I donāt know if there is a soft epoxy but from what I heard from boat builders, they use polyester for parts that needs to be rigid and epoxy for those that need some flex.
I didnāt expect table top epoxy to be cheaper than laminating epoxy here it is the other way around. I live on an island so lots of people use resin for boats or surfboards which is what sells the most compared to table top epoxy.
What I mean by āsoftā is that perhaps they use less hardener? I know the less hardener you use, the softer the final product, butā¦ It just doesnāt look like epoxy at all. It looks and feels like something else entirely, though I suppose I could be thrown off by the addition of additives, and colorants. Whatever Trampa is making their decks out of is almost so soft that I can dig my nails into it, but not quite. I had a Kaly deck come in the mail today, worlds of difference between how hard they are.
The Kaly deck feels like a monolithic piece of glass or ceramic, and it sounds like it when you knock on it, where as my Trampa decks are soo much softer.
Ross
I love your work here!!
No point asking Frank what mixture they use but letās see if we have more luck learning what type of resin @kaly uses. edit tho it may take a while before he sees this 
I kinda suspect the rigidity of the Kaly XL comes from the shape i.e the gas pedals more than the resin but I wouldnāt be surprised to be wrong.
itās in the layup and materialsā¦
not the gas pedalsā¦ and you can get a noodly kaly if ya really wannaā¦
Cheers 
DIY chopped Tesseract, first esk8 Iāve ridden, built for myself before Iād ever been on one. HahA
The wings and the balsa wood giving it mass on the z axis (like an i-beam) coupled to the carbon. The wings concentrate the flex to the center of the board. Iām really glad the board still flexes, but much stiffer than a Trampa.
there is no balsa in a kaly
there is basalt
basalt is not a wood
Those blue connectors are awesome. Iāve got some for an upcoming build, but I have yet to field test them. Any problems?
I thought he chose a balsa core?
Have you listened to the most recent podcast he was on?
Fully Synthetic construction using Carbon fiber, Basalt and fiberglass.
Perfect for shredding all type of terrain.
- Medium Flex: A carving paradise, for riders up to 190 pounds.
- Hard Flex: Full size riders territory, up to 240 pounds and the lighter speed demons.
Been Ok so far
Iām not referring to that. Iām referring to the podcast in which he refers to using balsa as his core material- which is an industry standard.
To the best of my knowledge, āCarbon fiber, Basalt and fiberglass.ā are not core materials, they are your laminationās. I could be wrong. I know some people donāt use any core materials, but thatās just silly when building anything structural- you need a core.
i think you sniff wayyyyyyyyy to much lead
Or, it could be I obsessively watch layup videos?
So if someone wants a good one that doesnāt cost a million bux (West System 105) what would you recommend?
stop by here sometime:
and edumcate me
Your deck uses a core. What is there to talk about?
