Travel surfboards / 3 piece surfboard anyone?

[Sluggo1022]

I've been building boards in my spare time and have been messing around with a 3 piece travel board lately. I live in Alberta Canada, not even remotely close to any kind of wave, so a board that fits in my regular luggage would be amazing. I have come up with a design I'm happy with but the F'N airlines keep steam rolling my bags damaging the glass. Long story short, I'm sick of repairing the thing. Which leads me to my next idea....

I've been working on building the board out of the same stuff they build white water kayaks out of. The board will acutally end up lighter and substantially stronger than my fiberglass unit. The shape I've picked is similar to the 5'10" CI wierdo ripper for its versatility and it will have a 5 fin fcs setup. A removable stringer (currently cedar) will ensure the board doesnt end up with a dead feeling and can be made out of anything really (fiberglass, carbon fiber, aluminum, ect). The catch is that I need to build a mold to make this dream board of mine, which will cost me around $20K USD.

What I'm looking for now is like minded people that want one of these boards as well so I can figure out what shape/style/size of board people would prefer for their "go to" all around board for traveling with. Ideally a crowdfunding capaign will follow and boards would be available to backers at cost. (under $300) We need about 100 boards made to break even on the mold fees, manufacturing costs, crowdfunding commission, ect, ect.

If anyone has any interest in this along with advice or comments or would be gracious enough to help spread the word I would be extremely grateful. I'll see if I can post some pictures on this thing.

THANK YOU!

[jaffa1949]

There a few " travel boards around . I have a Pope Bisect travel board, you design is quite different,.
Look at epoxy vacuum bagging technique which give stronger board.
Make sure you patent your ideas, otherwise if they are good you will be ripped off quickly .
Look at how you would pack the board in a special travel bag, label,it as personal sporting equipment , doesn't attract airline fees beyond normal luggage.

Good luck I hope your idea takes off

Google travel surfboards and see the designs that have been down the path before you!