Originally Posted by kewlJ View Post
Originally Posted by DGenBen View Post

Interesting.

I actually looked into it a little more and I’m reading that older wooden boards did used to be oiled because they were made of wood.

Apparently modern boards aren’t & haven’t been for a long time so apparently that’s why it sounds odd.

I guess you learn something new everyday.
No, No, No. My board was a fiber board. Actually fiber and foam. I think wooden boards were like 100 years ago. Maybe our expert 80 year old surfer can tell us.

Anyway it had something to do with the board drying out. Supposedly oiling and letting it soak in overnight helped prevent that, or maybe delay that. The oil also helped remove the wax to prevent build up. You also looked for cracks as you were oiling and caring for the board. Cracks in the fiberglass, would lead to the foam inside getting wet and when it dried out, it would expand and create even more cracks.

Anyway these trolls just want to try to make an issue out of something totally irrelevant. In this case, that I surfed as a teenager from age 13 or 14 until 18 when I lived and grew up just outside Daytona beach. Totally fucking retarded. But isn't everything on this forum with these trolls?
I wish the search functionality went through the whole history of posts on here but it appears to trim on some level. I can't find the original surfboard or shuffler thread so we could clear up what was said initially. There is one thread with 117 pages of posts. I could spend a full day looking for this shit.

I don't know anything about surfboards but I recall that if one did some sort of basic web search on surfboards then some weird SEO post came up at the top talking about oiling surfboards but it didn't actually appear to be a thing.

But hey - it sounded cool. Kicking back. Showing everyone he doesn't care. Living his best life. surfin'