Broken Boards

[Dec]

GGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Ok I know this is a complete ranting post...but hey...

Ok, so today is the best Phuket ever gets. It was easliy 10-15ft faces and offshore. So i pull out the 6'6 (my favourite board) and paddle out. I catch a decent wave and I jump off in the closeout, but my leash broke and the lip of the closeout landed straight on the board, snapping it clean in 2.

So I swimm back in through the heaving surf, collapse on the beach. What a great day!!




(my bad for the rant, but I had to do it )

[scuba steve]

Hey Dec, look at it this way, at least you have perfect Phuket waves to snap boards in.

[greg@hoodatsurfco]

ya its better to snap a board in great conditions than conditions thats completely suck..

[Jimi]

Heh! it's great to have the ability to surf in conditions that break boards!

The waves I catch (because I'm not skilled enough) could hardly snap a board! Well, maybe they could if you rode all the way to the beach, then jumped up and down on your board, but I wish I could surf anything over 5ft!

[Stone Fox]

out of curiosity, what does anyone here do with snapped boards? Bin them?

[Dec]

Cut them out to make little grommet boards, sand them into a skimboard, try and surf the nose of it on a small day. I try not to bin them, if I can't find a use for them they get piled up...looks pretty cool when people come over and see.

[surfsc77]

cant they be put back together if there not epoxy?

[Dec]

Yea they can, but they will just brake again if you put any strain on it. Plus it adds a lot of weight.

[justloafing]

Yea they can, but they will just brake again if you put any strain on it. Plus it adds a lot of weight.

I too have heard they can be fixed. Also what I have heard they are never the same and a decent surfer it will make a difference when riding.

[mrtenniskid74]

hey dec...i wanted to kno what do you think about boards made from thailland... are they good?