CWB Ride - "mod"

Just got an idea from a friend regarding my CWB Ride Tank. He suggested I apply Rain-X to the bottom of the board. I want to try this to get more speed out of it. Has anyone tried this before?

Thanks.

m-

It might help. I've applied surf nano to my boards and it definitely made them faster.
But I've ridden the Ride and it's unfortunately just a slow board -

Yeah I've used Surf Nano also, with some success. There are two schools of thought on that. Hydrophobic like Rain-x but the surf nano products seem to be better suited to boards and Rain-x to glass and the hydrophilic like "secret weapon". Neither will make a crappy board into a good board, IMO as TSW notes, above.. I've used the Nano Surf and that works on boards with a gloss finish, like Inland Surfers, was negligible on any textured surface. I'm not sure if the secret weapon product is still available, but I couldn't tell the difference on anything I tried it on.

Both manufacturers claim to be "the" answer Rain-X won't hurt the Ride to try it and it will eventually wear off.

http://acceleratedsurfing.com/

http://surfnanoproducts.com/SurfNanoContent.aspx?PID=6

Just do not wax the bottom of the board. It'll make the board sooooo slow.

I did the wax experiment two summers ago. I ended up burnishing the bottom of my LF Venture with 1600 grit wet or dry. That made the board faster than stock, but not fast enough for me.

Good luck.

I have some surf nano Mario. If I see you at CMS on Saturday, I will give you some.