How to Maintain a Surfboard
- 1). Invest the extra $30 or so in a "board sock," or cloth surfboard bag, to protect and store your quality board.
- 2). Get a surfboard rack for the top of your car. Loading boards into the trunk, backseat or back of a truck can damage them.
- 3). Avoid leaving your board in the sun. Ultraviolet rays can degrade the hard fiberglass shell around the soft foam core, causing delamination, as well as melt the coat of wax off your board.
- 4). Try not to whack your board into walls, other surfboards or other objects when you carry it.
- 5). Avoid standing your board on end up against a wall, since a gust of wind or a small bump might topple it.
- 6). Fix any dents that may leak water into your surfboard's foam core with a ding repair kit, or have it done by a professional at a surfboard shop.
- 7). Invest in a quality board bag to protect it from abusive baggage handlers if you need to take your board on an airplane.
- 8). Consider wrapping the board in bubble wrap and brace the fins so they can't snap off when carrying the board on a plane.
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