What was a lovely new Starboard SUP is now looking a little sad and in desperate need of repair.<\/p>\n
The last time I used it was back in December for a nice mellow surf SUP session in small waves here at Ynyslas. As you can see from the video in the blog post about this session<\/a>, it was a nice easy session in small waves and the board was looking and performing well. Prior to that the board had been used\u00a0a small number of times mainly for flat water cruises exploring the estuary or fishing around the reefs in Borth and for one or two small surf sessions in super easy 1 foot waves off Ynyslas. The board was never intended for use in anything bigger than this as I have plenty of smaller boards for such conditions. It’s certainly never been used in anger, has always been treated well and I’ve barely fallen off of it let alone had any big wipe outs.<\/p>\n After that session, I put it away in the shed so it has been well protected over the past few months on some racking that was\u00a0custom built for it. However, the other week I was showing my brother the shed and my new boards when I noticed a crease right across the front of the board.<\/p>\n\n\t\t