I posted this in another thread, but I think it should have a dedicated thread so people can show how their boards wear.
I sent some pics to Cy the other day... a few of the boards after a single season at one of my home bars.
These boards were hung just after Christmas, before New Years. They are basically 6 months old.
Alien:
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As you can see, they all have taken a beating. I rotate all boards once a week.
The alien #2 was the board we usually threw on. I hammered the bull ring in about 6 times before it fell out and went missing. Both aliens have bulged, the E-pro has bulged and spit the spider, and the blade 4, which gets the least use, has some slight bulge spots, and the bull is pretty shot.
All 4 bulls are shot... there's a 5th board, an E-pro that looks nearly identical to the other E-pro pictured... and the bull is shot on that one too.
So yes, the bulls are worn out, but all of the boards minus the Blade 4 have bulged to the point that I'd prefer not to throw on them. The eclipses, and the blade 4 have spiders that are falling out of the sisal. The doubles on some sections of the alien are 6mm-8mm raised above the rest of the sisal.
In a bar environment, I've only seen one blade 4 where bull was absolutely roached, and the rest of the board was still in decent shape.
I sent some pics to Cy the other day... a few of the boards after a single season at one of my home bars.
These boards were hung just after Christmas, before New Years. They are basically 6 months old.
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As you can see, they all have taken a beating. I rotate all boards once a week.
The alien #2 was the board we usually threw on. I hammered the bull ring in about 6 times before it fell out and went missing. Both aliens have bulged, the E-pro has bulged and spit the spider, and the blade 4, which gets the least use, has some slight bulge spots, and the bull is pretty shot.
All 4 bulls are shot... there's a 5th board, an E-pro that looks nearly identical to the other E-pro pictured... and the bull is shot on that one too.
So yes, the bulls are worn out, but all of the boards minus the Blade 4 have bulged to the point that I'd prefer not to throw on them. The eclipses, and the blade 4 have spiders that are falling out of the sisal. The doubles on some sections of the alien are 6mm-8mm raised above the rest of the sisal.
In a bar environment, I've only seen one blade 4 where bull was absolutely roached, and the rest of the board was still in decent shape.