Morning SUPers,

Query for you all - I've got a 2015 Naish Mana in the GS construction. I'm starting to find the white and blue sections of the grip are becoming a little less grippy on the feet...they're a smooth pattern with a very slight ripple, as opposed to the black tail pad area which is diamond patterned and much grippier. Has anyone else had similar experience with grip on these areas after a few months? Any advice on regaining decent traction?

I'd like to try and avoid replacing the deck pad as
A) I hear it's a pain in the ass to do
B) I quite like the look of the board as it is, and assume even if I COULD order a GT version of the deck pad alone (it's all diamond patterned), it'd be prohibitively exxy (I'd consider non-Naish pad but having trouble verifying a decent source of it in Australia), and
C) I don't want to ruin the SUP.

Any suggestions would be more than welcome!!! Have a good weekend!

Cheers

I have found the same happens on most of my boards when I wear my winter booties..... I simply lightlt wax the deck grip with "soft" surf wax Before I head out each time..... Seems to work a treat

I agree .wax is the best and pretty much the only thing you can do without changing the deck pad.

Okay, great. Thanks for the tip guys - I'll give it a burl

Also, try to wash it with detergent and a brush, to remove the grime/mud/dust that may have accumulated in the pad pores.
I do it also on new pad, some have some factory dust in them...

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colas said...
Also, try to wash it with detergent and a brush, to remove the grime/mud/dust that may have accumulated in the pad pores.
I do it also on new pad, some have some factory dust in them...

Thanks Colas - I'll also give that a go then pop some wax on too. Come to think of it, it would be nice to have that surf wax smell again...take me back to my younger days!

Hey roscoe.i have the GT which has more of a lumpy deck pad where my friend has the GS mana with the white slightly smother decking ....he waxes his where I don't have to ..but the GS is tough .as I also have a 11'glide in GS ..bullet proof construction .wax her up mate ...

I wear reef booties as a rule. (got the same board as you Roscoe)
I recon I can lean the board about 15 degrees further before slipping off than when surfing barefooted.

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SUPunit said...
I wear reef booties as a rule. (got the same board as you Roscoe)
I recon I can lean the board about 15 degrees further before slipping off than when surfing barefooted.

Cheers for that - I've got a pair laying around, might hafta give it a whirl. Thanks

I had a similar greasy pad issue with my Starboard. Same thing really, the heavily contoured stuff was fine, it was the near smooth pad that was like a skating rink. Ended up replacing most of the greasy pad, which was a pig of job. And then found that simpy drying the pad fully solved the issue. So that would be my suggestion - leave the pad to fully dry and then try it.