Sometimes it's fun to dream.
What would your ultimate quiver look like if money was no object? Let me kick this off.
SIC Bullet 17 - Got to be the ultimate downwind board.
Bark phantom 14 - I will strap it to the Lamborghini when I feel like being crass.
Fanatic falcon - My every day board.
Naish javelin 14 - My flat water board when I feel the need for speed.
Laird Bark race 14 in med blue - sort of retro cool, I will tie it to my combi van and hope some coolness rubs off, probably not though.
Laird puma volvo yacht sup thing - I hang it on the wall of my man cave.
To top it off I would have the full selection of Ke Nalu, Quickblade , Kiaola, Werner paddles so I could take whatever took my fancy on the day.
Ok you turn now!
I'd buy a big factory super close to the beach that didnt need to make money and make boards one day and paddle them the next.
Every shaper could come and experiment like a big think tank and then take back the ideas to their own factories.
I'd have the best paddlers and surfers in the world stopping past to check out what was going on and testing stuff.
It'd be like a cross between Quickblade and any other cool factory.
It would of course make no money but if it was no object it would hardly worry me while I sipped Mai Tais on the deck of my boat in the Maldives.
Sweet quiver Gyppo!!
Have you had the Phantom out of the bag yet, does it deserve superhero status?
ps best you don't give out your address to anyone.
Hi Kaiho. I picked up the Phantom last week and she hasn't seen water yet. (I'm recovering from a broken leg from a SUP mishap and won't get to test her for another 3 weeks.) Having said that, it is an awesome looking board, (maybe a bit too much Bark on it...) and it feels super light. I will post my first impressions when tested. Ps the rack is electrified.
Hi Kaihoe, it was the 14' Kaiwi Kai Gerry Lopez (aka the "tiger") that snapped my fibula on my exit after a DW run! I'm punishing her by putting her on the bottom bunk for a while.
The racks I had made by a local light steel fabricator for $450. I got the foam from Clark Rubber www.clarkrubber.com.au/pages/store-locator for another $150. Dimensions are 2.5m wide, 2m tall with 8x 0.8m shelves. Stable as.