I AM AT MY WITS END BLOWING UP THIS BOARD!

Early last September, I got a refurbished x-lite 100 NRS, in “excellent condition”, \*from\* NRS.

It has optimum performance at 20PSI.

First I just had their manual pump, and it wouldn’t show any change in PSI. And even ignore the gauge, I couldn’t get it past a mediocre firmness.

I called NRS, they said the gauge was defective, sent a new gauge. New gauge wouldn’t get to anything past 8psi. But if I got it to 8, I could take it out by myself on calm waters but again mediocre firmness.

This season I got a well rated pump, that connected through the cigarette lighter. Tried to blow my board up to 20, it couldn’t make it past 8, and then it overheated smelled like chemical burn and blew out a fuse in my car. Luckily that only cost me $3 for a new fuse.

Then I got an even more expensive, well rated pump that was both battery operated and through the cigarette lighter. On battery, this thing got my board up to 1.5psi, then it kept stalling out and refusing to blow air. Over and over. Still also got hot.

So then I try to go just back to the manual pump, and when I go past 8, the pump “collapses”, like falls in on itself, and takes a few pumps to activate it again so you’re pushing against something, then just as soon it makes a popping sound and collapses again and you’re back to zero tension.

What am I doing wrong?! I’m two gauges, a new fuse, and three pumps in and this thing refuses to fill.

I tried googling this style board to see if anyone had similar issues and have found nothing.

Any advice?! I have the last few paddle weeks still ahead of me and I don’t want getting on the water to be a refreshing break from the frustration of pumping up the board!