Thomo Vanguard Fix

[Cosmicocean]

Hi All,

Hard landing at OB Tday!

Any reccomendation for fixing this?

Two fins gone, extra boxes on the board tho

[Yoda]

Bummer! That's a common problem with the standard FST construction Tomo boards.
I had some damage to my fin box and was referred by Firewire to BE Sanding in Santa Cruz. Brian did a really great job and he had it back to me in less than a week. Cost me about $100 for one fin box repair.
http://www.besanding.com

[Cosmicocean]

Thxs Yoda,
Yeah it's a bummer, but great light feeling with the surf construction,

Will try BE, sure hope it's not $200 for the 2 fin boxes tho!

[Kyle]

Are the fin boxes really shallow on those boards? It makes no sense to me that a landing alone could do that amount of damage.

I would not remove the two extra fin boxes and use them as replacements. You are further damaging the board, and creating new paths for water ingress. Better to just order replacement boxes.

$200 seems like a pretty reasonable price actually. That's probably 4-5 hours of labor, if done properly with the right materials. PM me if you'd like help fixing it, I've been doing a lot of foil repairs lately and have some left over supplies.


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[Cosmicocean]

landed hard edging too much,
was also on 10 should have been 7 or 8, so a bit out of control,

thanks BAK for the offer but i think i will go with a pro ding guy.. ;-)

[NorCalNomad]

Jesus christ, are you sure you didn't hit anything? I'm sure that would have happened to the kite construction too Yoda

[Cosmicocean]

well, should mention i'm 6.01 and 200 lb these days..

board's a 5.0, maybe 2 small,

and no, didn't hit anything but water

[Kyle]

thanks BAK for the offer but i think i will go with a pro ding guy.. ;-)

I am a pro;)


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[sloughslut]

Fiberglass supply sells break away fins so that don't happen

[g00mbs]

I busted a futures finbox right out of a board last fall. I contacted http://www.alexmartinssf.com/ and I believe it was ~$60 for one fin box. He did a great job. The board had a graphic on the bottom that he was unable to match, but I didn't care. He did an excellent job. The board I had did not have channels, so that could add to cost.