I just wanted to announce what we’re doing here at Inspired Surfboards. We’re offering “premium services” through the factory. We’re not trying to compete with surfboard blank distributors, just offering some new services to keep our factory REALLY BUSY!!! And hopefully help anybody affected by the foam shortage. Anyway, the short of it:
- custom blanks, REALLY CUSTOM: eps/xps, custom stringers, glue colors, wedge stringers, flex tails, pretty much anything you can think of (especially if we can figure it out on SWAYLOCKS!!!), custom profiles (let us show you how to make blank profiles SOO EASY: ultra flex moulding)
- rental bays
- “Celebrity Cam” Internet Camera. You can turn it off, but fans of your work would LOVE to check you out from anywhere on the planet. Plus, if you’re like me (an experienced hack) you know that if everybody tried to shape just like you, you’d always be the best!!
- manual profile machine (Shapers Australia) super easy to make you own templates, or I’ll even let you use mine!!
- 100% Resin Research Epoxy Lams
- Coming soon: VITALS ™: Vacuum Infused TexAlium Laminations (sshhhhhh…)
- Comfortable, Clean factory (read: cold beer, cigars, a fish tank, and a dart board:)
- Experienced Crew
- “Work Vacation” packages available: discounted ocean front accomidations, inshore/nearshore fishing packages with one of THREE liscensed local captains (and either employees/teamers), some of the most consistent surf in Florida, and one of the best “Team Pain” concrete skateparks less than 2 miles from the factory.
That’s the jist of it. Since “Black Monday” or whatever we’ve been busting ass re-tooling the factory, and I’m not ashamed to claim that I’m pretty proud of what we’ve done. My company borrowed money for the first time in 12 years, but I think it’s the most exciting time in surfboard manufacturing history. We built boards out of the Dow foam for the first five years, and even built some blanks until we admittedly got lazy and built the same stupid product out of convenience!! Now it’s ON!! There’s a million ways to do this, every board is NEW!! Just as a timeframe; we unclamped our first batch this morning, so this is a pre-release announcement. Any pointers or hints, even stouch criticism is more than welcomed:
Drew Baggett,
Drew-Tang Enterprises, LLC, DBA Inspired Surfboards
1941 Dobbs Rd. #2,3,4,5
St. Augustine, FL 32086
(904) 829-9893 -factory
(904) 823-1117 -fax
(904) 347-8879 -mobile (nah, you’re not getting the home phone too)
