Hey MR Blake!

You asked me earlier about surfboard dimensions.

My two new boards from Spider Murphy in South Africa arrived yesterday.

The first one is the number 38,197 he has made so far-

size 8'4 20 1/2 3 1/4

number 38198

91/4 20 1/2 3 1/4

So I now have 12 of his boards from 7'0 to 9'6

It is to bad that with all these boards I dont surf- but hey it looks cool that i have so many boards.

Now assuming someone did surf here is a question- when a board is new what is the optimum time it should 'cure' befire being used?

People say 2 weeks. Parmenter did a long rant in swell.com back before the dotcom meltdown saying that board cure time was a myth. I get UV-cured boards so it's not a factor for me.

P.S. Goodonya for the Bali tips in the other thread.

My 8'6' is 19.5' and 2 7/8' The Mavericks gun is a 9'10', 20.5', and 3 1/4'

I kept my Mavs gun in a car until it didn't stink anymore (from the solvent evaporating). It was about a week to 10 days, with two layers of 6 oz on the deck. In a dry warm environment, it will usually be less, but multiple glass layers slows it down, a little. The stink is the easiest indication. Stick it in a board bag for an hour, open it up, see if it smells.

If not, surf it.

BTW, those boards are WAY too big for Bali.

I get UV-cured

Okay Ill bite- what is UV-cured mean? How does it work? Etc

also open to all- is the curing really a factor?

Dave Parmenter wrote an opinion on surfline a while back titled 'A Surfboard is not a Ham' where he went through the chemical processes. In a nutshell to paraphrase he said that unless the board was glasses in super cold conditions, it has fully cured by the time it is sanded. Surf it as soon as you get it if you like.

We had a thread about this a few years back. The conclusion was what you posted here, Bud. Buy it and surf it. I think Mad Dog Maddux may have posted that. I may be wrong.

unmh, Bud? I'm sorry, but you don't exactly have great credibility when it comes to surfboard durability, like, ya know?

Turby the Turbosurfer

Hey Turby!

Uhh yeah point taken. Believe me, I have struggled with this. I have always been one to pick up a new board, slap a tailpad on it and surf it the same day. My boards usually get done pretty quick too. 4 boards in the past 10 months, all 6'0's or 6'1's - all 4oz glassing, all have decks in very good condition and only one snapped so far this year ... all have been UV cures.

Good surfing to you,

when it breaks, yuppie

you sound scared

learn to swim

typically i get new boards weeks if not months after they are finished so its a non issue however on one occasion the board was finished and picked up from san clemente one day and surfed in cabo the next and there were dents on the deck by the mid tail area and rails and on th

UV-cured resin stays uncured until exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light, either from sunlight (such as with ding repair kits like 'Solarez' or from UV lightbulbs (this is what my glasser uses).

Cure time is very fast and the board doesn't go off early. UV-curing resin was recognized by air quality managers in SoCal as clean because the fast cure means no VOC emissions. I like them for this reason, plus how bright white the boards are when they're done, much more so than standard resins.