HOW A PROFESSIONAL REALLY FIXES YOUR SURFBOARD
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- In todays adventure we tackle a crease on a morally questionable but functional surfboard, make fin of bigger TH-camrs than ourselves and shamelessly plug our own products!
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There was another part to this video I've just realised, but it got deleted while editing and I couldn't remember what it was so I left it out. I just remembered though!
If you look up the Superfish now, you'll see they are up to number 4! How techy must number 4 be if this, number 2 was made with all these crazy materials and processes? Well, it's a PU blank, single wooden stringer, poly foam... With a swallow tail.
Interesting to see boards like this evolving into the same construction type as Geryy Lopez was churning out in the 70's!
Thanks for watching!
"I wasn't really able to blend it..."
And the paint job is just wonderful. As usual. Bravo!
Haha, there's a faint line between my white and the original but that's the beauty of working on the wax side of a board!
Very clean finish! Your attention to detail is incredible sir 🔥🔥
Keep up the good work! Damn taping off a second time for the pin stripes?! A lot of extra work that people don't see happening in front of the lens! Hats off to yah!
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@@paul_s-eo many thanks! Yea double pinstripes are annoying as shit 😂 especially in two different colours!
Epic! Love these. My local favourite shaper is
Shun Garage Shape.
Local Japanese lad putting out top of the range, one off, hand shaped weapons in New Plymouth. Yeow!!!
Yup, he’s the man! Very keen to get some of his boards up this way!
thanks for the hint about doubling up the resin on the rails to lessen risk of cloth sand-through!
@@dumpy4289 pleasure, game changer that one!
Great video as always !
I was wondering : would it be possible one day to tell us the essential tools we'd have to buy to start repairing our own boards ? Like a starter kit for once or twice a year repairs ? (Powertools, Pads, sandpapers... ?)
I can do that for sure!
Your attention to detail and the quality of your work is amazing. I hope you charge accordingly.
Appreciate it! Charging accordingly is without a doubt the biggest challenge of any ding repairer!!
great video.i had a 2008 poly 7'3" super fish loved that board not a fish super loose and fast.
The guy who owns this board says he loves it too, I guess that’s all that counts at the end of the day!
Fantastic job! I wish my boards were fixed so well.
Theres some great repairers out there, tracking them down can be difficult though!
My shaper is Sergio Godoy, Godart Surfboards is a place in Rosarito Baja California, Mexico. The dude does incredible boards for the waves on Baja
Found um on instagram, some nice looking shapes and colour work!
Another great repair! Thank you for making content!
Many thanks and my pleasure!
Amazing work
Quick question, what is the purpose of storing the boards on their nose ?
The only reason is because the board has fins in it. To store it on the tail I'd have to undo the straps on the racks to get it in but putting them nose first I can just lift the board over the straps and ''drop'' it down 🤙
That’s a repair you very professional
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As someone who does 90% of repairs in epoxy, this makes me really happy 😂
I aim to please!
You don't use breathing protection when sanding ? Thanks for the video
My vacuum does a fine job of sucking in the dust. I do about 6 hours of sanding everyday and wearing a mask for that long everyday has its own issues. It’s the main reason I use an orbital sander instead of a polish sander like more surfcraft folks
Thanks for watching! 🤙
Nice vid and great repair man! 7S seems like a specialty in NZ as I remember I ve seen them quite often in shops everywhere:) But yeah, we have same shit like that - NSP pretty common here in Europe. On the other hand, I must say I had same issues repairing Slater design board or some fckn Firewire surfboards as well, as all were made out of very low density eps... as EPS/Epoxy only - surfboard builder I am honestly very alergic to those asia pop out shites (nevermind if global surf ind. or firewire etc), as they cast a bad light on EPS/Epoxy boards:) and those shites can't be comparable to quality builded eps/epoxy board made out of quality materials... anyway, looking forward to the next video, it is my "pleasure and learning" time in the night when our little one finaly falls asleep and I have a bit of a time for myself. So thank you heaps for your channel! It also brought me to a point that I started to like doing repairs more then before, even though it slows me down with custom builds :D With the fish topic, I must say you nailed it. For me, if a surfer wants to get the real fishy experience the board should not be longer then 6ft for sure and with the 6ft I concider a person which is pretty tall and heavy... On the other hand I built few mid fishes in 6.6 and those boards surf great. But of course, it is more midlenght surfing uncomparable with a short fish. There are loads of shapers here in Europe, but if you are after more alternative stuff, I would recommend to check out instagram of my mate in Ireland Elvis - booglerize surfboards. As Czech republic wise, we had some garage builders in the past, but most of them are not active anymore. From what I know, we are only two now who builds surfboards regulerly (fckn weird as we are as landlocked as possible right? hahaha). But check out also Liam, south african guy who lives here in Prague and builds boards under Chapter surfcraft, the me as Apatyka surfboards of course:-D and then in there were Demon Surfboards in Slovakia, but they were specialised more on river and wake surfboards. Btw. river surfing started to be very popular in Czech as we have a pretty good river wave right in Prague on Vltava river.. check out Vlny Stvanice. Not the same as surfing ocean waves surely, but heaps of fun though... sorry for a loooong comment :) cheers man.
It’s always been interesting to me the HUGE array of differences in EPS/Epoxy construction from one manufacturer to the other. PU/poly seems vastly more consistent, be it an overseas pop out or a hand shaped local shaper, the two are very comparable but with EPS/Epoxy the difference in quality is astounding. I can’t help but feel the surf industry is still prototyping the construction method and just making the customers pay for the R&D.
I’ve seen that wave in Praha, I’ve been to Prague many times, even did a 4 month stint living there eating goulash breakfast, lunch and dinner and getting fat 😆 I love Czech, it’s a beautiful place. I used to spend a lot of time in Kozakov skating down mountains
@@smallkinedings To be honest, I haven't build a single board out of PU/Poly. When I built a surfboard for the first time in 2009 I had very little of informations and that time I even did not know that there are thinks like PU blanks etc, or when I found this out I did not know where to buy them. So I kept with what I could source localy, EPS blocks and Epoxy resin:) and I sticked to it.. :)) So my experiences with PU/Poly boards are from repairs only. From my point of view, EPS/Epoxy construction is brilliant, if we use quality EPS foam, high density of course, quality Epoxy made for building surfboards and quality fibreglass and the most important factor - to not cut corners in production. The only problemes I experienced with EPS/Epoxy boards were mainly on brands made in Asia as I mentioned before or if low density blank was used and if it wasn't sealed prior to glassing, or glassing were made in increasing temps - I repaired a river surfboard of some italian brand for one guy from Prague and during the pretty common dings repair I realised there are dozens of pinholes all around the rail which can happen mainly as described before.. I was fckn shocked as the board was pretty expensive... nevermind. I must alsa say that the quality of PU/Poly boards differs a lot but that is dependent on choice of the rught blank for the shape and on the laminator and sander mostyl (overshaped blanks on CNC, oversanded glassing etc) and I must say that sometimes it is frustrating to do repairs on some poly boards if the glassing sucks and it is comparable to doing repairs on shitty eps/epoxy boards:D So my conclusion is that the main thing is if the board is build properly...:)))
Anyway, sorry for long post again.. I could chat about boards all the time hahah:))) I am happy you liked Prague, let me know if you will come there again, I can take you out to have few beers and show you some good hc/punk clubs or whatever:) Also Kozakov is brilliant downhill paradise, I used to work as a promotor on one of the Kozakov Downhill challenge comp., but it is about 15 years ago already haha:)) but still lots of good memories:) cheers mate, looking forward for another vid from you!
Unreal job
Mahalos!
Stellar job as always, but the news that fish boards can't be over 6'4" was tough to hear. My summer cruiser "big boy
fish" is 11'...........boo hoo
Haha, you make me sick! I've never heard of such a thing!
My actual shaper in Carcavelos, Portugal 🇵🇹 is Josafa !! Old School shaper guru !
Unreal to work with a shaper with experience who knows your surfing and how you ride! Second to none experience!
I don’t know any local shapers but I did meet Mark Richards about 11 to 12 years ago. He’s a lot closer to you.
If theres a bucket list board to own, his are up there for sure!
Mike Murden - High Voltage surfboards in Mount Maunganui.
Absolute legend! I had the pleasure of meeting him and his boy around Christmas time. They were both living their best lives, shaping, repairing and long tea breaks. Put a smile on my dial!
Wow, this Guy is amazing!!
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL EVERYONE!!
Like it never happened… Another job well done
Cheeee!
Hugh Brockman, BOS Surfboards, Cornwall, UK
Had a browse of his website, nice website! Some beautiful boards there and looks like he's gotten the Dead Kooks license so he must be the real deal!!
This is excellent thank you
My pleasure, thank YOU!
what‘s the expanding foam called you are using?
I’ve got a video specifically on the stuff. I can’t give you a brand name sorry because I buy it direct from a manufacturer so the stuff Inuse doesn’t have a brand name. It’s a 56kg expanding PU foam though 🤙
@@smallkinedings oh nice, whats the video called tho?
@@jamesplaum1927 I think it’s called “surfboard repairs using pour foam” or something along those lines
Bunger surfboards, Long Island NY, USA
I tried to check him out but his website doesn't like me! I'll try again tomorrow!
Nice vid,
In the micro balloon coating you did, it looked like there were air bubbles? Once sanded, do they show the void? Does it matter below the glass patch?
Jobs like these can definitely require more than one fill with your micro balloons, especially with EPS constantly trying to push air through. A couple don't matter too much but you definitely wanna fill as many as humanly possible before glassing!
Doesn't make you curse when it happens? I spread, bubbles come, I curse. I spread more, bubbles still come, I curse again. And so on... 😅
@Andy_XT I'm a builder, so for me any filling compounds I use go on smooth. I was a bit surprised to see a fairing compound like that have bubbles.
@@garethbrewer3159 the eps foam constantly pushes air out its a nightmare to work with
@@neilguy1222 really depends on what density the EPS is, Low density like 1 or 1,5lbs releases loads of air, 2 much less, 2,5 or 3lbs EPS almost does not release air and it also takes much less water inside when dinged. The trick with low/med density EPS is to do the filling, lamination, boxes/leashcups installing in decreasing temperatures, so there is a pressure deprivation in EPS and it "sucks in" instead of release...
Great video! I have a pair of dumb questions since I've only worked with poly/PU before: First, I see you filling the cut out area with a mix-up PU foam. Would you say it's fine to fill EPS gaps with PU foam like this? Second, when you hot coat with epoxy do you have to add any surfacing agent like you would with poly, or is it just a second coat of the same resin? Thanks!
Also, an answer to your last question, my favorite local shaper is Chris Bauer on the Olympic Peninsula, WA, USA.
I only ever replace foam with PU, be it the pour foam or inserts. It's such a superior product that in many cases like fin boxes and leash plugs, the repair is going to be vastly better than the original construction with that added density from the PU.
As far as the Epoxy coats go, it's the same mix as I laminated with. Some resins work much better with something like Additive F but I'm using Entropy CLR here and I'm yet to find a better Epoxy resin that just doesn't seem to get the same issues as others.
Having a look at Bauer surfboards now, some great looking outlines and colour work!
So PU foam won’t melt EPS? Always assumed the chemicals were incompatible but this is amazing news if the 2 part PU can fill voids in EPS
@@smallkinedings Cheers for the info! And glad you like my friend's shapes!
@@CyberneticWitchCult People missunderstand this very often. the probleme comes with Polyester resin, which eats EPS like crazy :))
I don’t like fish over 6”4 either
Good man!
jeez, this looks like an absolute nightmare job lol
Not too bad, double pin stripes are irritating though! This is a pretty standard job though, once you have the order of affairs it’s all kinda muscle memory after that
😂🤣 classic
I hate EPS! 🤙🏼
*T-shirt ideas*
Awesome video as usual!
Local shaper here close to Marseille, France : Nicolas Bartolomeï, ESP surfboard
A passionate with great shapes !
Why the heck do they use a huge staple made for pine furniture when they could use smaller brass backing staple use for cupboard mdf backs😮
Nice spray paint work bro
I’m just grateful they weren’t dry wall screws or nails 😆
Shot bro 🤙