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I’ve always been puzzled why the wood board guys are so concerned that someone is copying their method and feel they should be compensated. It totally goes against the surfboard shaping tradition, where information on how to shape and glass boards is widely shared, designs freely appropriated and added to, and so on.
Have you read the account on Paul’s site of how two guys that he had generously shared his techniques with showed up on his beach and started pitching to potential customers, using Paul’s board as a sample?
"He goes on with a full on sales pitch about how their boards are “like fine jewelry”, and boards like these are "investments” and how what they’re making is like “investing in fine art”… Huh…???..
He’s saying all this while holding MY BOARD…!!!..
The surfers ask D— “How much…???..”
D— rolls out " Five Thousand"…
WHAT…???..
Then he goes into another barrage of “investment - jewelry - art”…
PUHLEEASE…
By now there are about six other people looking at my two boards while D— just keeps on rolling…
I interrupt D— to tell everyone, that what D— is trying to sell, is all available for FREE on my web-site…
Someone asks me what I think a board like this should sell for…I say based upon my experience and understanding of high-end boards, $2,500…
But, I’m quick to add, that I’m not really interested in making boards for others, but glad to help them make their own boards…That’s why I made the web site…
That just doesn’t slow down D— one bit…Now he’s talking about CNC machined parts, limited edition boards…And on and on and on…He just won’t shut up… "
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I think that Paul Jensen is a truly admirable and forgiving individual. If two similar a-holes pulled crap like that on me, there would likely be an unexplained drowning (or two).
ED S 7/10 - HYPERBOLE A LITTLE OVER THE TOP THERE, but the point is that there are limits to how much someone is willing to share, when some of the “sharees” try to pervert that knowledge to victimize both the sharer and his intended beneficiaries…
-Samiam