Speaking cheap a guy showed a couple of us at palmy a log brought from a 'warehouse'locally.
Log style. Concave nose 50/50 rail. Tainted blanket style. Cut lap with pin line . A shade colour on the deck
triple stringer with a wooden tail block.
He had had it for 2 weeks and it was in perfect condition. Looked to be glassed well.polished too
Too
How much- $480
Thats got to hurt the locals
Select to expand quotelaceys lane said..
Speaking cheap a guy showed a couple of us at palmy a log brought from a 'warehouse'locally.
Log style. Concave nose 50/50 rail. Tainted blanket style. Cut lap with pin line . A shade colour on the deck
triple stringer with a wooden tail block.
He had had it for 2 weeks and it was in perfect condition. Looked to be glassed well.polished too
Too
How much- $480
Thats got to hurt the locals
Thats a rediculous price for a longboard triple stringer blank alone is going to set you back over half of that cost
Select to expand quoteTux said..laceys lane said..
Speaking cheap a guy showed a couple of us at palmy a log brought from a 'warehouse'locally.
Log style. Concave nose 50/50 rail. Tainted blanket style. Cut lap with pin line . A shade colour on the deck
triple stringer with a wooden tail block.
He had had it for 2 weeks and it was in perfect condition. Looked to be glassed well.polished too
Too
How much- $480
Thats got to hurt the locals
Thats a rediculous price for a longboard triple stringer blank alone is going to set you back over half of that cost
Thats a 23 hundred dollar board elsewhere.
Select to expand quoteMacaha said..Tux said..laceys lane said..
Speaking cheap a guy showed a couple of us at palmy a log brought from a 'warehouse'locally.
Log style. Concave nose 50/50 rail. Tainted blanket style. Cut lap with pin line . A shade colour on the deck
triple stringer with a wooden tail block.
He had had it for 2 weeks and it was in perfect condition. Looked to be glassed well.polished too
Too
How much- $480
Thats got to hurt the locals
Thats a rediculous price for a longboard triple stringer blank alone is going to set you back over half of that cost
Thats a 23 hundred dollar board elsewhere.
let 100 to 150 per foot be thy guide for buying a board
I showed my local shaper the board I bought from a Gold Coast Warehouse (probably the same spot) for $400 with a cover and leggie. The quality is sensational for the price. Which he recognised, but he said his living is providing niche boards for discerning buyers who want their Hypto Krypto as a swallow or their longboard with a little more rocker or....
I have bought one new board off the rack in 20years and 3 or 4 second handies. The rest (20 boards it so) have customs for a variety of reason, mainly revolving around trying different stuff to see how they make boards go.
And they don't make a kegs like that anymore. You would need a custom for that baby.
$480 seems incredibly cheap for a triple stringer log . Would like to see a pic of it.
They have sales all the time. Like Kathmandu, you would be silly or in a rush to pay full price.
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They have sales all the time. Like Kathmandu, you would be silly or in a rush to pay full price.
yeah, it was on sale.
mac i didn't see his board on that link
Also, there after sales service was fantastic. I bought a board off the rack, took it to Tallows, while waxing up spotted a nasty ding on the nose rail and decided bugger it I am surfing it and we'll see what happens. Waxed and surfed it. Rang them up when I got back to Coolangatta and they let me return it and swap it for a new board. That certainly has me recommending them to certain people for certain boards and considering them for different things for me. Having said that, like all stock boards, they don't necessarily have what I want.
Watching the Bluff at Alex yesterday morning there were 18 plus out. Every so often a 2-3 wave set would come through. Most of the sets I saw come through there was at least one of the same guys on the waves.
Not good odds.
Kind of times where a cheap board you don't care about would be called for because the ones who think they own the place will drop in on you so having a cheapo means you don't mind the company if some accidental bumping occurs.
Just duct tape that ding and keep on smiling.
Am I wrong here or do you risk your $1500 plus board and when they bang rails with you keep calm and carry on?
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Watching the Bluff at Alex yesterday morning there were 18 plus out. Every so often a 2-3 wave set would come through. Most of the sets I saw come through there was at least one of the same guys on the waves.
Not good odds.
Kind of times where a cheap board you don't care about would be called for because the ones who think they own the place will drop in on you so having a cheapo means you don't mind the company if some accidental bumping occurs.
Just duct tape that ding and keep on smiling.
Am I wrong here or do you risk your $1500 plus board and when they bang rails with you keep calm and carry on?
I think your on the money I was on the lookout last year for such a board,be dammed if some kook is going to run into me or one of my boards,miss a heap of waves because of this.
Duct tape. I'm not going to surf some piece of sh1t in fear of others. I would rather my favourite board get beaten up rather than the other.
The most relaxed fun I've had on a longboard was riding a Bic 9'4" rooster at Johnsons, Noosa. I wa calling people on rather than off because I knew that no matter what happened the Bic would laugh it off.
Riding my expensive DVS full carbon boards I was in a different mindset.
Different strokes for different folks.
If you do your own ding repairs I suppose its a different matter but i don't.
All sounds good, all these cheapies, until you ride them for a while.
My son is an apprentice sparky and couldn't afford a new mal so he bought one of the 'warehouse' boards for around $600.
He has had it for about 2 years. It has finger compressions on the rails from eskimo rolls, the deck looks like a golf ball, any small bump ends up with a repair needed and the bottom is scuffed and scratched from who knows what. I would add, that he really looks after all his gear, never thrashes anything, his short board still looks new.
I have a custom log, which I bought at the same time and it is immaculate. When I'm not on it, he uses it as well, so it is in the water at least 4 - 5 times a week.
Sure, good customs are over a grand. But if you decide to sell, it is still worth some money. My sons cheapy, will be a throw away! More landfill!!
By the way, just because you can copy a shape, doesn't mean the board will work. I have owned a few 'dogs' over the years and even at my weekender level, I new they were shockers. You get what you pay for!
If you want a board that is a bit cheaper than the big name brands, ask around about the younger crew coming through. There are some exceptional young shapers around, doing some great work.
Select to expand quoteMacaha said...Cuttlefish said..
Watching the Bluff at Alex yesterday morning there were 18 plus out. Every so often a 2-3 wave set would come through. Most of the sets I saw come through there was at least one of the same guys on the waves.
Not good odds.
Kind of times where a cheap board you don't care about would be called for because the ones who think they own the place will drop in on you so having a cheapo means you don't mind the company if some accidental bumping occurs.
Just duct tape that ding and keep on smiling.
Am I wrong here or do you risk your $1500 plus board and when they bang rails with you keep calm and carry on?
I think your on the money I was on the lookout last year for such a board,be dammed if some kook is going to run into me or one of my boards,miss a heap of waves because of this.
Geez im trying not to get in your way
Select to expand quotechrispy said...
Duct tape. I'm not going to surf some piece of sh1t in fear of others. I would rather my favourite board get beaten up rather than the other.
I would have thought a chronic shoulder hopper like you would have glove box full of duct tape
Select to expand quoteSandsy1 said..
All sounds good, all these cheapies, until you ride them for a while.
My son is an apprentice sparky and couldn't afford a new mal so he bought one of the 'warehouse' boards for around $600.
He has had it for about 2 years. It has finger compressions on the rails from eskimo rolls, the deck looks like a golf ball, any small bump ends up with a repair needed and the bottom is scuffed and scratched from who knows what. I would add, that he really looks after all his gear, never thrashes anything, his short board still looks new.
I have a custom log, which I bought at the same time and it is immaculate. When I'm not on it, he uses it as well, so it is in the water at least 4 - 5 times a week.
Sure, good customs are over a grand. But if you decide to sell, it is still worth some money. My sons cheapy, will be a throw away! More landfill!!
By the way, just because you can copy a shape, doesn't mean the board will work. I have owned a few 'dogs' over the years and even at my weekender level, I new they were shockers. You get what you pay for!
If you want a board that is a bit cheaper than the big name brands, ask around about the younger crew coming through. There are some exceptional young shapers around, doing some great work.
That surprises me because my board has been absolutely bullet proof. The glass is hard as. Performance wise I bought it expecting nothing but the ability to plane on knee to waist high waves, and was pleasantly surprised to find it did that at Snapper and then also hooked into 8 foot waves in Ulladulla and Port Fairy. Mine was a 6'10" Sumo style thing though so a bit different.
Select to expand quoteSandsy1 said..
All sounds good, all these cheapies, until you ride them for a while.
My son is an apprentice sparky and couldn't afford a new mal so he bought one of the 'warehouse' boards for around $600.
He has had it for about 2 years. It has finger compressions on the rails from eskimo rolls, the deck looks like a golf ball, any small bump ends up with a repair needed and the bottom is scuffed and scratched from who knows what. I would add, that he really looks after all his gear, never thrashes anything, his short board still looks new.
I have a custom log, which I bought at the same time and it is immaculate. When I'm not on it, he uses it as well, so it is in the water at least 4 - 5 times a week.
Sure, good customs are over a grand. But if you decide to sell, it is still worth some money. My sons cheapy, will be a throw away! More landfill!!
By the way, just because you can copy a shape, doesn't mean the board will work. I have owned a few 'dogs' over the years and even at my weekender level, I new they were shockers. You get what you pay for!
If you want a board that is a bit cheaper than the big name brands, ask around about the younger crew coming through. There are some exceptional young shapers around, doing some great work.
Bit confusing since you're saying a copy may not mean it works and more than likely these surfboard warehouse boards are a copy of some decent shape. Early on my mate on the Gold coast bought an un-ridden Takayama scorpion from them. They happen to have copies of the scorpion in their line up of boards. No co-incidence there me thinks.
By the same token the young shapers are going to be going off boards they've had/seen/checked out and so I don't see any guarantee that they won't produce some dogs along the way. Then if you end up with a dog by a relatively unknown shaper the re-sale will be lousy anyway.
All this from the perspective of an occasional longboarder rather than someone who rides them all the time so don't get bent out of shape about my view.
I wouldn't mind paying good money for a board I would ride the majority of the time but I still wouldn't feel good riding it in a wave starved crowd..
How about this puppyhttp://www.thesurfboardwarehouse.com.au/surfboards/longboards/waterborn-skywalker.html
Can't argue that is a bargain but it's a sad fact of life that as Aussies are doing our selfs out of a job. The way things are going we won't do anything here soon. I am a mechanical engineer in the design field and they are farming out engineering work over to the Philippines and India as well.
Select to expand quoteCuttlefish said..
Sandsy1 said..
All sounds good, all these cheapies, until you ride them for a while.
Bit confusing since you're saying a copy may not mean it works and more than likely these surfboard warehouse boards are a copy of some decent shape. Early on my mate on the Gold coast bought an un-ridden Takayama scorpion from them. They happen to have copies of the scorpion in their line up of boards. No co-incidence there me thinks.
By the same token the young shapers are going to be going off boards they've had/seen/checked out and so I don't see any guarantee that they won't produce some dogs along the way. Then if you end up with a dog by a relatively unknown shaper the re-sale will be lousy anyway.
All this from the perspective of an occasional longboarder rather than someone who rides them all the time so don't get bent out of shape about my view.
I wouldn't mind paying good money for a board I would ride the majority of the time but I still wouldn't feel good riding it in a wave starved crowd..
Im always confusing!! 
Just don't like the idea of losing an industry in this country that has produced some of the best craftsmen in the world.
As for the 'dogs', these days, bit older and wiser, I really do my homework on the shaper.
Oh, and I don't buy 'Friday' boards.
Select to expand quoteSandsy1 said..
All sounds good, all these cheapies, until you ride them for a while.
My son is an apprentice sparky and couldn't afford a new mal so he bought one of the 'warehouse' boards for around $600.
He has had it for about 2 years. It has finger compressions on the rails from eskimo rolls, the deck looks like a golf ball, any small bump ends up with a repair needed and the bottom is scuffed and scratched from who knows what. I would add, that he really looks after all his gear, never thrashes anything, his short board still looks new.
I have a custom log, which I bought at the same time and it is immaculate. When I'm not on it, he uses it as well, so it is in the water at least 4 - 5 times a week.
Sure, good customs are over a grand. But if you decide to sell, it is still worth some money. My sons cheapy, will be a throw away! More landfill!!
By the way, just because you can copy a shape, doesn't mean the board will work. I have owned a few 'dogs' over the years and even at my weekender level, I new they were shockers. You get what you pay for!
If you want a board that is a bit cheaper than the big name brands, ask around about the younger crew coming through. There are some exceptional young shapers around, doing some great work.
Phew! A rare voice of sanity about cheap boards!
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They look alright to me for the price but the glassing would concern me
What are you saying Asea no good for the heavy weights
haha talking about old style mals i am getting my old G&S 1966 mal back soon can't wait
Select to expand quoteasea said..
haha talking about old style mals i am getting my old G&S 1966 mal back soon can't wait
Unreal I hope it didn't cost you much to get it back
Back to these boards,each to their own,whatever makes you happy and enjoy life.
Theres no right or wrong in these boards,it will always be a debate,no winners just
everyone is entitled to your there opinion.Positive
Select to expand quoteMacaha said..asea said..
haha talking about old style mals i am getting my old G&S 1966 mal back soon can't wait
Unreal I hope it didn't cost you much to get it back
Back to these boards,each to their own,whatever makes you happy and enjoy life.
Theres no right or wrong in these boards,it will always be a debate,no winners just
everyone is entitled to your there opinion.Positive
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