I did a search with no luck so am hoping to get some advice here. I kitesurf in flat water and waves and kitesurf on a standard skimboard often. However, in the waves it gets a bit tricky and am thinking about the difficulties of adding fins to a skimboard.
There is a kite specific skim board, with fins, ( see link below) but it is $400.
I got a nice looking skim with a lot of nose rocker from costco for $45 and am wondering how I can add wakeboard fins to the back of it. Is it as simple as drilling holes? Or do i need to be worried it will start to take on water and try and line the holes with something? Unfortunately I do not know what type of core is inside. I have attached some pics of the skim and the fins. Any advice appreciated.
Thanks roland
PS the plastic is still on the skim as I may return it to costco
I have no experience with fibre glass and other such things. Of course I have done a bit of the old fill in a ding with that ding repair stuff.
However, after taking my mini-mal to get a professional repair (a fin box) and seeing the fin placement off by a 1/4 inch I thought maybe I should have a crack at it myself. I understand the guy was only getting 60 odd bones out of it and cant be a perfectionist but still with a bit of focus who knows.
But at least the fin is in there to stay and my surfing being how it is I can’t tell any difference.
Getting back to the skim does has anyone seen what is inside one?