Best board ever? JS Carbotune Construction - Wooly TV Surfboard Review #50

Best board ever? JS Carbotune construction - Wooly TV Surfboard Review #50
'Best board I've ever ridden' - Wooly - BIG CALL!
What do you guys think?
Wooly weighs 87kg/192lb and is 6'1"/187cm tall - more like 90kg on most days :)
Wooly is riding
Carbotune Construction
Xero Gravity - 6'1" x 20" x 2 5/8" - 33.6L
Futures Boxes
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From JS
6 YEARS IN THE MAKING.
After six years of research aim and development, our brand-new carbon construction is ready to be released to the world. We’ve used dozens of different layups from our testing grounds at home on the Gold Coast & around Australia, to wave pools and a huge variety of waves throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Morocco and Brazil. CarboTune is what we’ve settled on as the unanimous favourite from JS and the Traktor Team in each of these conditions. The aim was always for endurance and performance unlike anything seen before in surfboard construction - now we’re here.
THE BALANCE OF WEIGHT AND DURABILITY TO EQUAL THE PERFORMANCE WE WANT.
The benchmark after making Formula 1 style surfboards for 25 years is all about getting the balance of weight and durability into a board that will perform better than ever. We’re using all of that documented data on what is the optimal weight for each number of litres, for each surfer, and the type of surfing that they do. All of that has gone into making sure these CarboTune boards come out at those ideal specs. It’s a finely tuned balance for weight and durability to equal the performance we want. What the construction comes back to is a relatively simple formula: Weight & Durability = Performance. That’s why it’s taken 6 years - these elements have finally come together with the ideal balance for any surfboard made in CarboTune to both perform and last.
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[@KalesBroccoli]

I wana surf like you at 50

[@WoolyTV]

I don’t think you will have a problem doing that! Yewwwwwwww

[@joshtommo93]

If i surf half as well as you at 50 I'd be bloody stoked mate!!! Ripping!!!

[@WoolyTV]

Thanks 🙏

[@lukeArmstrong524]

wow........ your surfing just went up a Level.... INCREDIBLE

[@WoolyTV]

🙏

[@swgmotorsport3249]

I've been watching your board reviews now for sometime and that's probably the best I've seen you surf 🔥🔥💪

[@WoolyTV]

It’s a special board, that’s for sure.

[@timcunningham1072]

The best I have ever seen you surf - absolutely RIPPING!

[@WoolyTV]

Thanks 🙏

[@barronhilton8835]

Absolutely ripping Wooly! Would have never guessed your 50! Keep it up.

[@WoolyTV]

The greys in my beard tell another story 😂

[@billandrews9267]

Thanks for reviewing this sled. I ordered one Easter weekend to replace my Aipa Dark Twinn and should have it here in California mid next month. Frothing to get on it. Your video now has me counting down the days!!! Cheers Wooly.

[@WoolyTV]

I’m sure you will love it!

[@carlosserra8128]

Awesome surfing Wooly!!! Great review! Thumbs up from Spain!

[@WoolyTV]

Thanks 🙏 from Australia 🇦🇺

[@VirtualHorizonz]

Welcome to the 50's club Wooly, still ripping m8, even with the knee issues over the last few years and the local wave drought...that board did cover a lot of bases for you, for sure 🤙

[@WoolyTV]

Don’t remind me 😝. Yeah she’s a keeper

[@SAMJOHN-qw4us]

I’ve got one and agree best board I’ve ever ridden it’s the perfect balance of a Pu and Epoxy board. I’d say it has more drive than other constructions when needed and the liveliness in smaller stuff. Fins made a big difference for me stiffer fins definitely felt better with this construction currently using the fcs2 in PG fanning gives it extra pop than the Original PC fins I tried. Can’t wait to try a monster 10 in this construction I’m sold on these boards worth the extra $$$

[@WoolyTV]

Yeah I agree. I like full carbon or solid glass fins in this board. Stiffer the better.

[@stuartgaylor2420]

Awesome review on the Carbotune Wooly. I nearly bought the Zero Gravity but ended up using that model in the same dimensions and got my shaper to look at it and he made me a board in a round tail, I love it but this carbotune looks insane 🤙🏽

[@WoolyTV]

Yes there is something special at this construction.

[@timreck5535]

Talk about a sales pitch! Watched a bunch of your board reviews, yuz be rippin best on this black beauty by a mile or a couple klics there mate! I am 63 here in the wild's of far Norcal and based on your review bought a Black Baron 2.1 in Hify at 6'3" - insane board up to 4', actually our surf is so unruly big and bumpy I tossed the power twins + small trailer for a medium rake and size tri set, to grab more control...Based on this vid I am considering a JS xero fusion in carbotune.....

[@Canaryisland1]

Happy Bday, Ian! If I could surf like you, I’d be madly in love with myself!

[@WoolyTV]

Thanks! ha ha

[@josephwiard6695]

Wooly you were shredding !

[@WoolyTV]

Thanks, I do love that board

[@bobross5079]

O'Sensi we are much glad you are pleasured fully on this new carbon fibered aquatic shred sled form JS ,. Faster than a Ferrari SuperFast 812 and way cheaper on the gas :) JS hit that one out of the park !!!!

[@WoolyTV]

Yes she’s a beauty!

[@westislandcrew5639]

Happy Birthday Wolly!! Board looks sick 🤙🏽

[@WoolyTV]

Thanks!

[@BenPeters-y5v]

Insane review and surfing off the frothmeter!!

[@WoolyTV]

Frothing hard

[@adamescobar7427]

Thought you did your best surfing on a flat earth you reviewed some time back but you definitely have risen to another level on the carbotune. Keep shredding it up you old grom bastard!

[@WoolyTV]

Yeah the Flat Earth was a great board and I agree it really suited my style. This one is even better!

[@adamescobar7427]

@@WoolyTV Yeah the carbon over eps just gives extra spring out of turns. All I'm making for myself and will never go back to a stringer eps with 4oz cloth layup.

[@malcolmd3670]

Great review, great board.

[@WoolyTV]

🙏

[@jackbquick6879]

Bout time Wool’o !! Jeezuz !!

[@WoolyTV]

We have had a very flat summer and a super slow start to winter so it’s been a bit of a challenge getting reviews completed. 👍

[@Surf_Salt]

Yeeeew! You look so good on that thing!

[@WoolyTV]

Thanks, Im a big fan of this one.

[@Surf_Salt]

@@WoolyTV Its like a a wooly magic carpet! some amazing lines, fun to watch. How did you like the JS MFC fins? the larges are like 17" area or something like that!

[@WoolyTV]

@@Surf_Salt I have mainly been using the mediums ⚡️

[@wesleyrobson9134]

Your backside cut back was sick at 4:00 cheers

[@WoolyTV]

That one felt good!

[@DennyStAmand]

Wooly, you're a legend. Love your channel, and the poddie with Vann. I to I'm a bigger surfer so I gravitate to the Wooly reviews. Questions, just bought the JS Monsta 10 squash for an upcoming trip. Do you recommend the MS JS fins? I'm 6'0ft 200lbs. Thanks Wooly

[@ThomyeSurfs]

dude, those are some tight wraps. I heard mid June they hit my local JS shop. Need to sell some boards asap to make room. I may have to go with the sub xero for my weak waves but can't wait. LOL

[@WoolyTV]

You should try the Xero Fusion. 🤙

[@ThomyeSurfs]

@@WoolyTV yeah, the sub Xero reminds me of the Mashup and the Xero Fusion reminds me of my Sharpeye FT but thruster.

[@beachycow1402]

Another ripping review Wooly. How would carbotune go in onshore conditions we surf most of the time? Better to stick with the PU?

[@WoolyTV]

I had no problem with it in the wind. If it’s really windy and bumpy then the PU would be best but I haven’t had any dramas yet on the Carbotune.

[@nicolasmbo09]

Wow excellent review i got the 5.11 and the board is magic for good waves but for me when it comes to mushy surf or waves not that steep the board just doesnt help. I’ve heard from other people too that the board “is for good waves” but when i see you surfing it doesnt look like dough. That makes me think is the rider that makes the difference not the ride. Anyway that is my feedback from bali: loved it in echo beach and didnt help at all at middles (airport reef) . Thanks for your reviews and keep going!!

[@WoolyTV]

Thanks! 🙏 I like it best in head high waves BUT it still works on smaller waves too.

[@surfgeek]

Nice review , sweet board ! Yew !

[@WoolyTV]

🙏

[@klaiejah]

Some nice whips there mate 👍🏼 Damn, I bought the hyfi sub xero a while back - was too scared of my wife’s reaction to fork out the extra bills for the carbotune 😢 Should grow a pair eh 😂😂😂

[@WoolyTV]

Nothing wrong with the HYFI but something super special about the Carbotune

[@maverickescalante5663]

Wooly you are on fire 🔥

[@WoolyTV]

Thanks!

[@Yespleasethx]

Rail work so good. I haven’t seen anyone ripping that hard on vid at urbansurf, except the pros. You’re the only one ive seen getting enough speed out of it to do roundhouse cutties. Was this the advanced setting or intermediate?

[@WoolyTV]

Hi mate. That was Advance Turns 🤙

[@hman7236]

That thing made you look like a teenager again 😂 absolutely right that board is you.

[@WoolyTV]

Yes it’s a great board!

[@julianrienzner]

Great review and surfing Ian!! my question is tho how you repair the board if you have dings at some point?

[@WoolyTV]

Had it repaired 3 times already. No problems, just fix like any epoxy/EPS boards and then I just did a spray of black paint.

[@julianrienzner]

@@WoolyTV awsome thx so much for the answer! yeww

[@trestlesrocks]

Ripping!! 🔥

[@WoolyTV]

🙏

[@video1critic]

Hi Woolly, love your reviews, you get to surf so much, and in such good waves daily! I have a serious question & need your thoughts (insights) into Carbotune and sizing a board in this construction for me. Do you think that Carbotune is suited to shorter, wider, and thicker (easy rider) or more normal HPSB dims with their slightly longer rail line? I am 6’0 @ 90kg and with the big $$$ I want to get my order right. Do I go 6’0 Xero Gravity in normal dims @ 32L, or the 5’10 easy rider @ 31.5L (because the 5’11 easy rider is way too thick for my liking at 2 5/8)? My normal volume is 32L in PU, but my gut instincts are telling me to go shorter and wider with Carbotune. But I could be wrong, so I am needing your help Woolly, divine for me whether Carbotune will work best as an easy rider shorter and wider or HPSB dims which are narrower and with a longer rail line? I want this board as an all rounder (waist to well over head), but I want the loose fun of whipping and fitting in the pocket and off end sections too (which you typical get in smaller shorter rail line boards). Thanks in advance, you need to come to NZ to do some reviews, but not for the new JS Big Horse model, if you get my drift ;)

[@WoolyTV]

@@video1critic If it was me I would order the standard DIMs. If your normal boards are around 6’0” 32L I would go that one for sure. The Gravity shape is better suited to be around your height. I ride the 6’1” 33.6L in Carbotune, HYFI and PU, although I don’t ride the PU much after having the Carbotune and HYFI. I agree that I wouldn’t muck around with custom DIMs. I know I’m an old man but I’m one of the fastest paddlers in most line ups and I find 32L too under volume for me even when I’m sitting around 87/88kg. If you wanted to use it as more of a grovel board then the ER DIMs might come in handy for tighter turns in small waves but I don’t have any problems getting tight in the pocket on the 6’1”. Hope that helps

[@catinthehat8412]

magic board 🤙

[@WoolyTV]

It’s a keeper

[@averygreene-o5n]

amazing! have you tried using a RIKT? I think you would love it.

[@WoolyTV]

Not yet

[@grass3773]

how would you compare and rate this board to the Holy Hypto?

[@4221tbone]

Also keen to know....

[@VirtualHorizonz]

HS is wayyy behind on orders since their factory fire. Need a lot of patience for one of them.

[@WoolyTV]

They are pretty different outlines. HH is a round tail land has thicker rails than the JS. I personally like the XG but that type of shape is pretty much what I ride all the time. Really depends on what you like and are used to. For me I would pick the Xero Gravity over the HH but I don’t have anything negative to say about the HH either.

[@WoolyTV]

@@VirtualHorizonz we have been getting a lot of HS in the shop since the fire. Depends on models and if they are custom DIMs. We haven’t had many hold ups at all.

[@snapcitymedia]

​@@WoolyTVgreat video as always! Would a XG Easy Rider complement the Holy Hypto or would I be doubling up here?

[@DanMusser-52]

Love the footage of you ripping! How did she go in wind, any chatter?

[@WoolyTV]

No dramas at all. Have ridden it in so many different conditions and it works.

[@DanMusser-52]

@@WoolyTV Rt on! Keep doing what you do. Love the channel.

[@WoolyTV]

@@DanMusser-52 thanks for watching 🙏🤙

[@brendonwiseman8747]

Thanks Wooly ripping!! Did you also use medium fins? And which fins worked best? I find the carbo slightly sticky off the top (only surfed once so far with large fins) but I also slightly over volumed 77kg 31ltrs

[@WoolyTV]

I rode so many different fun combos but most of the times I was on mediums. If I was your weight I would be on medium fins all the time and smalls if my board was feeling too tight. I like the JS solid glass mediums and also the Blackstix when the waves were smaller.

[@FrankTankFlinns]

i would lov see in Black baron....me fav all types surf..

[@WoolyTV]

Unfortunately they aren’t making the Black Baron anymore but you might be able to order a custom one.

[@FrankTankFlinns]

Wow, No way. It's me fav. all types surf. Thanks heads up

[@Vonksta]

By far your best surfing on your channel. Not only did it look really lively but there was spray for days off those rails. About to get one but uncertain about the correct size. Noticed you went your standard dims, how did you find the board for buoyancy and wave catching and any advice for if would be better to be sizing up or down if undecided between which way to go?

[@WoolyTV]

I went exactly the same DIMs as my PU and HYFI Xero Gravity’s. I think it’s perfect that volume. What board is your ‘normal’ board and DIMs now?

[@Vonksta]

@@WoolyTV I’m 5’11 & about 100kg and 40yo. I surf NSW beachies 2-3 times a week on a 6’0 HYFI Xero ER & 6’2 PU Monsta 2020 ER. Both in the low 36Ls. When I look at the JS website it appears I’m riding boards at the same L/kg as the JS pros and I’m definitely no pro. Trying to decide if I get a Carbotune in 6’1(ER) around my current vols or step up to the 6’2(ER) to give me a little more paddle power.

[@WoolyTV]

@@Vonksta I think you would be fine on the 6’2” ER DIMs. I think you will like the extra volume.

[@Vonksta]

Thanks ​@@WoolyTV. Legend!!

[@jordansaul1]

Absolutely sold me on this board! With carbotune construction do you run same dims or is it more buoyant? Wasn’t sure if I need to drop a 1litre…. 🤔

[@WoolyTV]

I’m running the same DIMs as my HYFI and PU board in that model.

[@andreprudencio81]

I'm curious, where are the boards made? Thai, like HiFy? Have you tried the new HiFy 3.0? what do you think? Thanks for the videos

[@WoolyTV]

Yes mate the epoxy boards from JS come out of the Cobra factory in Thailand. I haven’t used the HYFI 3.0 yet but I have a couple of boards on order.

[@theBamboozleRoom]

What setting is that wave ? At urban surf

[@WoolyTV]

@@theBamboozleRoom I think that was Advanced Turns

[@WoolyTV]

@@theBamboozleRoom and Expert.

[@ravingmad765]

How do these go in the sun? I've heard they can delam?

[@WoolyTV]

Had one since October LY, no dramas at all. I just leave it in a cover when Im not using it. Im still on the same wax job since I got the board AND I did an Indo trip with it.

[@alexeygembik608]

Hi mate, im thinking to buy Xero Gravity, what do you think is better to learn turns 6'8" or 6'6" Easy Rider? Thanks.

[@WoolyTV]

The shorter one would be easy but just make sure you are getting a board with enough volume for you.

[@kasimsadiq3936]

I love how all the manufacturers of carbon surfboards are slyly poo pooing one another. I think Dark Arts have some beef with sharpeye for going away doing their own thing. They said about how some companies are using fibreglass between the layers, this cheapens the feel we only use pure carbon etc etc. JS are talking about Dark Arts material sources 🤣

[@WoolyTV]

I think it’s good that more manufacturers are using carbon. The end product will keeping improving and us guys reap the benefits!

[@TheFlounderPounder]

Libtech vs Js carbon

[@WoolyTV]

I’ve never used a Libtech but from memory they are a lot heavy than the carbon.

[@miguelgalllego]

Mate you bloody rip on that board.

[@WoolyTV]

🙏🤙

[@jonasakyildiz6494]

By far the best surfing I have seen you do on this channel mate! Board looks unreal I picked up a stock 6'0 pu Xero gravity after your review last year.. Will have to pick this one up when I land in indo this September! Cheers for the epic reviews keep em coming!!

[@benthomas8024]

How does the xero gravity go mate

[@jonasakyildiz6494]

@@benthomas8024pretty mental! It goes in anything from 2ft to solid 6ft +. Perfect travel board for me

[@WoolyTV]

Nice one!

[@beachycow1402]

Are you looking at reviewing the Xero Fusion too Wooly?

[@WoolyTV]

Yes mate, I have one that I will review.

[@ryansmith9283]

Absolutely ripping wool so much want for a carbotune now 😭

[@WoolyTV]

It’s special!

[@jamiemolan8666]

Doing some nice surfing there! How do you think it compares to something like the FireWire dominator 2? Look to be a pretty similar shape etc from what I’ve seen.

[@WoolyTV]

Very different board to the D2, The XG will surf up to overhead waves but still perform in the smaller stuff. I found the D2 to worked best in waist to shoulder high waves.

[@dingocapo2087]

1600 us for a fing surf board???

[@WoolyTV]

$1600 AUD here

[@Undergroundffn]

Maann wooly id stay on that thing if i were you your absolutely shreeding on that thing 🤙🤙

[@WoolyTV]

Just got a second one, exactly the same as the one in this clip. ⚡️

[@Byrnesie007]

Wow 🔥

[@WoolyTV]

🙏

[@wimgrondman5542]

how come these top shapers are not using XPS in their boards

[@WoolyTV]

Hi mate, I don' think its available in Australia yet.

[@wimgrondman5542]

@@WoolyTV I've been making XPS Blanks fot the past 20 years find it so much more alive than EPS

[@tomhopwood8896]

Smashing it at 50! 🤚

[@WoolyTV]

🙏