Cleaning your board after a ride

Cleaning your board after a ride

Watch the walkthrough

Watch on YouTube ↗ · JETSURF USA — new owner series #8. Timestamps below follow the video's on-screen counter (0:32–4:53).

This is the full after-ride routine — outside wash, engine bay, and engine flush. For the quick version and the salt-vs-fresh-water differences, see Fresh-water rinse & dry-down.

Tools & supplies

• Garden hose with fresh water
• Engine flushing adapter (in the toolkit)
• Ignition magnet key
• Sponge
• Engine lubricant spray (for after it dries)

Rinse the outside

1. 0:32 — Spray the whole board with clean fresh water — deck, bindings, screws, underneath, through the propeller, and around the back.
2. 0:54 — Spray fresh water down the snorkel — a lot of water gets in there while you ride.
3. 1:03 — Lift the nose slightly so the water drains to the back of the board and out the drain holes.

Clean the engine bay

4. 1:11 — Take the engine cover off. Don't set it down in the sand — it goes back on wet and carries grit into the bay.
5. 1:27 — Put your hand over the engine intake to block it, then spray clean fresh water all through the bay — over the electronics, everywhere — to flush out any salt or dirty water.
6. 1:52 — Before you take your hand off the intake, check there isn't so much standing water that it'll run into the engine — that's the one thing to avoid.

Clear the water out

7. 2:03 — Tilt the board back so the bay water drains out the rear.
8. 2:14 — Put the magnet key in the control handle to wake the electronics — that runs the bilge pump, which pushes out a lot of water. Make sure nobody's standing behind the board.

Flush the engine

9. 2:33 — Get the flushing adapter from the toolkit. It clips onto a normal hose (or run it without the hose connected at first).
10. 2:55 — At the back of the board there are two stainless exit points. The adapter pushes into the one pointing toward the front of the board.
11. 3:10 — Clip the hose onto the adapter.
12. 3:18 — Start the engine first: magnet in the handle, let it cycle up, magnet in again to start. Run it a couple of seconds dry, then turn the water on.
13. 3:44 — Let it run 20–30 seconds until the water comes out clean. Keep the engine cool. (After salt water, you can taste the runoff — clear means you're done.)
14. 3:58 — Turn the water off, let the engine run a few more seconds, then shut the engine off.
15. 4:10 — Pull the adapter out and put it back in the toolkit.

Dry it out

16. 4:29 — Take the fuel tank out and sponge the engine bay as dry as you can.
17. 4:42 — Leave the engine cover off and let the board dry out fully.
18. 4:47 — Once it's completely dry, give the engine a good spray with lubricant, then run your usual post-ride maintenance.