Kahuna Mako Molokai Downwind board

[blackeye]

I get the impression that Kahuna boards have carbon for show, not as a technical material. I would think that if carbon is being placed on only one surface, that the choice would be the bottom, not the deck, and certainly not the standing area. I have an older Kahuna 12-6. The carbon version, but again the carbon is only on the deck. That criticism aside, it looks like their quality has come a long way. And Robon, thanks for a good critical review.

[Dusk Patrol]

Yes, I wondered about Kahuna's description of it's carbon construction:

  "...wrapped with a biaxial carbon fiberglass cloth, with 3k carbon in the standing area." 

What is "carbon fiberglass cloth"??  Is it glass... is it carbon... is it marketing...the internet does not have a ready answer...

[singingdog]

Yes, I wondered about Kahuna's description of it's carbon construction:

  "...wrapped with a biaxial carbon fiberglass cloth, with 3k carbon in the standing area." 

What is "carbon fiberglass cloth"??  Is it glass... is it carbon... is it marketing...the internet does not have a ready answer...

Could be the cloth that some canoe builders use: fibres running one direction are carbon, cross fibres are glass. Maybe?