Bubbles in grip tape?

CrzyTexan · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 475

whenever my board sits in the sun when im at the lake it gets bubbles in the grip tape? why? this happen to u?

HatzicScape112 · Posted: Jun 12, 2006 11:46 am Post subject:

its because you actually have little air pockets under your tape and when it sits in the sun the air expands and creates a bigger bump...i never knew my 1 year of college woudl help me....but thats what chem gets yah... Laughing

wakemitch · Posted: Jun 12, 2006 11:48 am Post subject:

CrzyTexan, its because you didnt put your grip on well enough. my board stays in the sun on the racks and it never happens to me

HatzicScape112 · Posted: Jun 12, 2006 11:49 am Post subject:

yah if u ever go to a skate shop and watch them put on tape thats exactly how you should do it on your wakeskate too...

CrzyTexan · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 475

so how shuld u put ur griptape on?.. when i put it on there was like no air bubbles... but after it sits in the sun it gets huge air bubbles

HatzicScape112 · Posted: Jun 12, 2006 11:57 am Post subject:

yah... as you put it down you are suppossed to have your hand behind it pressing all the air out and smoothing it over...
jstu go to your local skate shop and watch them....

CrzyTexan · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 475

alright thanks

ZoSo · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 900 City: Winnipeg

Slyder · Posted: Jun 12, 2006 12:11 pm Post subject:

CrzyTexan, If you do get bubbles,just pop em with a razor and push them down.

HatzicScape112 · Posted: Jun 12, 2006 12:13 pm Post subject:

haha well ZoSo, i live in canada... and well you get the idea lol Laughing

canalskater · Guest

yea man just get a pin or something and pop them and u'll be fine.

Dered · Frontside 180 Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 439 City: Calgary

HatzicScape112... ZoSo lives in Canada too haha... I had a few air bubbles when I gripped my first Bi-Level (also the first time I gripped anything)... I just popped em with a pin and everything was cool, I was worried that water might get in the holes, but if you use a pin like canalskater said the holes are so freakin tinny that any little bit of water that could get in them would not effect anything...

ZoSo · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 900 City: Winnipeg

HatzicScape112 · Posted: Jun 12, 2006 2:19 pm Post subject:

hahaha well then... i live on the west coast....and the east hates the west...everyone knows it...

scar_11 · Posted: Jun 12, 2006 2:25 pm Post subject:

if winnipeg is the east coast what the hell is ontario

HatzicScape112 · Posted: Jun 12, 2006 2:27 pm Post subject:

no i said it was the east... not the east coast...and the east does hate the west...

ZoSo · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 900 City: Winnipeg

I don't hate the West...in fact I prefer it over the East. I still consider Winnipeg to be Central rather than East/West.

HatzicScape112 · Posted: Jun 12, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject:

ah true... but to me ur east... i mena i am almsot as west as you can get... an hours drive from the beautiful pacific ocean....but ZoSo, how long is your wakeskating season? considering winnepeg gets hella snow...do you still get a decent season?