So this morning I was out a beach break and busted up the nose of my board. This was my 2nd time taking it out and I’m bummed because it’s super fun.
I’m not sure if this will require the work of a pro or if it’s something I could/should repair myself, considering I’m planing to glass my next board myself. There is a lot of good info on this repair but this one is slightly different. The nose buckled and the glass cracked around the rails. Pics below:
There is also stress fractures through pretty much the entire bottom side of the nose. This pic is not the clearest but if you look closely you can see the stress cracks:
This image shows the deepest indentation of the crease:
Any help or thoughts you guys have will be much appreciated.
Well, if you are willing to try glassing a complete board, then you should be able to handle this repair yourself. Sounds like you checked the archives already. Your board might have a little different type of damage, but the techniques should still apply. Basically, all the loose glass on the deck and rails has to come off. I can’t tell from the pic of the bottom if the glass has delaminated or just stress fractured. If just stress fractures, leave the glass on the bottom, but sand down to the weave.
After removal of the glass, push the nose back down to the original rocker. You can brace or not brace the stringer, as discussed in archives. For a shortboard, you want to keep the nose weight to a minimum. You can fill the crushed foam with filler of your choice or not. If there are shallow dents that you can glass over, then I would not use filler. For deep holes, you will have to fill with something. Then glass, hot coat, sand, etc.
The end result may not look too pretty. But it should be strong enough to last if you are careful.