Soft board repair-was it a shark?

[jaffa1949]

The first no , saved fins and sent to a foam recycling centre!
The second a bisect is meant to break into two halves , which you fit together when you get to your surf destination.
Saves surfboard transport fees or plain airline refusal to carry surfboards, ( strangely enough they will carry personal sporting equipment!) but carry golfclubs

Causes quite a stir when I assemble it at my destination!

Ordinary boards to Indonesia or New Zealand no problem, Taiwan , chose to take the Bisect, good and suitable for the surf there. Did an NZed trip,with it for road transport ease!
Save about $100 each way on heavy cost airlines .

[benjl]

If you manage to break that torq then there is something wrong with your surfing! I've walked mine in to a wooden door frame and it dented the door frame!

Would your gf notice a new board if u put it in a bag?
I go through so many my gf doesn't notice what's gone or new as they're all bagged.

We did have to have 'the chat' yesterday about my surfing addiction and how that's inflated upon our ability to mutually hangout at the beach. Apparently
Being at the beach with her and surfing is not the same as being there with her and lying on a towel next to her haha

[OlegLupusov]

But is this transformer-board reliable? Any accidental separations so far?
How many boards have you broken in your lifetime?

[OlegLupusov]

Haven't bought torq yet!
My foamie is still alive. My gf was stunned that I had the board that broke:) As for beach experience, I tried to teach her surfing. Could be fine in proper conditions. Usually, I surf in the morning when she is still asleep.

[dtc]

We did have to have 'the chat' yesterday about my surfing addiction and how that's inflated upon our ability to mutually hangout at the beach. Apparently Being at the beach with her and surfing is not the same as being there with her and lying on a towel next to her haha

Get her to video you while surfing, that way she can be involved as well....

[benjl]

@DTC, oww trust me i've tried.. She's a photography teacher yet she has no interest in filming me what so ever.
I have even offered to buy lunch etc in exchange but I never get anything back

[jaffa1949]

But is this transformer-board reliable? Any accidental separations so far?
How many boards have you broken in your lifetime?

The board is entirely reliable, the system is two halves with carbon fibre cylinders half the larger one is in each section of the board the second carbon fibre cylinder fits the internal diameter of the other and is about half the length of each half so it acts as a stringer.
There is a plastic plate at the joining edge of each half of the board with two lugs to stop rotation around the the central cylinders. The two halves are held and adjusted together by two dog clips clamps on the deck. Very strong and breakage will occur at the cylinders which are replaceable.
The board weight is comparable to a good longboard of similar size and construction is EPS foam and epoxy glassing, perhaps there should be a goretex vent for airline travel , but I have had no problems whatsoever.
There are some parts that you could lose, but the board comes provided with spares.
I would suggest the board be repaired immediately if a ding occurred as it was of the older EPS system which took in water more easily.

As to boards I have broken = many as particularly in my younger days I rode quite big stuff.
mellow now , double overhead is about my maximum. ( depends on quality too).

The last broken board was a light weight performance board I won in a competition.
It got a full width crease from a drop in, in another competition.
The board broke in the smallest surf when I jokingly turtle rolled and came up with two halves
This one

[Big H]

@DTC, oww trust me i've tried.. She's a photography teacher yet she has no interest in filming me what so ever.
I have even offered to buy lunch etc in exchange but I never get anything back

......well......

....it's not like you're married.....

[OlegLupusov]

New ding on epoxy super durable nsp
Can I fix it myself?

[jaffa1949]

Yes you can, use only epoxy resin products, other stuff may dissolve your board foam.
Pre sand to give teeth in the glass for the repair to grip,,solar epoxy resin will do the trick. Choose the one with glass fibre in the mix.
Cover a wider area than the crack work it into the crack and work it fairly smooth before exposing it to the sun or UV light.
Just heads up the full repair would be glass mat and a self mix epoxy resin kit. Mixing proportions have to be exact and being neat helps a lot.

The ABPS* are searching for you to talk to you about injury to your body and that of your boards .

[OlegLupusov]

Many thanks for the advice! Surf shops told me it is too complicated to fix it on my own because the fracture go in different directions and the nose is impacted. So, not sure whether to handle it myself. They asked for usd 100! My previous repair experience is limited to smaller dings of a fiberglass board.

[jaffa1949]

OK how did you do this ding, avoidance of such event might be a good strategy!

[oldmansurfer]

On the nose you probably want to reinforce with 2 overlapping layers of fiberglass . It shouldn't be too complicated but if you haven't glassed then epoxy resin is less forgiving and harder to work with than polyurethane. Not sure about nsp construction but should be doable with some time and effort. You could make it surfable with a quick patch but then it will be easier to get damaged in the future.

[OlegLupusov]

Is it good repairs?

[jaffa1949]

Should be good until the next impact, glad you got some blue colouring.
Dings are sort of a badge of honour although I don't know how that is awarded in the Russian system!!!!

[OlegLupusov]

Should I repair it? The board is epoxy. A wasted bicyclist collided into me on the shore

[jaffa1949]

If it is only the paint job and doesn't penetrate to the foam or will leak to the foam just leave it, but if it goes deep fix.
Repairs 101 is still in progress, how is your surfing improving?
It would be a bonus to hear how that is getting on.

[OlegLupusov]

Kicked out my gf!
So, surfed on almost daily basis for more than a month! But always under influence or at least hangovered!
It still depends on the conditions! But had some decent rides

[jaffa1949]

Great sign of an addicted surfer, non supporting girlfriends falling by the wayside. . Grieving solved by going surfing!

Salt water hids crocodile tears

[OlegLupusov]

The epoxy board breakes less often but more expensive. Spent around 300 on repairs so far.