Somebody “Say it ain’t so”. I was just getting ready to contact these people for custom stringers and rockers. I had been persuaded by others that they had positioned themselves so that they were stringering most of the industries poly blanks. So I am in Maui and wondering about all those Clark rocker configurations and whether I can match them to my stringers and glue lines?
McDing, i could be wrong but i think i read somewhere that Green Valley Mills closed doors.
blair foam now owns green valley mill and will be only glueing blair foam from what i understand
Make your own. It’s easy.
US Blanks have been nailing their rockers…they can match any rocker; deck, bottom or watevas…give dem a shot… If your in Maui, go through fiberglass hawaii. no brainer.
shakka
Aloha McDing:
Ice9 also has all of the Clark rockers as they ended up with some of their computers. I know they offer them on their website through their rocker design system. I have not tried the Clark rockers yet though, just what I read.
-Robin
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Somebody “Say it ain’t so”. I was just getting ready to contact these people for custom stringers and rockers. I had been persuaded by others that they had positioned themselves so that they were stringering most of the industries poly blanks. So I am in Maui and wondering about all those Clark rocker configurations and whether I can match them to my stringers and glue lines?
Ice 9 does have the Clark rockers and a CNC set up for milling whatever you need. I gave them custom rockers and they came out spot on. Check out their site at Ice-Nine Foamworks…just stick in your browser and take the virtual tour.
Aloha
Que Paso Mc Ding from San Diego or Mexico, wer’e not sure any more. We send all of our designs to Chris at Ice-9 through surf3-D. They take these designs straight to their computerized rowder machines and cut EXACT stringers every time. The service has been stellar and we have been very happy with them. A wee bit more expensive than Green Valley Mill use to be (we use to use them) but the wood is a true 1/8" . Far stronger and better quality than we had been getting from Green Valley. We have also been introduced to some other locals that are jumping in to pick up the slack. I can pass on some names if need be. no sweat! Good Luck!
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Que Paso Mc Ding from San Diego or Mexico, wer’e not sure any more. We send all of our designs to Chris at Ice-9 through surf3-D. They take these designs straight to their computerized rowder machines and cut EXACT stringers every time. The service has been stellar and we have been very happy with them. A wee bit more expensive than Green Valley Mill use to be (we use to use them) but the wood is a true 1/8" . Far stronger and better quality than we had been getting from Green Valley. We have also been introduced to some other locals that are jumping in to pick up the slack. I can pass on some names if need be. no sweat! Good Luck!
JJ…is a “rowder” a cowboy router?
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BLAIR FOAM ACQUIRES GREEN VALLEY MILL[/b]
While everyone had different opinion in Dec 05’ on who would become the world’s premiere surfboard blank supplier, few could predict the journey would be such a complicated relay race. At last, the Clark Foam torch has been passed to Blair Foam. On February 6th, Blair Foam finalized a deal to acquire Green Valley Mill, that includes the purchase of the half-million dollar wood inventory, mill, and 5,000 custom rocker templates that Green Valley had originally picked up in the wake of Clark shutting its doors. Blair Foam now the holds the largest selection of custom rockers in the world, which can be assembled from a variety of the finest quality lumber, hand picked by Gordon Clark himself.
Blair Foam, which until this acquisition was merely one of Green Valley’s existing blank customers, was offered first consideration for acquiring Green Valley’s massive remaining inventory of wood along with the machinery and equipment. It speaks volumes for the growing company that it was singled out from a customer list that includes the likes of King Mac, Bennett, and HomeBlown, as the one most capable of carrying on the Clark Foam legacy. As part of the terms of the week long negotiation, Blair Foam will temporarily occupy Green Valley Mill’s 12,000 sq ft, Oceanside facility to ensure uninterrupted production and allow themselves to assess their next move.
In response to the deal, Blair Foam co-owner, Jeff Stoner, explains, “So far, we’ve been keeping a low profile in the industry in order to perfect our formula and ensure that our product is sound. With a viable product now under our belt, the cards have really fallen into place for us and we look forward to making an immediate impact on the board manufacturing industry.”
This acquisition, couples Blair Foam’s solid background in urethane, with the infrastructure needed to help the industry emerge from the ashes of Clark Foam. Blair has already garnered a great deal of momentum by providing reliable, small cell-structured and uniformly dense foam to manufacturers industry-wide. With this strong endorsement from Green Valley Mill, and the ability to expand production with customized rockers and reliable customer service provided by ex-Green Valley employee, now Blair site manager, Leigh Altieri, Blair Foam will undoubtedly look to become a major player in the surfboard blank industry in the next few months.
Visit http://www.blairfoam.com
Custmer service to be desired wasnt the only reason we stopped using GVM. Good luck with that wood Bair.
the glued blanks I got from gvm have been excellent and the wood looks very nice too.
I believe that’s one of the reasons Blair Foam is concentrating on glueing only their own in house blanks. The rockers I have glued by Paulo @ Blair have been spot on. IMHO, I think that maybe one of the reasons why GVM may have had issues with service as they were dealing with way too many blank suppliers. The service I have had with Blair has been great, turn around times have been like the good ol’ days. Happy times are here again, actually even better due to the higher quality of the foam Blair is producing at the moment.
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Custmer service to be desired wasnt the only reason we stopped using GVM. Good luck with that wood Bair.
Just talk with paulo the other day and he is stoked to be working at blair . he was the head rocker guy at clark for the last 8 yrs of his 25yrs with the company. blair wants to make the best foam possible is what he tells me. the stuff is sweet.