I know there are other threads out there on nose repairs, but I wanted some more specific advice. I have an old JP freeride board (maybe 2004). I dinged the nose pretty bad and cracked the board and the foam. I was wondering if it's worth trying to fix the ding by removing all the cracked and loose foam, filling with q-cell and then re glass.

Or, would it be easier to just cut about 3" off the nose, re shape nose and then re glass. I assume cutting a bit off the nose shouldn't reduce the performance in chop too much?

any thoughts?

i peeled off some of the loose fibreglass to show how the foam looks.