queequeg Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Howdy Y'all! I damaged my board this weekend. Basically, I had a collision (it was totally my fault, so I suppose that my board getting damaged in the process is Karma coming back at me). I was riding with a few softbooter acquaintances on Saturday, and I am usually pretty good about keeping behind them when carving to avoid issues, but I guess I had caught up to them and not noticed in the middle of one run ... whipped into a hard heelside turn from the edge of the trail and went cutting across the fall-line super fast - just as one of my friends was coming dowhill in the middle of the trail and clipped him (I felt just awful about the whole thing). We were both fine, as no bodies made contact but the nose of my board rammed directly into his upraised edge behind his rear binding. My board was fully raised up on edge when the collision occurred so now there is a "notch" in the exact center of my board's nose, probably about 3/4 of an inch deep. No wood is showing, most of the material is still there and the edges are surprisingly ok - the topsheet material is still there so it seems like I could just fill the area in with some epoxy, flatten and clamp and things could be basically good as new. I will post photos later, that will obviously be more helpful but does anyone have any advice? I would take it to a shop to have done by a Pro, but I live in NYC and frankly, don't trust any of the ski shops around here. That and I like to do things like this myself ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Nose damage? as long as it's not deep enough to hit the p-tex that contacts the snow, I'd just seal it with some epoxy and leave it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Ditto what tex said. The nose is really no big deal, as it doesn't see any contact with the snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queequeg Posted January 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 That's what I figured - thanks for the advice. I'll just give it my best with some epoxy and home tools tonight. I think that should probably work just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucible Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 +1 on what the other guys have said. Just remember to use a good marine grade epoxy that can withstand some flex, the 5 minute DIY stuff from Home Hardware can get brittle at low temps and flake off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave ESPI Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Ditto what tex said. The nose is really no big deal, as it doesn't see any contact with the snow. * cept when colliding with other boarders.... LOL sorry Jose.... had to get a quick jab. Glad you are all OK. When you comming back upstate again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Buggs Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 See you should have been with us:nono: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queequeg Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 See you should have been with us:nono: Hi Bobby - sorry we never met up, I actually started out at skyeship/bear and by the time I got your text I had allready moved over to k1 and then snowdon, and I was having super spotty cell reception and getting really frustrated with it. I saw your coiler leaned up against the side door of the K1 lodge later on in the day on sat - went looking for you inside but had no luck finding you. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queequeg Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 +1 on what the other guys have said.Just remember to use a good marine grade epoxy that can withstand some flex, the 5 minute DIY stuff from Home Hardware can get brittle at low temps and flake off. Is JB Weld a good choice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucible Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 I have used JB weld with good success, although since it cures very rigid it might not work too well in areas that receive a LOT of flex. I have had JB Weld flake off when put on the sidewalls of Winterstick Severe Terrain near the tail and at the three o'clock area of the nose, but have had no issues at the tip of the nose. Marine Epoxy made by Devcon seems to work better in those high flex areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenorman Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Is JB Weld a good choice? hi queequeg just make sure the board is completely dry and clean before repairing. store the board upside down in your warm kitchen for a few days to ensure everything drains out and is as dry as possible. I had some topsheet chip off and my epoxy repair is still holding up after about 6 or 7 years. i just used ordinary epoxy because i had run out of marine epoxy which would have been a better choice but the repair has held up so i didn’t bother redoing it. funny that you should mention j.b. weld as that was the first repair i tried but it flaked off after a few runs. you can just see remnants of black coloured j.b. weld on the nose repair in the first pic. it is more likely user error rather than the unsuitability of j.b. weld that caused the initial repair to fail so judge for yourself. my board sustained both nose and tail damage as I got hit hard from behind which knocked me off the trail and into the trees. . Good luck with your repair. <link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cloyal%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026"/> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <o>:p></o>:p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 dude? you were the downhill rider, you were both in motion, not your fault. paint a small silhouette of a softbooter on the nose of your board - you got one! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyTKDsquirrel Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 dude?you were the downhill rider, you were both in motion, not your fault. paint a small silhouette of a softbooter on the nose of your board - you got one! ;) Woo 10 points! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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