Are cheap bodyboards any good?
Avoid cheap supermarket bodyboards as they are often low-quality, don’t offer a good ride (too much flex), and are not sustainable. Investing in a quality bodyboard will enhance your experience and last longer ensuring your fun lasts! Bigger bodyboards are not necessarily better; it depends on your size, weight, and skill level. Larger boards offer more buoyancy and stability but can be less manoeuvrable.
What is the difference between cheap and expensive bodyboards?
Due to the lower-grade materials and construction, cheap bodyboards are less durable and more susceptible to damage from rough waves, extended use, or exposure to sunlight and saltwater. All three main types of bodyboard cores – Polyethylene (PE), Polypropylene (PP), and Extruded Polystyrene (EPS) – are more waterproof than a standard surfboard’s polyurethane core. Still, years and years of seawater won’t do your boogie board any good.Wooden bellyboards have been a fixture on beaches from long before the advent of the bodyboard. And as well as being super fun to ride they don’t present a hazard to marine ecosystem health (the same can’t be said for disposable polysterene bodyboards).