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Postby mariaf » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:00 am

anyone got any pointers is there a particular way to wax your board

thanks
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Postby isaluteyou » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:01 am

Take wax and scrub hard :wink:
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Postby surfperro » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:06 am

there is nothing else to than what isaluteyou said
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Postby Otter » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:25 am

Scrub hard in small circles. Makes for better bumps.
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Postby surf patrol » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:44 am

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Postby RJD » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:46 am

Go clockwise northern hemisphere, counter in the south. :D
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Postby Otter » Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:54 am

Buffoon? I don't think so... I've scrubbed it on in straight motions, circular truly does work better for my 2 cents...
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Postby nsidla » Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:42 am

my words of wisdom as someone who had problems with wax and not sliding off the board when riding:

Wax on anyway, anywhere, just not on the bottom of the board :D!

After a sesh, or an hour or so of being in the water, use a wax comb to rough it up and create a nice rough, grippy riding surface to stand on again. Make sure you use appropriate wax for water temp wherever you are surfing as well. After that you should be good to go :D !
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Postby mariaf » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:37 pm

thanks for the tips :)
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Postby rigotti » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:51 pm

Check out www.sexwax.com and there's an instructional video that's helpful if your still having trouble
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Postby Johno » Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:42 pm

What about waxing a foamy?

me mate just bought one I told him it didnt need any wax on it as it shouldnt be slipy????

When I had a go there was no chance of standing on it with out slipping off, Do wax it or buy some sort of sticky grips?
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Postby surfdaisy06 » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:50 pm

Arent you meant to wax across your board? From rail to rail?
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Postby ^*^BATMAN^*^ » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:06 pm

Johno wrote:What about waxing a foamy?

me mate just bought one I told him it didnt need any wax on it as it shouldnt be slipy????

When I had a go there was no chance of standing on it with out slipping off, Do wax it or buy some sort of sticky grips?


Everyone I have ever seen has rubber pads on it.
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Postby Johno » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:21 pm

Batman

This one has no rubber pads and it slippy as hell no wounder he couldnt stand on it

Any one got any ideas what he can do for grip????
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Postby justloafing » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:57 pm

Wax it. It will do fine with wax. I had some friends come here and went and rented a foamy for their daughter and I asked about wax and the guy at the store said to do two things. Wear a rash guard and wax the board. It(wax) worked just fine.
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Postby bmth.longboarder » Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:01 pm

start with a base coat wax followed by a top coat wax determined by the heat of your sea. the bottom coat wax helps the top coat stick and thus super sticky board :)
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Postby MrJoe » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:20 pm

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Postby essex sucks » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:24 pm

everyone puts it on in a different way u just have too work out what way works for u
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Postby Bub » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:32 pm

Waxing should be the one thing that even a newbie can do with confidence on the beach infront of other surfers and pretend to know what they are doing (take off the wrapper and don't wax the bottom anyway). Having your wetsuit on backwards (zipper in the front), leash on the wrong ankle (on front foot forward on board) will give you away really quickly though as being clueless and a beginner! :lol:
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Postby RJD » Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:45 am

Bub wrote:Having your wetsuit on backwards (zipper in the front),


Took a mate surfing (his first time) last summer. Got into my wetsuit, turned round - "Dude, the knee pads go on the front..." :D
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