Bing Swee'Pea 2.0: I can rebuild him...fixing surfboard dings

round tails are a little too stable in small waves for me, but that's a cool board, overall.

Yeah, the board you got is definitely closer to the bulb than a swee'pea. The original swee'pea was a carbon copy of the lost couch potato (or vise-verse), except the pea has a little more rocker and, therefore, range.

Based on my exp with is type shape, you really don't want it too big for your size...it will handle like a boat.

 

live4t, looks like a great stick. How much rocker? Not a great pic to show rocker but the bottom pic looks like there's a decent amount in the tail. Pretty good dims. That's starting to get too wide for my liking but it would just make it.

What do you cats think of winged tails?

 

so.... your surfboard is a him?

 

What's your height/weight?

 

disagree on this point. swee'pea came out first, but the boards aren't really anything alike. there are vague similarities in outline, but the INTENT of the 2 models are far different. the swee'pea is a kind of stepped-up dharma, w/ well foiled rails, lower volume, & a more pulled in tail (nose width on the dharma & swee'pea are mostly the same). couch potato is a groveller version of the layZboy/layZtoy...wider, thicker, flatter rockered.
the pea has more range than the potato, sure, but to call them carbon copies based on their outline alone is kind of short-sighted.

 

can't speak for L4T, but i can comfortably ride a 5'8"x21 1/8"x2 5/16" dharma in small, weak surf & have a blast, & i'm 6'0"x200lbs.

 

this is a REALLY cool looking board! i really like the idea of the swee'pea as a 5 pack...it just screams "twin + trailer" to me.


(sorry (not sorry) for the triple posting, emass!)

 

"Massive" board. LOL. I hope you're like 140 pounds.

 

This kind of project is where a plain white board is SO nice. That board could have cracks, dents, divots, cancer all over it and with some careful ding repair can be brought back to a 9/10 condition cosmetially SO much more easily than something with an elaborate paint/resin job.

 

I'm 14, 5'5''ish, 120ish lbs, and have been surfing for 3 years on a 6'0'' CI gravy. I'm ordering a 5'5'' SUPERbrand Unit. I've gotten so many recommendations on these dims. I can't remember the exact dims tho, just know its gonna be a huge step down and its gonna take a wave at least waist high to get up on....

 

jack jensen makes such killer fins! you def. scored scooping up a set of those!

 

Dang, just saw the fin plug damage. Never tried one of those myself. Good luck. That board is sweet. just got my first round tail and am loving it. no bumps and I am still releasing it with the fins I got (quad FCS KS version 2.0) - gunna get wet this wednesday!

 

cool project

keep us updated

 

That's a nice board! I'm always on the lookout for something like this that needs a little TLC!

 

Awesome board Always wanted one of them please keep us updated with the progress on its repair