Why Bottom Coating and a Keel Guard Are a No-Brainer for Your SUP Customs Skiff
What I cover in this video
- The question was whether the keel guards can handle oyster beds. Yes — they'll take whatever you throw at them.
- The bow is always what takes the brunt, even sitting on Suspenz dollies with the tail out of the water.
- The airboat coating is sacrificial, so it comes off over a year or two and you reapply. We give you the liquid.
- If the keel guard lasts two or three years, rip it off and put another one on.
- We're from the Nature Coast, where rocks, limestone and oyster beds are all we have. It'll take the beating.
Read the full script Everything I say in this video, word for word
All right guys, had a question about the keel guards, if they can handle oyster beds. Now, I'm in Tampa airport. We had a customer on a business — a potential customer on a business trip from Minnesota — and he was here and said, hey, I have a couple hours before I fly out, can I test out a board. So we just got done with that test day, which is the only reason why you see us around people and boat ramps for the most part. So anyways, keel guards. We do the bottom coating, airbo coating. It's a sacrificial layer, so it will come off over year or two, and you just kind of
reapply. We give you free liquid. If you're not here — if you are here, just drop it off. But we add the keel guard for this reason right here. As you can see, yes, they can handle whatever you can throw at it. I like it for this reason too: when I'm at boat ramps, what's taking the brunt? I mean, yes, oyster beds out there, when you hit it on accident, you ram into something, that keel guard is going to protect. Checked it. This is probably my favorite reason right here. I mean, I can just have that bow that's always taken the brunt of
everything. Even if you don't have the back of the paddle board in water, you have it on Suspenz dollies or something, always is always the bow. So the keel guard is just taking the beating. Even kayaks have keel guards, you know. Obviously this is a keel guard for a boat. And what's really awesome about this, if this last 2, 3 years, rip it off, off, put another one on. And then what we do for you at SUP Customs is just bombproof your LIVE Watersports board. So most people buy the whole setup from us, because it's a one-stop shop for the
board, the coating — of course we manufacture the front plate and back plates, we sell the engines, the power poles. I mean, who wants to go to 50 places? But if you already own one, drop it off, we'll bombproof the bottom for you, get you going. You can see here we' even did the tips on Austin here, and see his, his bottom right here, you know. So that's why I love it. So this is just right here. I'm sorry — yesterday I had a question on YouTube: you're in Texas, you have oyster beds. Will let take a hit on the Nature Coast, where we're actually
from? That's all we have is rocks, limestone and oyster beds. So yes, it will take, it will take a beating. Sorry, I didn't have have an oyster bed to run into, I didn't find any out here today. But you know what, this is pretty dead gum close. So take it easy.