Hi Huie, Are your blanks for sale yet?
Peter, I met you at Uluwatu early this year… Well i’m pretty sure it was you, my name is Adryan York. Do you remember?
…I too would like to know how to get one of those Compsand stickers… Not that I want one. Ha Ha.
Yorky mate whats the story you don,t remember me, I am the old bloke that was going to cut you some boards for you when you were making black fly in Currumbin, you have been to my factory several times. We will be making more blanks next week for further testing ring me when you have time. Peter
Of course, Ok Peter. I remember… I must of got my wires crossed in Bali. i’ll come check you out next time i’m up there.
Cheers.
I’v stil got your No.
Like the looks of this. Working with Ken Ebert at Segway last week with the WMD blanks and his APS 3000. We figured we could shape, finesand and veneer bag 25 a day, just the two of us in an 8 hr. shift. Brings compsand into a different realm doesn’t it? 125 a week with just two guys. APS cut the blanks like butter. Came out georgous. One layer 4 oz. from there. This looks like it has the same production capacity. China who?
If you could get the orders your right! Who needs China at that rate!
Yea, exactly right. No need for offshore. The shaped blanks get just a 4 oz each side, sand and spray. Simple. And bullet proof at that. CPP should be about the same gig. We’ve got one backed with carbon which gets a 2 oz each side. Not sure that one even needs a hot coat … still not sure where this will end up. It’s still evoloving.
Getting orders is another matter. In this economy … we’ll be waiting for some recovery I guess.
Greg
That’s the ticket, we are just now moing to a bigger factory so we can make boards from the CDD blank. Peter
Yea, just keep moving forward. Like I said above, things are still evolving. We’re at seven steps for a finished board right now and we think we can pull it down to five. FW is at 27. Bert, what do you think?
i think i will just go back in my hole this is to much for me L O L.
seems like the brown noses didnt get what i was doing bad sh##t
Don’t leave me out of this one Peter!
SMurder is waiting!
Next month I have a friend coming to LA so you need to meet him at the airport and he will have 2 blanks for you ok Cant do much more than that yes , like you I have found a factory a bit bigger than what we have now for half the amount and it opp Firewire show room so when I start making boards with the CDD look out for FIREWORKS hahaha — who said PU was dead
Thanks Peter!
Your the man!
Greg , i like what i see but i havent looked with a critical eye yet to validate times and numbers , spoke with Pete after one of the first babies hatched successfully and i could see straight away that it had way more potential to go mainstream , same for your stuff …
FW at 27 ,still not enough for us … we got over 40 just in finishing , but you know what sort of finish i am after …
high end is high end and only one top …, low end gets better and cheaper all the time , as the triangle base gets bigger it can hold more variety ,China is one in the crowd …
as long as surfers can get an endless range of available shapes and graphics , custom , quick turn around times and at the status quo quality and price , then you have something …
development is alive and well but not with a clark , 40 years at making it better and it got that far …
we all know the materials are the future , the big challenge is systems and turn around times that allow sustainable local production houses to stay in business …
niche is the survival word …
surfboards are too cheap hence the need for cheaper and cheaper cost effective ways to produce to compete against mass produced imported stuff with cheap labour ?? or cheap finance ?? from people outside surfing …
also the status quo is still dictated by those in the winners circle …
and then its just simple economics and tell your story …
but at the end of the day , you get what you pay for …
cheap materials , well made = bad deal …
good materials , made bad = bad deal …
bad materials , made bade = guess …
good materials, made good = more expensive or a con …
cream floats remember , your words …
anyone know how long the process takes ??
time …
dont devalue the value in the meantime …
i will trade you 10 polyester boards for 1 ?
but i will sell you 1 for the price of 1 polyester ??? smart idea that one …
3 magic beans could go along way …
some people dont recognise value …
im with Jack …
regards
BERT
Bert I agree 100% with what you say here and what we are doing with this blank, we just need time to get systems in place and to make them quicker, moving factory is going to add time but I am looking at the big picture here. The other problem is finding the correct people to help in the factory. Found 1 top guy now just need a few more, Huie has been unreal with all his help just keeping me going in the right path Peter
Seems our on the right path … good things come to he who isn’t afraid of the work. Bert, lot’s of hard work on your end too. Lots here as well. The system here has come along very quickly and we’re now moving past just standard surfboard materials … getting into refining flex around material selection instead of shape geometry. Causing us to change the shapes which is opening new frontiers. We’re beginning to get pro’s on board now.
if you ever send anything to Michael, let me know, I’d like to
pitch in cost+shipping to try a couple of these out as well.
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just to let ya all know c d d is geting there ever so slowly.
this one is the last one i done waiting for black pete to get some more blanks ready
next batch should see it all come to gether
6' 4''x 19'' x2 3/8''
some more
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