It was the day of days at one of the reefs over here this morning. Typhoon Kong-Rey sent the biggest, cleanest swell I've seen at my spot in the last 5 years. Double overhead on the sets, no wind, and fast, hollow waves. Got there at dawn, forgot about my coffee and dived in.
Anyway, caught a few fun ones, but on the way in I thought I was just about wide enough to avoid the rocks, but close enough to not get whipped away by the current in the nearby channel. Sadly, I was mistaken. As I rolled in with the whitewater on my belly, the very last few rocks reared up as the water drained from the previous wave. There was nothing I could do - it was either my board or my skin, so my board took one for the team. Here are the results:
Big chunk out of the rail, bunch of big long gauges, busted fin box, and a big crunch through the carbon and into the wood stringer. The ding doc I know here is good, but expensive. I'm guessing this will set me back about $250. Annoyingly, it had a loose fin box when I got it, but it was the other box that got busted.
So my decision is: get it repaired or...get a new one. Thoughts?
Anyway, caught a few fun ones, but on the way in I thought I was just about wide enough to avoid the rocks, but close enough to not get whipped away by the current in the nearby channel. Sadly, I was mistaken. As I rolled in with the whitewater on my belly, the very last few rocks reared up as the water drained from the previous wave. There was nothing I could do - it was either my board or my skin, so my board took one for the team. Here are the results:
Big chunk out of the rail, bunch of big long gauges, busted fin box, and a big crunch through the carbon and into the wood stringer. The ding doc I know here is good, but expensive. I'm guessing this will set me back about $250. Annoyingly, it had a loose fin box when I got it, but it was the other box that got busted.
So my decision is: get it repaired or...get a new one. Thoughts?