Description
Kick tails and mounting plates now available!
This mounting plate is designed to accommodate all RIKT kicktails. It comes with two screws and a hex head L key for mounting any RIKT kicktail, and 3M adhesive on the bottom which you can peel off to mount the mounting plate to your surfboard.
IMPORTANT!! Since RIKTs allow you to push with a lot more force against your kick tail than you can with a typical traction pad, the bond between the mounting plate and your surfboard needs to be at maximum strength. To achieve maximum strength and keep your kick tail and mounting plate from coming off in the water, just follow these simple steps:
#1 Clean the surfboards surface thoroughly with an alcohol based solvent and wax remover to remove any grease, grime, oil or wax from the surfboard surface.
#2 Rough the surfboard surface with 120 grit sandpaper.
#3 Apply in a room where the temp is at 70 degrees or higher.
#4 Apply clamps and a ten pound weight and let sit for 72 hours with the ambient temperature at or above 70 degrees before taking your board into the ocean.
#5 For even greater mounting plate to surfboard strength, install a RIKT front traction pad which fits on top of the mounting plate tongue and holds the mounting plate in place. This increases the adhesive bonding area and overall strength of the adhesive bond by about 300%. Follow the same procedure with the traction pad installation as with the mounting plate installation (clean the deck surface with an appropriate solvent, rough the surface with 120 weight sandpaper, install in a room temp of 70 degrees or higher, apply a 10 pound weight to the pad and let sit for 72 hours with an ambient temperature at or above 70 degrees before going in the water).
#6 The fastest and strongest method to install your mounting plate is to epoxy it in. We use J-B Weld 50172 25ml. MarineWeld Syringe. After cleaning your board as described above, you peel off the 3M adhesive from the bottom of the mounting plate, apply a thin layer of epoxy evenly to the bottom of the plate, stick the mounting plate on your board exactly where you want it to go and let it cure for 24 hours before surfing.
Click here to watch a video that shows how to mount your mounting plate to your surfboard deck.
This mounting plate has a circular cut-out so it can be mounted as far back as the front edge of your leash plug, with the ramp extending up and over the leash plug, or as far forward as you want. Mounting as far back as possible results in sharper turns, allowing you to “whip” your board and shoot spray more easily than if you mount the mounting plate further forward. How aggressively you surf to a certain extend will determine the placement of your mounting plate. If you’re more of a smooth carver you may want it further forward. If you like to get vertical and execute very sharp snaps and turns shooting lots of spray, farther back could be a better choice. Try a couple of different boards with mounting plates in different positions to nail what works best for you.
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