Vent Hole Question - Naish Glide

[juandoe]

It is like Pascal's wager, if it helps, great, if it doesn't help, no harm done (assuming you can remember to close it)

[stillwater]

Living at 6200' I have seen delamination occur with boards not vented. Whenever traveling down to sea level I unscrew the vent plugs, but I have also forgot to put back in the frenzy of getting out into the surf. My bad. The no brainer model would be the gortex style vent but when do you know if membrane has been compromised? If the board doesn't have venting we will retrofit it with vent. Expensive test, better to be safe than sorry. Living at high elevation poses an additional issue beyond just temperature changes.