods and stuff inside.

seems i always hear CWB has one of the best customer supports. it doesnt hurt to ask or even mention it to them.

As a guy who will probably never even come close to breaking a board, I'm amazed at your ninja-like board-breaking skillz...what trick were you throwing when it happened?

Crappy Wake-Boards

Oh please, I have just as much, if not more warranty claims on other brands I sell then CWB.
The platies will break, they are light, but C-dub stands behind there boards.
It doesn't matter if the board is a few years old, as long as it hasn't hit sliders, they will replace the board.

You know one good way to get a definite answer is to do what you did on the Transcend. Call CWB. Everyone on here will just say stupid stuff about CWB or guess if they'll replace it. If you talked to em once, talk to em again.

They'll replace it for sure as long as you haven't hit sliders.

Were your bindings good and tight? Looks like it broke right under the binding on the screw holes..

Hope so, Hyperlite is the only one out there with a lifetime warranty

Time to go on a diet?

My friend has broken 3 transcend plats in a month. Each time they replace it. His current one has 2 extra layers of carbon fiber. I think it is holding up better.

Ha, thats exactly what I was thinking Dan!
rp, yes the bindings were good and tight. I did my first trick and someone on shore said they heard it snap and I think that since the bindings were tight they were what was holding it together and when I went to do the next jump, it just exploded when I hit the water.
I just talked to CWB and we've got this all straightened out. I just thought it was crazy that I have been riding for this long and all that I have ever seen are small cracks and never have seen a board completely snap and all of the sudden, two in four days.

Nice Work! I'm a Big guy and I went through that a few years back broke 8 boards over a summer 5 cwb's 3 Hyperlites, Both have good customer service cwb's has faster service. Only happened when I took tricks into the flats and landed tail first in the back seat. I had to work on my form (went to a camp in FL and road with Dean Lavalle for a week) and have since not broken any boards..

You must be going big these days or something. Sounds to me like you'll be getting a new '08 Transcend and a new '08 Absolute. They'll replace both of them.

Steeze... Hyperlite finally implemented their lifetime deal because CWB was killing them in the warranty department. I've never known anyone that broke a CWB and didn't get it replaced with a new one. The only exception is if the board had hit sliders.

FWIW... The plattys do break. They're super light and stiff. Eventually something has to give. That said, it really depends on the rider. I can go seasons without breaking those boards, but I've got friends that can break one every set. All boards will break eventually if you ride them hard enough.

Well glad they are taking care of you. Big props to CWB warranty! I just received an '08 Faction last week from a warranty. Didn't involve a broken board though...

My buddy Kyle broke two Ronix boards last month!!! Guess it's not limited to a specific brand.

I always hear of CWB's awesome warranties, hype is great too though.

How bad does the fall hurt after you break a board??

Just broke my 08 Marius last week and it wasn't a platty. Broke in the same place. Took a backroll w2w pretty big and cased the wake a little and heard a noise and looked down as I rode away and noticed my board was broke. I never thought I would break a board. Cdub sent a new one out next day and my dealer gave me a loner for a week or so.

I've seen a friend break 2 Ronix One boards last year and another that broke a hyperlite. Has anyone broken a lf board?

Is it just me or does any one else think that boards and bindings only have about a year of good riding in them.

I was curious about the severity of the crash on a broke board too. I had a friend break a ski a few years back jumping the wake. Looked like he decided to drop a ski and slalom right after he landed but it was the wrong foot. It had rods running the length of the ski that held it together or else the front end flying off could've done some real damage.

its probably cause your a fatty ....fatty

Eat your heart out Hurt! Ha

I have only broken two boards (well 3, but one wasn't riding) but both didn't snap in half like the one above. Both of mine were inserts being ripped out of the board. The 3rd was taking screws out of a board which was a 5 year old 2000 Hyperlite Fluid. In all three Hyperlite replaced the boards with brand new current model boards. Great customer service considering one of the boards was 5 years old!