Teflon tape in my view has a major flaw in this application. To get a relatively flat material surface to " grip " the board to prevent it lifting out whilst underway ( the Stealth boards have a very slight taper over their length )it has to be a close tolerance fit. Now drop your boards down with the inevitiable sand from the shore still attached to the board and the taper then embeds these sand particles into the soft Teflon.

Now many of you have seen these " scoring " vertical marks on the boards and wondered what has caused it, its simply the hard granite "sand" doing what sand paper does best. Its harder than the gelcoat and there is only going to be one winner each time the board is dropped in.

Carpet for what ever reason seems to brush off these sand particles as the board goes down. Lately I have been using a commercial velcro ( Hook and loop )of about 50mm wide and much thicker than normal. Fits nicely, doesn't seem to wear and best of all it comes with an adhesive backing already attached. The loops seem to act just like the carpet and brush off the sand as the board goes down.