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SP said..

laceys lane said..
Im thankful there are cheaper longboards around. I own 2 .one ive had 2 1/2 years and the other for a year.
I only longboard surf once a month at best so i cannot justify $2000 for a legend brand..
I wouldn't being doing it at all if it wasn't for the moderate priced longboards.
That just me.
I dont judge people with high end flashy boards.
For me its not about looking good at the carpark, its about what you do in the water.

Thats why surfing is a beautiful thing. When your in the water its all about skill and the enjoyment factor What your on means nothing.

Keeps surf greenroomers

You've been through more flashy models then Leonardo di caprio.
Buying a cheap log isn't going to kill the industry with the amount of boards you've gone through.

They serve a purpose but without the local industry what happens to r & d, support for local junior surfers, local board riders, environmental causes like surf rider?
As well as other Aussie businesses that create a Surfing community.

Don't see the cheap import brands supporting any of that stuff.

Haha. Not that many longboards.

I spend money in sup race boards and shortboards.
I personally just draw the line on longboards atm
Mind you mac got me thinking about that green 9.3 mct.

Anyway im in a 6 month withdrawal program

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Cuttlefish said..

SP said..

laceys lane said..
Im thankful there are cheaper longboards around. I own 2 .one ive had 2 1/2 years and the other for a year.
I only longboard surf once a month at best so i cannot justify $2000 for a legend brand..
I wouldn't being doing it at all if it wasn't for the moderate priced longboards.
That just me.
I dont judge people with high end flashy boards.
For me its not about looking good at the carpark, its about what you do in the water.

Thats why surfing is a beautiful thing. When your in the water its all about skill and the enjoyment factor What your on means nothing.

Keeps surf greenroomers

You've been through more flashy models then Leonardo di caprio.
Buying a cheap log isn't going to kill the industry with the amount of boards you've gone through.

They serve a purpose but without the local industry what happens to r & d, support for local junior surfers, local board riders, environmental causes like surf rider?
As well as other Aussie businesses that create a Surfing community.

Don't see the cheap import brands supporting any of that stuff.

What R & D occurs for longboards? Curious as high performance shortboards seem to be receiving performance boosts with materials but this isn't as relevant to longboards...or is it?
Asked in good faith btw.

Ill probably get hung for this. But i reckon you get a longboard. Fiddle with fins and just get it to work.
Really is there any great difference for the normal punter to what say mac gets and the best sellers for sbw

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laceys lane said..

Cuttlefish said..

SP said..

laceys lane said..
Im thankful there are cheaper longboards around. I own 2 .one ive had 2 1/2 years and the other for a year.
I only longboard surf once a month at best so i cannot justify $2000 for a legend brand..
I wouldn't being doing it at all if it wasn't for the moderate priced longboards.
That just me.
I dont judge people with high end flashy boards.
For me its not about looking good at the carpark, its about what you do in the water.

Thats why surfing is a beautiful thing. When your in the water its all about skill and the enjoyment factor What your on means nothing.

Keeps surf greenroomers

You've been through more flashy models then Leonardo di caprio.
Buying a cheap log isn't going to kill the industry with the amount of boards you've gone through.

They serve a purpose but without the local industry what happens to r & d, support for local junior surfers, local board riders, environmental causes like surf rider?
As well as other Aussie businesses that create a Surfing community.

Don't see the cheap import brands supporting any of that stuff.

What R & D occurs for longboards? Curious as high performance shortboards seem to be receiving performance boosts with materials but this isn't as relevant to longboards...or is it?
Asked in good faith btw.

Ill probably get hung for this. But i reckon you get a longboard. Fiddle with fins and just get it to work.
Really is there any great difference for the normal punter to what say mac gets and the best sellers for sbw

You could be correct but it's got to be the same as all this 3k plus sup boards you've ordered, owned and sold you can't beat passion boy and you have plenty

had a go on a 14fter ocean racing sup a norah head xmas time ,what beast you need a harbour tug to turn the monster , the biggest work out is carrying the beast up the beach .

speaking off...8 ft plus A frames out the front ..Mac grab ya Pinnacle ....

Let's be honest they are ****

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chrispy said..

Hahaha, I saw 8 customs sitting in a CW surf shop because they didn't suit the client the had them made.

And people pull the piss outta me for buying a pop out.

This is gold, made my day chrispy. The purists and sheep off to see their shaper gods and Shepard's.

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Hydromann said..

chrispy said..

Hahaha, I saw 8 customs sitting in a CW surf shop because they didn't suit the client the had them made.

And people pull the piss outta me for buying a pop out.

This is gold, made my day chrispy. The purists and sheep off to see their shaper gods and Shepard's.

How do you know they did not suit the client ? Is this fact,or is this just you saying made up **** on the internet again?

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chrispy said..

Hydromann said..

chrispy said..

Hahaha, I saw 8 customs sitting in a CW surf shop because they didn't suit the client the had them made.

And people pull the piss outta me for buying a pop out.

This is gold, made my day chrispy. The purists and sheep off to see their shaper gods and Shepard's.

You are not allowed to play with sharp objects are you

Not around you, it seems you get cut up pretty easily.

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Hydromann said..

chrispy said..

Hydromann said..

chrispy said..

Hahaha, I saw 8 customs sitting in a CW surf shop because they didn't suit the client the had them made.

And people pull the piss outta me for buying a pop out.

This is gold, made my day chrispy. The purists and sheep off to see their shaper gods and Shepard's.

You are not allowed to play with sharp objects are you

Not around you, it seems you get cut up pretty easily.

Nah I'm just not gullible listening to and believing google experts like you with way too much time on their hands bagging people for making money and buying boards because they are idiots...while the real geniuses like you are buying pieces of **** and then having to add 200 fin plugs,chop the tail up etc etc etc ....yeh you know what's real aye lol

Cut,me? Yeh ok

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laceys lane said..
Ok. Lets face it.
Walking the beach with a mal under your arm is always embarrassing.

Now if you look like a bit of an old salt, a sbw board shows your not taking mals too seriously .your just using one because the surf so small and you have your hp shortboard in the just in case it gets good.

That's fine if you are a young fella not so for a 50 plus gent. But I get part of your post which I've known for years your not a Prue longboarder but one day it will come. Keep ripping on your shortboard while you can. Nothing wrong with what YOU are doing and you're reasoning behind it, it get it.

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laceys lane said..
Dont you dare call me prue



Ps true. Ive enjoyed the odd alley lb session. Ive fixed my body up a bit and i can kinda cross step kinda again kinda

You have been a massive supporter or locally made shortboards and sups for years I don't take issue with you.

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Nah I'm just not gullible listening to and believing google experts like you with way too much time on their hands bagging people for making money and buying boards because they are idiots...while the real geniuses like you are buying pieces of **** and then having to add 200 fin plugs,chop the tail up etc etc etc ....yeh you know what's real aye lol

Cut,me? Yeh ok

Yeah learnt all of my engineering and hydrodynamics from Google over the last 35 years ...... not.

And no I never bagged anyone for making $1500 cups of coffee, that was simply some friendly banter. And I have no resentment for anyone able to afford a work of artistic expression. What I do take issue with is blind acceptance of what someone says, in all matters of life and not just surfboard design. And that has been my beef, statements based in ignorance by people who have never ridden a pop out or who resent bottom feeders like me for having to resort to them because we can't afford the rich list.

I can see the difference in a custom made board and a pop out, it is very apparent that a different level of attention is applied. And if people want to buy a work of functional art because it not only performs better but is aesthetically more pleasing more power to them.

What I have said is that you guys keep bagging out the cheap boards based on bias alone and a pack mentality. When the reality is that there is a place in the market for them, always has been, and always will be because they are fit for purpose. That purpose being to help people like me or new kooks get into it at a cost effective entry level price.

Unlike you and many others I have a different take on this, I believe it creates greater opportunity for the custom shapers in the longer term. Once a kook or me finds our sea legs we will reach the limit of what we are riding can do. We will become more entrenched and invested in the surf culture, and also more adept at discerning subtle differences in design.

My case for instance, I knew from my history and experience exactly what I wanted, either a Millar SubX or a Webber Diamond. I spent hours understanding each of those designs and the design philosophy used by the shapers, but both where out of my financial league. So I made a compromise and bought a pop out that came as close as possible to the desired features, and it was an awesome decision for a board to get me reacquainted with surfing, and allowed me to experiment with fin setups etc that as a kid and younger bloke I never had the opportunity to try. And as for me being poor, long story suffice to say I was robbed of my house and home by my wife's family (not the wife), starting from scratch again at 55 is tough, where's isle 9 again?

As for cutting things up, I refrained, a dream of trying new things. Besides if it's good enough for B McT to state on his web site as the best way to refine a design then I'm in good company.

How about instead of lamenting the state of play for local shapers you all encourage business for them? Get alongside someone in the lineup riding a pop out, ask them what it is they are on? What they like and don't like about it? Give them some riding tips, show them some of the advanced design features on your sleds, bedazzle them with the beautiful design lines and artistic expression, the uniqueness. Give them the shapers name and encourage them to begin a dialogue.

Each time I paddle out and see something interesting in the line up I paddle over and strike up a conversation, turns out that even dried up salty old arseholes love to talk about their boards, who knew? Both them and I discovered that they are not as grumpy as everyone else surfing around them thinks.

Not much chance of them aspiring to ride what you are on if all they see is a bunch of tribal locals who look like they are having a crap surf on their $1500 boards.

Just my two ****es worth, have an awesome day.