The Verdict Is?

[Ray Finkle]

What do you oil them with?

Surfboard oils and waxes are available in every surf shop. Back in my day, most oils were made with or contained coconut oil. I don't think there was anything special about coconut oil, other than it made the consistency of the oil a little thicker (about the consistency of sun tan lotion) which made the application better. I had a couple friends that would just use regular vegetable oil and claimed it worked just as well.

You apply a coating of oil and really let it soak in for several hours. This keeps the board from drying out and cracking. Then you apply a coat or several thin coats of surfboard wax. The wax locks the oils in, but that is not the main purpose. The wax actually provides a better grip or traction. I know it sounds like it would be the opposite, but it isn't.

You really should strip off the wax and re-apply oil and wax ever 6 weeks or so. But a lot of guys get lazy and just apply more wax when the board starts to become slippery.

Come on Ray, you played for the Dolphins....you didn't go surfing in Miami?

Wow. Sounds like you know a lot about it.
Pretty impressive...

Or not.

Thing is, you write this like you know what you're talking about. Like you're an authority on it.
Sorry man. You haven't a clue.
Sure, you can go online and find kook sites telling you to do that. But c'mon, you can find sites telling you flat betting, or no bust strategy is the way to beat BJ.

No. You don't oil a board. That's pretty much the goofiest thing I've ever heard.

How the hell would I know?

Started surfing in 1970.

Lived on The Strand here in Oside for over twenty years. Still live less than two miles away.

Owned a surf shop for a decade.

Know most all the shapers, hot coaters, sanders, fin setters, ding repairers, pros, etc. In town.

And no one I know has ever applied oil to their boards. How would you even hold the rails duck diving?

That's the problem with grabbing shit off the web to use as your own.

Makes me wonder about some of the other "authoritative" posts you've made here.