Not rinsing the board after a surf session

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Not rinsing the board after a surf session

Postby BaNZ » Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:54 am

Living in a big city means it's not easy to transport the surfboard around. I don't have access to water easily so there are a lot of times that I don't rinse the salt and sand off.

I understand that the fins screws can get rusty but these are all replaceable.

They only have those tap for rinsing feet. It's so low and I've made so many scratches on the board due to trying to rinse the fin when the tap is 1 feet off the ground.

I have to balance between scratching the board or rinsing the fins. Long term wise. Would I be damaging the board or fin box?
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Re: Not rinsing the board after a surf session

Postby dtc » Fri Aug 09, 2019 6:21 am

I dont rinse off my boards and they seem fine. One is over 30 years old (not that I've owned it for all of that time, but i have owned it for about 15 years).
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Re: Not rinsing the board after a surf session

Postby oldmansurfer » Fri Aug 09, 2019 7:08 pm

I generally dry my board with a towel but there is a shower where I surf some of time so rinse it off at least once in a while
So what is worse.... dying or regretting it for the rest of my life? Obviously I chose not regretting it.
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