I'm still kinda new to surfing, could someone explain this?

[Stone Fox]

original 60's or 70's single fin board from canary surfboards. 7'9" x 22". very yellow as you would expect with the age, not much rocker and no stringer but an unusual board to own!

..........?

It's very cheap.

[bluesnowcone]

it is a retro board, it has one fin, it is boyant, it wouldn't be to strong if it has no stringer, so it may snap easily, not much rocker means its a flat board, so it isnt to good for large waves, but it would make an ok summer mess about board. i love all things retro, so if its cheap i would buy it if i had the money, but if your new to surfing, it would be a bit risky having such an old board.
is this a post on here, if not could you tell me hwere its from?

[drowningbitbybit]

it is a retro board

It aint retro, its old....

What we call 'retro' these days are modern boards with an 'old' style - but they are, in fact, quite modern board with respect to design and materials.

An old, yellow board without stringer wont last you long before disintegrating. I'd give it a miss myself.

[Stone Fox]

for £30?

Is there any way of cheaply strengthening / repairing it a bit?

[bluesnowcone]

trust me, i had a 60 pound board and the one of the fins snapped off, it would cost over 60 pounds to repare it, it might cost 30 but realistickly it will cost you over 30 to repair it

[Stone Fox]

Can someone explain about the stringer please? What exactly is it? Is it possible to strengthen / replace it?

If you look at it this way, if the board costs me £30 and another £30 to make it ship shape that's still £60 for a board!

[bluesnowcone]

it will cost over 30 to fix it up and the stringer is that peice of wood down the middle of the board, it is like a shock absorber stopping the board from snapping, and with modern surfing "OLD" boards cant cope with the style.
to be ohnist cheap isn't allways a money saver

[Driftingalong]

Can someone explain about the stringer please? What exactly is it? Is it possible to strengthen / replace it?

If you look at it this way, if the board costs me £30 and another £30 to make it ship shape that's still £60 for a board!

The stringer is generally the strip of wood that runs the length of the foam board. I'm not aware of a way to replace one. I think it is glued between to halves of foam before the shaping takes place.
Some of the newer materials allow for stringerless boards, but I doubt you'd want one fromt the 60's or 70's.

[drowningbitbybit]

Can someone explain about the stringer please? What exactly is it? Is it possible to strengthen / replace it?

The stringer is the length of wood running along the centre of a custom board. Its there for strength and to influence the flex of the board. So, no, you wont be able to add one if its not there already.

If you look at it this way, if the board costs me £30 and another £30 to make it ship shape that's still £60 for a board!

You'll never make a battered old board ship shape, at least not for £30 or without the talent and experience of a shaper.

The fact that the board is yellow might be solely due to age but also likely to be due to water getting into the board at some point.
Chances are it'll delaminate and fall apart on your first session.

Skip this one, there's plenty out there.

[Sweet!]

When I was reall little... I would imagine grabbing my mums ole ironing board and taking it out in the waves to surf it...

You may as well do that dude.. buy an ole ironing board off the Sallies for a donation of about what.. a dolla.. and then you'll REALLY be saving like... a TONNE of cash dude!!

[Stone Fox]

You'll never make a battered old board ship shape

That was all I needed to know, thanks mate.