Patient: Jones Splitboard

Diagnosis: Jones boards are not exactly strangers to the repair bench but this split board is well made indeed. It's taken a big hit to the base and edge but the edge is not compressed at all. Nice thick base material at 1.4mm and a solid sidewall.

Treatment: A simple base patch should see this board (or half a board) right.

Prognosis: Full recovery with above average life expectancy.

Patient: Volkl Gotama

Diagnosis: An unforgiving Canterbury rock has taken a chunk out of this 1.1mm base. The rock has also dislodged the sidewall from the core.

Treatment: This one will need a patch to fill the base plus a new section of sidewall because the the existing one has come unstuck from the core.

Prognosis: Full recovery expected.

Patient: Volkl Mantra

Diagnosis: This ski present in fairly new condition - we can see there is still a factory tune. Yet the base is just 0.8mm thick - pretty thin! The material is well-bonded though so good construction apart from thin edge and base.

Treatment: We'll start with a base patch and then straighten the edge. Hopefully the side wall won't need rebuild too, but time will tell.

Prognosis: Full recovery expected but life expectancy for these thin bases is below average.

Patient: Jones Snowboard

Diagnosis: This guy is popular because he's light, but the reason he's light is that he's got a paper thin base and pretty weak constitution.

Treatment: A patch will fix this but the job is complicated because of the DIY repair that seems to be a home-brew of p-tex wax and maybe toilet paper (??!) DIY hint: don't wax gouges.

Prognosis: Full recovery expected for board, technician will be okay after a few deep breaths.... 

Patient: Volkl RTM

Diagnosis: Rock impact resulting in crushed sidewall and bent edge. Looks like there are air pockets behind the sidewall and above the edge that exasperated this damage.

Treatment: Remove and replace edge, base patch and fill sidewall

Prognosis: Full recover expected.

Post surgery....After a base grind, even the patch will disappear. And all that carnage will be our little secret.