I would announce my announcement under announcements but announcements won’t let me announce. Maybe one of the moderators could shift my blatant self promotion to announcements for me? That’s right, my website is close to being done. Feel free to check the link below in the meantime. Suggestions for improvements welcome with a little bit more content to be added to it over the next few days.
congrats on the new website dean.
brasco
Thanks Brasco.
Looks perfect, dont change a thing.
Mate, where’s all the hype?? Haha but seriously, it looks good, easy to look through, and all the info you need. Good stuff.
good job Deanbo
I used to have a custom board website it was well done
but it bombed,oh well!
constructive critisisum,
1 the boards are hard to see, maybe darken the background
2 that fat bald guy has to go, or put him in a hazmat suit and resperator, in a shaping room, with the door shut
3 insert pics of hot babes and handsome dudes with your boards
4 remove the “pick me Im hot and ready” personal add, Im not pickin on ya it just seems tacky (well, ya Im pickin on ya)
5 insert more serious info other than #4, like turnaround times for custom orders, shipping info, etc,
working the web is a tough gig, I hope you pull it off
shiping from NZ probly costs as much as the board costs (except to Aus)
thats hard for a customer to chew on
Hang in there my friend
Thank you for the suggestions Kensurf. I will be considering them carefully (honest!).
Keep the fat guy and personal ad!
Ditch the one year warranty against delamination. Some kook will leave it in the hot sun all day and presto.
Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Abyss is owned an run by internationally renowned ladies man (famous in his own underwear) Dean Bonkovich.
owned and run by internationally renowned ladies man…
I think you contradict your above statement with that photo you have posted BTW…i’m sure it’s supposed to be funny…and it is…but if you’re serious about this little gig…i’d take down the quote AND the picture.
Just my $.02
=)
Best of luck.
great stuff… just darken that background so we can see the boards…
Otherwise hope all goes well…
Hey
Looks Great, needs a little art work. LOL
Just kidding, Nice site.
"Another backyard surfboard shaper is a surfboard manufacturer and wholesaler (sorry no retail sales).
But don’t just take our word for it, check out one of our retailers for your very own Abyss!"
1. You write “no retail sales”, then at the end your write “check out one of our retailers”.
I’m not ragging on you just want to help out. Careful not to contradict yourself?[=Black][=1]
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2. Change the picture of yourself to one of you shaping in your bay with your side lights on mowing foam with your planner.
3. Leave anything about sex out of it. There are plenty of Porn sites already. Keep it core and about surfing.
4. There is a niche for custom. I like the use of the word “Backyard”! That’s a bold approche.
5. Get a big following in NZ. Stay Humble in the process.
Your off to a good start and I wish you the best.
Follow your Dream and never get discouraged!
Thanks for the suggestions surfding. It is much appreciated.
Looks nice - But, I agree with the need for a darker background so the boards stand out… like blues in artsy waves motif.
Taylor
It’s probably easier to color the background, but why not color the boards to make them stick out? Not ragging, but the black and white is kinda generic… my $.02 otherwise, good on!
Do you ship to Antarctica? I’m thinking of setting up south of you.
No seriously, sites are a lotta work…I have a savvy lady working on stuff for me right now.
Keep the fat bald or whatever guy, but stick a hot wahine in there and maybe add a red Ferrari in the background, and/or a Leer Jet with superimposed lettering “We Deliver”.
Line up a photographer and some crazy guy to jump from the big tall needle thingie with a brightly colored board and chute and get some hot shots of him riding his way down.
Sex and sensational stuff sells…alliteration intended!
Congrats!
Hey…went to your site and it said Closed til further notice or something…
DID IT WORK THAT GOOD!!! DID YOU RETIRE ALREADY???
Deanbo has his site down? I thought he was on his way up?
He must’ve done it!
**Shit I didn’t think there were even enough surfers in NZ that a board guy could retire from. I KNEW I should have got my site up by now.! **
See what happens when you sit around doodling and don’t get stuff done.
I coulda been a contender…
**I coulda been someone! (Heavy sigh)
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thats a bit rough ds, us kiwis are doing it hard with this global financial crisis at the moment, please dont kick us while we are down…i mean im always up to entertain people(even when it is at my expense) but some times we all just need a little help from our friends(even the ones on the interweb).