Hello all ( novice surfer )

[Beerfan]

Hello all, my name is mark, and after years of stuffing around, i am finally this year giving this surfing thing a real go!. I have a dinged up 7,6" mini mal, which at the moment is made of more araldyte than fibreglass haha!. I like the longer boards, and am hoping to get an 8,6"ish board when the minister for war and finance approves . I dig the old style longboarding stuff, like nose riding and stuff. My other hobby is home brewing ( i have 3 kegs!! ).

I am at the stage where ( in smooth small stuff ), i can most of the time get up and wobble across the face for a bit before falling off!!. On a good day, i can do it easier than other days. Its funny, i can be paddling around totally stuffed for one and a half to two hours ( im not the fittest bloke in town ) and may only catch a handfull of waves ( and probably one 1 real good ride ), but that 5-10 seconds is totally all worth it!! Anyway.....

Cheers and hello!

[Beerfan]

Sorry, i forgot to ask my question!. I snapped one of the side fins on my board a few weeks ago, so, being tricky, i snapped the other side fin off, filled the holes with araldyte, and away i went!.

1.) How will this affect my boards performance ??

2.) Will the araldyte affect the board ??, i've used it before with no problems other than visual, and a bit of a bump.

Any advice would be much appreciated, tah

[vb]

Should go well ... but snap that centre fin off as well and re-glue it about two thirds back. It'll be a beast on a broken wave but will go like a dream the rest of the time. Bloke broke the nose off my trusty old 7.9 and re-did it with auto putty. No problems

[fong]

hey beerman

fun surfing hey

i use b a shortboader who snarled at mals but i got a old one too...and they are heaps fun

my board was missing a outside fin when i got it....surfed it heaps 4 i fixed it .....kinda went better without it

thats long boardin 4 u ......always full of surprises

p.s where u surf most.....point or beach or reef

[Beanpole]

Should go well ... but snap that centre fin off as well and re-glue it about two thirds back. It'll be a beast on a broken wave but will go like a dream the rest of the time. Bloke broke the nose off my trusty old 7.9 and re-did it with auto putty. No problems

I'd stay away from the araldyte myself. I think superglue is more compatible or you can be reckless and use fibreglass

[Beerfan]

Thanks guys. I usually surf open beaches ( not good enough for points, definately not reefs! ). I did have a fibreglass kit, but it was a bit of mucking around, also, how much can i take off the deck before it gets leaking problems??, i mean, how thick is the layer on the deck?.

Tah

[Red]

Gday Beerfan ... the snapped fin you had reminded me of a problem
we had a few years back....me and a couple of mates were surfing
Crescent Hd when one of us decided to try to come in over the rocks
......bad move. ..he got out with one side fin missing and one flapping
...he went to the Post Office/Surf shop to try to get it fixed...the guy there just snapped the loose fin off....told him to stand further back and ride it like a single fin ...we all had a go and it went pretty good...
...that reminds me I gotta go and fix my own board
anyhow ...enjoy your surfing no matter what level you are

all the best ..Red