This general repair advice is applicable only for minor damages. If your board sustains significant damage, such as a large crack or puncture, consider taking it to a repair shop for professional repair. Attempting to repair major damage yourself could result in further harm to the board if not done correctly.

If you spot a minor crack in your board you can do a temporary session savor and use the bladder repair patches coming together with our wings to cover up and avoid water entering the board.

If you notice a small damage in the canopy, it is necessary to repair it immediately to prevent further coarse damage. To fix small holes or so-called pinholes in the canopy, we recommend using the "selfsticky canopy" provided with your wing. In case the hole or tear in the cloth is larger than 1 cm, we strongly advise you to visit a repair shop to have the hole or tear professionally repaired.

1. Clean your wing with tap water to remove any salt residue.
2. Apply the patch to the INSIDE of the wing so that the wind pushes against the patch.
3. Get alcohol swabs and thoroughly clean the canopy around the hole. Allow the alcohol to evaporate and the canopy to dry.
4. Use scissors to cut a piece from the self-adhesive canopy that overlaps the hole in all directions by about 1 cm.
5. Round the corners of the self-adhesive canopy piece.
6. Ideally, ask another person to help you tighten the canopy to avoid wrinkles when applying the patch.
7. Place the self-adhesive canopy piece centrally over the hole.
8. Press firmly with your thumb from the center of the patch to the edges multiple times to ensure better adhesion of the adhesive.

If the wing loses air from a valve, it can easily be replaced. We strongly recommend to check for a repair shop nearby, if you feel, you do not have enough knowledge to exchange the valve by yourself.

It can happen that the wing is damaged by various objects such as thorns, stones, etc. and loses air as a result. Each wing consists of a front tube (leading edge) and several cross tubes (struts) with a plastic tube under the Dacron. For repairing small holes we recommend using the repair kit from DUOTONE, which can be found in the inside pocket of your Wing bag.

1. Inflate the bladder and wipe it with a sponge soaked in soapy water or submerge portions of the bladder in a tub of water. Air bubbles indicate holes.

2. Mark the hole and deflate the bladder.

3. Dry the bladder around the hole.

4. For small holes use the self-adhesive repair patches.

5. Put the patch on the damageged area and press it onto the bladder.