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Forums > Surfing Shortboards

cobra factory vs australian hand made

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Created by balente > 9 months ago, 22 Feb 2015
balente
3 posts
22 Feb 2015 9:04PM
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Livin in Europe i ve always thought and believed in the superior quality of hawaian,usa, and aussie surfboards brands. So when i decide to buy a new surfboards i e mailed Vampirate surfboards to buy one of their "magic boards". Shipment cost was too expensive ..so the owner of vampirate linked me first to "surfboardsagency" and They cc me to Aloha surfshop in Netherlands. I bought too fast for satan model . As the board arrived i was totally pissed of when i saw on tthe board the sticker designed in australia crafted in thailand.
payed total 1000 aussie dollars.openin the box the board looks completely different from all the pics on all the websites...no bright colours.. bad finish.No way.
wrote back to dan at vampirate. in italy we say "cclimbing a mirror ". Still sayin to me if the board rides good ..but is not the point. So ..when u sell something u ve got to tell where its made first and by who...because "shaped by the dirty hands of Gnech" is false..fake. my board was made by an AKu 3000 cnc tech machine and finished by a thai worker. For 685 euros. Proudly thai made . And the ridiculous fact is that they often post on instagram pics of shapin room and hand made boards. GuiltY. They still continue to reply sayin " Cobra factory use best tech and materials and bla bla .." Noo way. Cobra : vampirate, lsd , Simon Anderson , webber , aloha ( for euro / worldwide market ) . Cheers

byf
WA, 514 posts
22 Feb 2015 9:12PM
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Yeah man.

Seacht
WA, 376 posts
22 Feb 2015 9:32PM
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Sell that board and support your local shaper dude.

balente
3 posts
22 Feb 2015 9:36PM
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I m gonna ride that board first. Then i will send back to vampirate as a present for xmas . And right mate , i will buy a local board.

TOAD
NSW, 305 posts
23 Feb 2015 6:43AM
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You can buy one of mine. Made from Burfords Blanks and completely hand made and painted glassed in my garage.











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