How to repair your bodyboard with eBodyboarding.com

Former pro bodyboarder Jay Reale shows you how to easily repair your bodyboard.

[@downwitakrowdy]

Personally I would use 100 silicone for the bottom, the setup time is about 24hours and it's self leveling. The second thing is that not all glue sticks are created equal, some have the ability to have a better holding power than others for various surfaces.

[@Micoski360]

Cool, Jay. Thanks for the Science Pocket Hubb Fins and accessories! Im a happy customer.

[@mattmenzies]

Thanks for posting this Ray - forgot about hot melt

[@Ayaki_TV]

Thanks. Very usefull to know.

[@zelloking]

Thanks dude

[@patdpooify]

Thanks Jay Salsbury. Fouchi taught you that I'm sure.

[@TyBraek]

I would plumbers putty for the bottom. It basically putty that hardens like a rock.

[@dannygamez9962]

Any ideas on how to fix a broken coil leash? thanks!

[@pakmatazz]

Hi! Thanks for the advice. Hot glue it's ok for all the foams? PE and PP? Thanks again.

[@JayReale]

Yes, hot glue works for everything.

[@kalaikealohi4361]

Will this work on surlyn?

[@geerlingsb]

I have an old 90s Mach 7SS that the original owner put a leash in way up at the nose. rode it this way for many years but I got a new leash recently so it's time to fix the placement... I figure hot glue would work for that too? The hole goes all the way through but it's in the angled section so I can't just put a leash plug in it.

[@eBodyboardingcom]

Yes, hot glue would be fine for this hole.

[@TiagoWolf]

thats how I repaired my kainoa mgee bodyboard after being finned on the side rail by a friends shortboard....

[@sanpedroez3367]

I'm 6'3 between 190 & 200lbs, I've been riding 43's most of my adult life but wondering if I could go smaller. I could get away with 42.5 but do you think I could go smaller or stick with 43's? Thanks

[@eBodyboardingcom]

Wait for the Tribe Hunter HV 43". It's a 60mm thick board, so will float you well. Coming in about a month. If you're in a pinch, then a wider 43" or 43.5" is a better call.

[@sanpedroez3367]

@@eBodyboardingcom really ? I was curious about about going smaller but you think bigger is better for me

[@JosSerrano11]

I’m 6’4” and I run 43, 43.5 and 44. All depends on the day or type of wave…. For hollow have you can go smaller…. For big day if the wave not hollow I can go 43.5 or 44. If small I’ll go 44”

[@amadoandtina5974]

Thank you for sharing! You just saved me some $$$. I was going to buy glue or a new board. I can just use the hot glue gun and sticks I already have!

[@federicomuller5348]

Sorry for asking, is it glue stick? No silicone stick?, I thought it was silicone stick until I heard the word hot glue cuz I was just watching the video but not listening

[@eBodyboardingcom]

It's a hot glue gun. Very common tool. You can buy one at any Walmart, Target, hardware store, etc.

[@matthewhughes3421]

I could smell this video! Ahhh good times... good ol hot melt glue

[@Ayaki_TV]

Hello Jay, today I broke my bodyboard at the storm. It broke in half in the middle. My bodyboard didn't have a stringer. I want to fix it with epoxy and put a homemade stringer from an old fishing rod into it. Do you think it's worth it? Bodyboards are not sold in my country.

[@JayReale]

What country are you in? We ship everywhere! Sounds like you have a cheaper EPS core board. I suppose it doesn't hurt to try to fix your board, but ultimately, if the board is too stiff, it won't ride properly, and epoxy resin will make it too stiff I think.

[@Ayaki_TV]

@@JayReale Yes you are right, It was cheap eps core board. I am from Russia, unfortunately I am not sure that I have the opportunity to buy a bodyboard from abroad now due to the bad situation in the world. Do you accept payments in cryptocurrency? Is it possible to send goods to Russia?

[@XXXJohnnySmith69]

How to repair the top part

[@eric9895]

I though boards were ruined if it bubbles

[@eBodyboardingcom]

Not necessarily. Depends how big the bubble is. You can repair a bubble by slitting it open, squirting glue inside, and pressing back down, but you have to make sure it's dry inside.

[@nicolasbrun9795]

I have a table that bent. the tail and the front touch the water. He lost the rocker, it is flat but the nose bends in the water. How can i fix this? I am afraid of using heat and that bubbles will come out or it will come off. I don't know if it has a string.

[@eBodyboardingcom]

Sounds like you have REVERSE rocker. Unfortunately, you can't fix that. Sorry!

[@jollycannalofi8860]

Can I heat gun my bodyboard and put a new slick on um um

[@JayReale]

You can, but you'd better know what you're doing! I've never done that myself.