Hey guys, what is the general etiquette if you loan a board to a mate and they ding it so that it requires repair, or even worse snap the board?

Do you let them repair the board, or do you ask them to pay for it to be done professionally, or just stump up yourself to get it fixed?

Does a snapped board equal new board?

Thanks

they ding they fix it....they snap it you discuss a sale price.

circumstance and who has done the damage also play a part i think....

so what happened to your board champ? or are you drawing up a contract for your friends who borrow boards?

Hey Chrispy,

One of my mates borrow a board and took a huge chunk out of it on the reef. Not his fault in the slightest, just one of those things. I've taken it to my local shaper to sort out as I'm cool with it, what goes around comes around you know.

Some of my other mates said I was off my head and should have got him to pay, so I was just curious about what the go is with others. I might have thought a bit differently if it was a favorite board though

You break it you offer to either fix it yourself or get it fixed.

If you are the bloke who now has the broken board and the mate does not offer some sort of a deal its a bit of a deal breaker and poor form to me but seems there is diff. opinions on that which is fine, not saying other opinions are wrong.

I have dinged a mates board and offered to have it fixed or fix it myself, mate said I can fix it, talk about pressure! I think I did a good job and so did he..I think ha ha.

That particular mate hates dealing with money, his currency is a cooked breakfast after a surf, bottle of red, a fin, a surf movie etc...which is pretty cool, taking actual money out of the equation makes it a little less awkward.

I work on the principle if it would effect your relationship than say no using the board in the first place. If you do lend one out, **** happens and id just wear it. I guess the attitude showed from the person if it was damaged and they had no intention of offering may upset me a little, but i guess id just remember for next time they ask to use one again

If i used someones gear id feel 100% responsible for any damage and would stump up no problems..

Before lending my boards - and I do quite a bit - I make it very clear if it's dinged it's a professional repair (I know how ugly my home jobs are even if I am pretty good at getting nose, swallow and rail shapes back), and if it's snapped then it's replaced. None of this market price rubbish. Most of my boards are customs so it's not like getting a similar sized second hand Hypto.

subasurf said..
Was surfing in the Irish Sea over Christmas and a local shop lent me a 6mm wettie,hood, boots and gloves amd a firewire....free of charge for a few days. Imagine my dismay when I snapped the board on the last day

Immediately offered to pay the purchase price for the board and all was good. Lucky for me he reduced the price for me...because with the conversion to pounds it was a lot of money for a **** board. You bend you mend.

WTF are you doing to these poor boards!!

The prostitute theory.. You fark it you pay