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Surfboard Repair: A Flat Tire

Surfboard Repair: A Flat Tire

Surfboard repairs vary in size and difficulty.  Many can be far more complex and require more steps than others.  Some are very simple repairs.  Here you can read about one of the more complex repairs.

Have you experienced a flat tire lately?  A flat tire, when talking about surfboards, is a damaged or broken fin, or fin box. For this particular repair, the board landed on another board.  The fin broke the fall, and was jostled so vigorously it was dislodged from Continue reading Surfboard Repair: A Flat Tire

Gasparilla Boat Parade 2016

The annual Gasparilla celebration is held every year in Tampa Bay. The event, which has been held for nearly 100 years, is one of the largest pirate parades in the world.  The parade is named after a mythical pirate named Jose Gaspa, who was thought to have Continue reading Gasparilla Boat Parade 2016