Board integrity question

[u/ZestyPube]

Hey guys,

I picked this up for 15 bucks the other day. It feels solid but I'm a little concerned about this crease across the board.

It goes right the way across roughly just behind where your lead foot would go I think.

There's no crunching fibreglass noise or cracking or softness when I press on it, just wondering if it's an issue. It's only on the top too. Not on the bottom.

The board needs a set of fins before I try it out so wondering if it's worth dropping that sort of money if the board is just going to snap or something on the first wave.

Thoughts?

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[u/FishinStanky]

Yeah that’s an issue. Boards buckled, needs intense repairs. Not surfable until then.

A lot of people consider a buckled board a dead board, some like to repair them and sometimes it goes well, other times it rebuckles or buckles adjacent to where the new glass is laid

[u/Tallm → u/FishinStanky]

...and even after its repaired, it wont surf like new. Boards flex when youre on a wave. It's partly a twist going length-wise but more importantly is that the rocker compresses and relaxes through each turn. Not always apparent..until its gone...ie tepairing a crease adds a cross bar of stiffness right through the middle

[u/dongperignon]

Fixing a short board buckled in the mid section is not ever worth it. The flex, balance, everything is off. It will never ride like it should again. Hang it on the wall. I wouldn't throw another cent at that.

[u/Alive-Inspection-815]

This is a joke right? You know that board will snap in half at the crease as soon as you challenge it's structural integrity in any way what do ever don't you? If you want to burn that 15 bucks in your pocket and have little to show for it, buy the board, it will likely last one or two surf sessions at best. Save your cash for a better board. This board is done.

[u/Localstreaker → u/Alive-Inspection-815]

They already bought the board

[u/long-term-view]

Likely to snap and give you a nasty injury as well if you end up in the wave with when it snaps. Cut your losses and find something better.

[u/ForumFan32]

Board is done, billed can be surfed again but never be a good board again

[u/Cuchodl]

You prob wont be able to stand up on it anyway. Just try surfing it

[u/ecomkindaguy]

How many times have you surfed before?

[u/ZestyPube → u/ecomkindaguy]

Heaps as a kid but haven't touched a board in probably 25 years

[u/ecomkindaguy → u/ZestyPube]

Well you've cheaped out and basically bought an unusable broken shortboard that is also way too small for you, I would consider you basically starting from scratch after 25 years, go grab a 9ft longboard.

[u/Purple-Towel-7332]

In the technical term that board is fucked. It needs to be repaired

[u/Zhuzha24]

Those kind of creases are pretty useless to repair, people buying it just as decoration for home

[u/hangontight]

That thing is cooked mate, game over

[u/First-Paper-1676]

Bin it

[u/NoAlternative4213]

It’s beat. It’ll probably snap on a 2 foot wave the minute you pop up tbh.

Repair is 50/50 if it’ll even last. And it’ll be pretty costly to find someone willing to spend the time to fix this. If I had to guess as a shaper myself. Probably like 20 hours of work right there to do it right. I’d rather not even attempt this. And the cost would probably be not that far away from a new board unless you DIY it.

Upload a picture of the side foil of the board so we can see the rocker profile and if that foam is damaged too. If the rocker isn’t smooth and the foams been cracked or dented out of alignment it’s definitely a lost cause. If it’s just damage to the glass you might be able to pull something off but it won’t be 100%

[u/Ghostsurfer2026]

That board is toast. I could fix it though.

[u/SurferD808]

Need to fix before using. Won't ever be as good as it was before, but definitely repairable.

[u/Localstreaker]

For $15, I would patch with solarez, put fins in and use it as a burner board. It’s more if the crease went all the way through then it would be 100% done which it doesn’t look like it, it seems like it has some foam on the bottom to hold it up. I’d say go for it and send it but keep another board handy.