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  1. 03-12-2012, 09:10 AM #1
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    Snapped 6'0 dominator in 3 foot beach break- Repair or Bin? any advise

    Hi there,

    I surfed a contest at the weekend in head high beach break conditions, and to my (and the many of the onlookers) amazement I managed to snap my Dominator. What was even more unusual was that it was actually the wave and not my fat ass that broke it!!

    Anyway I was wondering has anyboby ever repaired a snapped one before or think better to stick it in the bin and move on. I'm not complaining, as I have had a good years surfing out of this board, and its easily the best board I've ever surfed, just not the strongest I don't think. I've got a replacement lined up (5'10 dominator - hope I'm not tempting faith by going smaller and lighter), just not sure if its worth trying to repair the broken one as I paid alot of money for it.

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  2. 03-12-2012, 09:15 AM #2
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    Hey Bundoran,
    a complete break is a tough call. Its going to take a lot to repair it and it might break again (same deal as with any break). If you are talking contests, I might move on to something new.... But it is possible to glass it up and get a back up out of it.

    Hope this helps!!
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  3. 03-15-2012, 05:56 AM #3
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    Is that not surferireland's board? looks identical to me...
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    Yes PRJ, the exact same picture
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  5. 03-15-2012, 05:42 PM #5
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    Firewires are just amazing, its like a cat, 9 lives.... who can beat that :-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ben View Post
    Firewires are just amazing, its like a cat, 9 lives.... who can beat that :-)
    jejeeje ;)
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  7. 03-15-2012, 05:46 PM #7
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    nice work PRJ!
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    WTF!!!??? bundoransurfer and surferireland.. Are you two guys brothers / twins or pals? Or Trolls???
    How does two blokes claim the same board they broke.

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    Anyrate, I would fix it for a borrower board to loan to kids and beginers
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  10. 03-16-2012, 08:13 AM #10
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