Decided it was worth the effort to attempt to fix the poor board as I have been hating riding the backup and my new one will not be here for a few weeks. Pretty happy with the result. Its a touch heavier than previously - not sure it will last but happy to give it a crack. We ended up pulling off all the top part of the deck and taking it back to the foam. We then applied a few longitudinal strips of glass across the break then re-glassed it as you would a normal board then gave it some paint. Will take it for a spin later and see what she goes like.


Ease up on the grass comments - its the dry season over here

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Nice work! Did you put a couple of dowels between the two halves for extra strength?

Good work...
That thing was flogged....

Nice work!!

I missed the bit were it was snapped.
Do tell...
That snappage is spectacular.
Good job putting humpty dumpty together again.

Wasnt looking like happening thing first up photos.

Good well done

Fixed up nicely mate. Surprised its your goto board for your local though, doesn't look like a shape for bigger suckier waves. Is it riding better than that board you brought to my local?

Really thought that one would go much better...guess the outline would make it pretty fast down the line & help it hold on rail.

That came out good Ted. Interesting to find how different it feels after the repair

Nice job,if you're ever on the central coast I've got a couple of boards in need of attention

GPA - no dowels - they do not do them over here. The local boys fix a fair few boards and are pretty good at it. Its not uncommon here to see 5 boards snapped on a good day and 10 on a not so good day. This place loves eating boards.

Cuttlefish - lets just say I got absolutely flogged by a nice 5 footer (old style measurement) on a super low tide. A shame as it was perfect and just 4 of us out. 3 of us snapped boards that session.

Mick - only surfed that board half a dozen times since I been here - not had enough big swells when I have been here. Its been a pretty poor season compared to last year with lots of smaller / medium days and a few huge days (which lucky I have missed a few of ). The Nano works well up to double overhead. It holds a rail nicely and handles the speed most of the time. I have been really surprised how well its goes in all conditions. Its an incredible board. I have probably ridden it 95% of the time. Thats what convinced me to get Tux to make me an improved / more tailored version of the MPH design.

smh - hopefully tom but have a pretty busy work schedule these next few days so it may be the day after. Will see what the morning brings and when the wind gets up. Will be avoiding the low tide early thats for sure - especially with the big moon

Ricardo - I have watched a lot of boards getting repaired these last 6 months. The PU boards are about 10 times easier than the epoxy ones. Lots of time and effort involved when they are that smashed. A clean break is normally fixed here that afternoon if you on good terms with the boys and there has not been too many breakages that day. Bring them over

Same here bro...had a few big days...had one consistent week of medium. But overall frequently infrequent...hoping for summer swell to start late with something in between.


Looking forward to hearing how Tux's board goes for ya

Looks good Ted,if all else fails I', sure a local kid would love to score that board.

Thanks Mac. After today's effort I think that is what it's destined for. Board went ok but definitely lost its flex and excitement. I surfed a long left that was fun not epic at 3-4ft by myself. So it got a good workout but might take it out somewhere a bit more critical Tom and see how she goes. Was reluctant today as did not want to bust her on the big low tide. Tom is another day though