I bought a used soft top surfboard from craigslist to learn surfing and just realized that there is a crease across the bottom of the board. Is it bad? What can I do to not further crease it?
If it's not a cut through the outer skin it should be fine. If you ride it like a real man or woman should ride a foamie it will have plenty more scars. If it does need repaire, go see the ding repaire specialist at Costco Surf Shoppe. BTW, surfing wave riding season ended two weeks ago. Sorry, you'll have to wait until next year.
creases aren't ever good...however you're a beginner and probably won't even notice any difference in performance.
I'm surprised you didn't notice it when you bought the board. Nevertheless, as long as it isn't cut through, and board is watertight, it should be OK. You'll have a lot more dents, scratches, and perhaps some broken fins, before you advance to a regular board. Those soft tops really float and can take a beating. They're better to learn on than damaging a good board (or yourself) in the process. Be careful about leaving them too long under the hot sun.
never owned any type of foamie, but I'm pretty sure you can relocate the fins anywhere you want...as long as you have a drill and bit big enough to bore some quater-inch wide holes (maybe don't even need to do that)
why is there even a discussion on this subject? But seriously though... surfing season is over. Go home and take care of your lawn.
Also have to add that a crease in the glass is usually from the board being subjected to almost enough force to break it ,so it is damaged internally and will break at that area much easier now if it happens again . Depends if its a pos i wouldnt bother wasting lot of repairs at a shop,save your money and buy something better
They now have special kits for softtop repairs just go to deeznuts.com and click on the large cigar shaped icon.
