I know there has been LOTS of threads about board repairs and yes I had a quick look at boardlady.

Lost about 6 inches off the front of my board today, the bottom bit came clean away the top bit was pointing at the sky but when I pushed it back down it stayed there. Its an old epoxy slalom that goes really fast or did. Its quite long so do I really need the extra pointy six inches on the front??

Probably not Susie, I've just cut about the same amount from a similar board.
The main concern is rocker, if you end up with not enough, the board could nose dive into the back of chop instead of riding over it.

Going back another foot and shaping the bottom up to the new nose line will help.

Thanks decrepit

My old Maui Project was a bit battered around the nose (my first shortboard learnt forwards etc on it...copped a flogging) so one day I thought "man they made this thing long, i'm chopping 30cm off it" Which I proceeded to do. It then stayed in the shed for about a year (hahaha) till I got around to finishing it. Finished it the other weekend and took it for a sail, TOTAL success. It's like a new board haha, basically it's the same length as current designs (about 230). That 30cm was total dead weight. DO IT i say :D

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Edit: It should also be noted that the Maui Project has ridiculous nose rocker and hence makes this sort of operation much easier ;)

That is one f***ing ugly board!

Haha you know the Maui Project EXTREME EDITION > all ^_^

How'd you go the other day? Wind hang around?

Yep kept cranking til dark. 4.2 maxed out the whole time.
Looks like nice southerly for wednesday.

Yep swell direction looks good for Peggy's too, might hit it up after work :D

Personally I would get it fixed, I am no expert, but the 'dunga' looks pretty long and flat, not a hell of lot of rocker.

My two cents,

Well it's hardly long, it's 230 now :o As for flat, well up to 8cm from the nose the rocker is almost identical, i'm talking within about 5mm) to an 84L JP RRW. The RRW has slightly more kick on the last 8cm but it also gets a lot thinner (laziness on my part in terms of feathering the front up).

When considering something like this you have to consider what type of board it is/was. When I used to sail this board I always thought to myself how retarded the nose looked. Now if you cut 30cm of a RRW for example you'd end up with what can only be described as a biscuit. However, the MP was a long board (260) with rocker lines, within the 230cm from the rear envelope, that are very close to todays boards. This means it's nose rocker was EXTREME, basically totally wasted volume if looked at by todays designers. In essence cut it off, feather it and you have almost what you buy today. Sure, the nose could have done with a bit more rounding but hey.

I sailed it in about 6ft waves and it was perfect. It sails just like a 230cm 95L(ish) board would (a lot of the RRW style boards are this length now), couldn't really fault it for what it is. And for a board that was basically annoying to a board that i'll now use, for $5..well i'll take it.

You'd also have to consider how much it's going to cost to fix your board. An old epoxy slalom board is worth $200 maybe? It's possibly going to cost that much to fix professionally? (not really sure on going board repair rates). But for $40 (if you have 0 materials) you could have a bit of fun and cut and shut your old 'dunga'. I'd also hardly consider what I did extreme or '****'. There were some pics on here a while ago of a formula board that got cut up into a speed board, that's extreme...and totally cool :D

/end defense of dunga :D

PS i will now call it Maui Project - Dunga Edition

i had the nose cut off my formula board. performs a lot better these days. after riding newer shorter models i figured the nose was a waste of time. took off about 20cm. i am very happy with the outcome.

tapered the cut just in case. it has never dug in to chop. not to say an old school slalom board would work with a cut nose but 6 inches doesn't sound like much to me.

Yep 6" off will probably make it a better board. Don't bother rounding, Do the Fanatic /Tabou shovel nose. You wont nose dive. If anything you may decapitate the top couple of inches of steep chop but it is smoother and faster than slapping that 35 degree nose tip into the back of chop.

every time I see this post I think of that "billy joe bobbit" dude, who's wife , cut it off.....

Hi Suzie,

I would just fix it as it will at least give you some sort of resale value. It will probably cost about $50 in materials that will be able to be used for future repairs and one of us can walk you through it if you are unsure of how to do it.
Cheers,
Chris

Ohhhh. Sorry.
I just got a fright when I saw the topic heading.

One tip from someone who has done it:

Make sure you have a bit of a corner in the front rail. This stops spray from wrapping around the underside and spraying you in the face