How would you deal with this?
Yes, it's my new board. Yes, it was my fault.

Now, I know the correct answer would be to have it professionally repaired..... but, getting it even remotely colour-matched is going to be near on impossible, I'd imagine. A colour mismatch would drive me insane.

So, what would you do?
Solarez or similar to patch the crack, then hide under wax?
Or have it repaired properly and deal with the colour mismatch?
(FYI - if the board wasn't so new, I'd probably deal with the colour issue)

you could repair it properly and make a feature of it some how, don't try to match colour, just put a cool pattern/symbol/emoji over it. Use your imagination and creative spirit.

You want pay someone to patch THAT?

Just seal it and get a flat bit of wax and cover it.

You don't need to colour match,as the original pigment has not been damaged,just some clear resin and wax over as has been suggested.

Colour matching is always best, sometimes not easy. Matching the F/glass texture as shown in the image is virtually impossible. It's worth doing a proper job, when the board is waxed-up it won't be noticeable and you will forget that it's there. New boards always seem to incur more dings than old ones.

I'm kinda disappointed that no one has suggested that if it was Macaha, he'd just sell it and start again.....

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damned67 said..
I'm kinda disappointed that no one has suggested that if it was Macaha, he'd just sell it and start again.....

Hey hey hey go to The Ding Shop at Miami they do amazing work and I'd be surprised if you could notice the repair.

solarez

Great to see some action in the longboard forum
All good responses and yeah best to get it fixed.
Personally if there was good swell I'd Solarez and enjoy riding it. That stuff works and is awesome with the fibers in it's strong. I came across it on holiday and hoping I could stay on the water and I'd repair properly when home. Years later all good and sound.
99% of the time that's under the wax and if elsewhere would try and match.

Enjoy surfing it

Well it's slow going in here since the old crew left for a private chat room on Instagram to go 5 days without any action in here is a sad thing best you need lot get cracking and post a bunch

Has been slow - I find myself in the sailing forum reading about Anti-foul. Don't sail, nor have time for a sail boat. But still, sail forum is more active than this one.

Macaha, how confident are you of The Ding Shop?
I've used them once before, at the strong recommendation of a number of people, and the job was not great. Although, kinda seems like a one-off experience compared to other surfers I know.

Mate I've seen their work amazing but if you doubt go there with your board and speak with Anthony the owner himself and ask the questions see what he says.

Id just go Solarez.

Mate - watch a few videos on line on surfboard repairs - go onto sanded Australia grab some q cell , / fibreglass / resin / resin tint to match the colour and away you go . Blokes at sanded are very helpful with any tips / queries you will need .Also is an online Facebook page backyard surfboard repairs where you will get all the advice you need .

worst case if you mess it up sand it out and go again I am no expert - started repairing my own boards about 12 years ago , been a bit slack lately -been surfing the new board last 6 months while had 4 others sitting in the shed waiting for patch ups ( 1 delam / 2 dings / 1 cracked rail ) thanks for the post got me motivated to get into them .

Had it done professionally. Didn't cost much more than a tube of solarez.
Reasonable job, certainly water tight!
Did have to spend a bit of time polishing sanding marks out.
But, now that it's waxed up, can't see it at all.

Guessing you are up around southeast Qld .

Board repairs bit different down this way , nearest I would trust , top bloke but is 1 and 1/2 an hours drive away ,and would expect weeks if not more before the board came back . These days would cost more in fuel then what it costs to get the board fixed so easier to do a backyard job .

My favourite board has a ding on the deck of it similar to yours from about 6 months ago - luckily I had it copied so still been able to get out with the same board - have a bad habit of damaging boards .
As you can see in the pic - also had the nose broken off / was left in the sun at Melbourne airport causing a major belly delamination -all patched and still goes pretty good / started on the deck repair today

Really easy repair to tackle yourself, about 20 minutes to repair with suncure powder, some 4 ounce cloth and quality resin.