Hi guys, I have bought a new JP Australia fun ride 8 months ago.
I use the board once a week, sometimes once a month and after that I leave the board outside under sun/rain and whatever. I spend some month leaving the board in its bag.
Last sunday I went out and when I came back I just spot this f....ing bubbles and ripples on my board.
Is it gone? What can I do to fix it or do not increase the damage?

What should I do right now? Leave it as is, keep it dry and use it or sand it and re-paint it by removing the bubbles?

jh2703 said...

If you keep your board in a board bag this has most Likely caused your problem, the water will get in through the paint over time and cause those sorts of bubbles.

I agree, probably the case. I noticed when reading the manual that came with my 2011 JP that it says not to leave a wet board in a padded cover - it may mention about the osmosis effect of water getting under the paint - but I dont remember - but was told by a rep that it does happen under those circumstnces though.

What to do about it - dunno sorry

It's happened to my 85lt fanatic, won't leave another board in a board bag again.. What did I do about it.....nothing, just kept sailing it. I did have some problems with my JP superlight if I left it in the sun for a while, a big bubble would start to rise under the paint job(which is just a big sticker) I put a pin in it and pressed it back down then painted over the pin hole, it seems to have fixed it. The fanatic was a painted finish, over time the bubbles have gone hard and if you press them they break up. I did this for the worst of them and just painted over them to seal it again just in case, Mine was not as bad as the JP pictured though.

Water ingress from elsewhere creeping around the eps can also be a cause.

My (2006 JP) board has quite a lot of it too but then it has had more water rammed into than an inmate at Guantanamo Bay.

It weighs more than a half a kg above the weight when I got it - the result of much 'bodywork' plus water ingress over the years. That said, its still lighter than a lot of quads.

Bubble boards. Could become the next new fashion !

Or it could go much faster, like the holes on a golf ball.

isnt only jp got them bubles on my exocet