# Step bottom boards for earlier takeoffs and soft touchdowns

**URL:** https://foil.zone/t/step-bottom-boards-for-earlier-takeoffs-and-soft-touchdowns/17031
**Category:** Wing Foiling
**Created:** [November 8, 2022, 10:52am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/step-bottom-boards-for-earlier-takeoffs-and-soft-touchdowns/17031 "2022-11-08T10:52:21Z")
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### Author: ![Larsb](https://foil.zone/user_avatar/foil.zone/larsb/32/31021_2.png) [@Larsb](https://foil.zone/u/Larsb)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/step-bottom-boards-for-earlier-takeoffs-and-soft-touchdowns/17031/7 "2023-03-30T15:38:28Z")

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Started a thread here 🙂

> [@From mayhem to amen - step bottom board build](https://foil.zone/t/from-mayhem-to-amen-stepped-board-build/17878):
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> I destroyed a board when i tried to cure it with too high temperature in the oven. The foam sunk - a lot. Just for fun i’ll make a stepped board out of it. Started with scalping the board to get rid of the worst parts. I used a multi-cutter to cut the shell, then peeled off the composite and used a hotwire cutter to cut the damaged foam away Then i added a tail of xps250 foam reinforced with some layer of carbon, sanded the bottom flat and glued a 5mm 80kg/m3 pvc foam to the bottom …

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