Hairline cracks in CI board?

General Discussion
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Thanks for the Info.  I stand corrected.  

Now my question is this?  How does CI keep any kind of quality control With that many shops doing the work? What the Op has is a factory defective product.  Does it really matter if it is from a bad batch of resin, poor workmanship or a simple screw up? 

CI has made a lot of money over the years. If they have a quality control problem they need to own up to it and do the right thing.  replace the board.  They may want to take it back to have it analyzed and find out what went wrong.  If it is from say a bad batch of resin then The Resin manufacture should be taking responsibility.  If  a glass shop screwed up then it is on them and with CI shooting a but load of boards their way that shop had better make some changes. 

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playing devil’s advocate here—

i realize the OP said the board looked fine out of the bag, but wanted to see what you guys thought about this theory. maybe ambrose will write a rad poem about it.

could the issue have been caused not by one large impact, but repetitive flexing and pressures throughout travel? say the board was thrown in the plane and then a big suitcase thrown on top of it causing a wide-spread pressure area. w/ all the vibrations and bumps during a flight, maybe the repetition stressed and flexed the glass w/o making an impact on the foam?

possible? plausible? CI still sucks?

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You can contact Paul Cannon through this site. He will build you a quality surfboard at a good price. Paul is in New Zealand....or you can use the Merrick as a template and build your own.

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There's no need to kick a dead dog.....Move on people......most people that come here want to build a surfboard.....

.....Or find a shaper that will work with them.....we don't need to bash...we need to build.....Let's learn from the problems that CI is having...and not repeat those problems in our own surfboards.

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Considering my brothers board was below mine in the same board bag, and it was the base of my board that has the problem, I can throw that theory out the window, but i’m no scientist… 

Thanks for all the replies, I’m going to keep in contact with CI, tell them I’m really not that happy with their offer, and they can consider themselves minus one customer. Good thing for the local shapers who win in the end. 

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(The surf craze is slowing. The trendy crowd is moving on to new things.  
They found out surfing is hard.  The Surfing core will once again start
driving the demand for boards.   ) Ya buddy, thats soo true!!