I bought my very first surfboard at the Malibu Surf Shack for $700. Within thefirst ten minutes of riding it, I ran into a rock and it put a quarter sized hole in the deck.
I took my dinged up board back to the shop and asked the guy who sold me the board if he could help me fix it. He took the board to the back of the shop and squirted some kind of goop into the cavity. He wiped off the excess with a credit card and lifted my board into the sunlight, thus causing the goop to harden. Within seconds, the board was good as new. The clerk then said, that will be $40 please.
That was the last time I ever paid anyone to repair a ding.
I am very hard on my gear and in addition to that, we have about 30 boards in our rental fleet. I have gotten pretty good at fixing them. If you’re in San Pedro and you need your board fixed, give me a call.
