The Ding King

09/09/2024

One more Coopers board up for grabs!! Head to the Excelsior Hotel n have a beverage ✌️🍻

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PSA: It's not too late to enter our Coopers giveaway 🙌
We still have just under a month left to get your entries in.
Simply 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄 to win this 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 created by the very talented The Ding King !

Prize drawn Monday, September 30th.
See staff for more details.

13/01/2022

Dear customers, if enquiring about a repair, please bring it in to the factory for us to assess.
Sending messages with or without photos isn't really helpful in giving you a quote as sometimes things can appear worse than it is or vice versa.
Looking at your board in person, we might find things you may have missed that also require attention.

26/08/2021

Facts - futures side vs fcs2 side and futures rear vs fcs2 rear.

14/05/2021

If this stuff is supposed to be an aerospace composite, geez I'd hate to be the astronaut flying in something made from this!
Repeated compression on the deck of a surfboard causes it to delaminate from itself resulting in deck bubbles beneath the glass.

15/03/2021

I think there's some moisture in the core.

05/03/2021

Exposing the "latest and greatest" technology for you. Thunderbolt technologies. High density foam skins over EPS core, Bogged rails, cavities, shiny epoxy laminates (delaminates), a heap of paint and there ya have it!

18/02/2021

Repairing someone else's failed repair:
The original crack in the high density skin would have occurred due to repeated compression from a heel or knee or similar. Someone has tried to fix it using either a knead it style epoxy bog or a car bog and a light glass job and a less than average paint job over the top.
After grinding away the old bog to reveal the original damage, we found the core was slightly melted by whatever bog was used. It may have exothermed and melted the EPS below or may not have been compatible with EPS and melted on contact through the crack. This is why the repair has failed again, no support covering an over compressed core.
I cut away the compressed core and replaced with a high density block of the same material as the original skin. Sanded back the shape (theres no dent present either now) and 2 inches around the block, glassed over with several layers, faired the glass in, filler coated, final sand then colour matched and wet rubbed to finish.

03/12/2020

Stuck for ideas for Xmas presents? Come into the Ding King and get a gift voucher or browse the surf hardware in the shop. Fins, leggies, traction, wax, covers and new and second hand boards.

17/11/2020

I think there might be some water in my board

27/10/2020

This EPS core board has been drying out for two weeks now!

10/10/2020

See this pin hole? This is all it takes for your eps core board to suck water in. When your board heats up in the car or board bag the air inside the core (the space between the Polystyrene beads) expands. Then when you hit the cold water, it creates a vacuum inside the board which sucks the water into the core. Having water inside the core leads to loss of liveliness, delamination, weight gain, rotten soggy stringers and general deterioration of the board.

06/10/2020

SUP surgery!

18/09/2020

Ahhhh I love cleaning up a finished repair then see this!!!

10/09/2020

EPS under white still melts and delaminates when it gets hot! Just a remimder to keep your epoxy EPS boards cool.

07/09/2020

How's this for an overseas leg rope plug installation?!

13/08/2020

Mick working on Finn's school project board. A copy of his dad's Hot Buttered single fin. Here Mick is laminating the bottom of the shaped blank with a turquoise resin tint.

04/08/2020

Not too much surprises us these days. Another terrible fin installation in a board someone has paid top dollar for. Look at how little resin is on the base of the plug. Sweet FA! Those little resin wells should be full. The base of the box doesn't even have resin painted on it!!! Beware of what you spend your money on peeps.

There was a soft spot on the deck from repeated compression (eps core) which lead the foam surrounding the box to deteriorate. The box could move in and out and side to side with a fin in it. I came in through the deck to assess it removing the compromised foam and found yet another poorly installed fin box.

20/07/2020

The worst fin plug installation I've (Rob) seen. FCS1 put into polystyrene with just resin. No glass over the top. Nothing. P.S. the fusions are cracked too. I'm speechless really.