Thanks for all the tips y'all! Decided to go full wax for now and settle on some traction after I've had the chance to ride it a bit. I've spent the past few days feeling up the QISC, looking at all the pretty colors, and waxing her up, and this morning (the only day I have off) looked like a perfect time to take her out to OB as a 3-5' long-period NW swell was mixing in with some incoming SW.
It was a little bigger and better than I thought it was going to be; it was 5-6' ledging on the inside bar with clean winds. The sand hasn't had much time to settle so most waves were either closeouts or one-turn waves, so I bided my time for a solid one I could take all the way to the beach. About 30 minutes in, a big roll-through set came through and I ducked it right as it wedged up on the bar, my board slipped through my fingers and as it got carried by the wave, I could feel my leash meet resistance... and then release.
For some batshit unlucky reason, my leash had wrapped around both fins and when the wave carried through me, the leash sliced through 1/3 of the entire board. It was a full thickness cut through rails, foam, and the parallel carbon. I literally couldn't believe what I saw when I surfaced; I hadn't caught a single wave on it yet but I had received the worst "ding" in my life (other than a few buckles) on my first brand new board. I'm super fucking bummed and trying to think about the best way to navigate repairs. Since it cut through the QISC, the pessimist in me is worried that even the best repair won't make it feel as the creator intended, but I'm trying to stay hopeful. I might email Javier/Shey to see what they recommend...
It was a little bigger and better than I thought it was going to be; it was 5-6' ledging on the inside bar with clean winds. The sand hasn't had much time to settle so most waves were either closeouts or one-turn waves, so I bided my time for a solid one I could take all the way to the beach. About 30 minutes in, a big roll-through set came through and I ducked it right as it wedged up on the bar, my board slipped through my fingers and as it got carried by the wave, I could feel my leash meet resistance... and then release.
For some batshit unlucky reason, my leash had wrapped around both fins and when the wave carried through me, the leash sliced through 1/3 of the entire board. It was a full thickness cut through rails, foam, and the parallel carbon. I literally couldn't believe what I saw when I surfaced; I hadn't caught a single wave on it yet but I had received the worst "ding" in my life (other than a few buckles) on my first brand new board. I'm super fucking bummed and trying to think about the best way to navigate repairs. Since it cut through the QISC, the pessimist in me is worried that even the best repair won't make it feel as the creator intended, but I'm trying to stay hopeful. I might email Javier/Shey to see what they recommend...
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