Surfing mags. 2003 surfboard design issue Jan. features an inside look at the Cobra factory. “people say,'how can you make surfboards without a surfing culture?'We have a manufacturiing culture.”-Kym Thompson. 2,400 employees. 180,400 sq.ft. 50,000 new surfboards a year… and more, any comments…
Surfing mags. 2003 surfboard design issue Jan. features an inside look at > the Cobra factory. “people say,'how can you make surfboards without a > surfing culture?'We have a manufacturiing culture.”-Kym Thompson. > 2,400 employees. 180,400 sq.ft. 50,000 new surfboards a year… and more, > any comments… Probably not everyone at your local/favorite glass shop surfs. That’s probably a good thing. Their facility appears to be super clean, efficient and has quality check points along the way. Something we all can learn from.
I have no problem with CAD. People who fight progress (unless it’s dangerous to people or the environment) are fighting a losing battle. Think about this: In the mid 1800s, canal operators lobbied congress not to fund the transcontinental railroad.
I have no problem with CAD. People who fight progress (unless it’s > dangerous to people or the environment) are fighting a losing battle. > Think about this: In the mid 1800s, canal operators lobbied congress not > to fund the transcontinental railroad. If you’ve ever seen the Erie Canal, dug by hand, stretching across Pennsylvania to Ohio. I was boggled by it.
Surfing mags. 2003 surfboard design issue Jan. features an inside look at > the Cobra factory. “people say,'how can you make surfboards without a > surfing culture?'We have a manufacturiing culture.”-Kym Thompson. > 2,400 employees. 180,400 sq.ft. 50,000 new surfboards a year… and more, > any comments… It seems like the question is…should all involved with surfboard manufacturing be surfers? Yes and no. Yes, I would like the person shaping my board to be a surfer for sure. How else could one describe what kind of feeling youre looking for when ordering a board? No, the glasser, sander, polisher would not necessarily need to be a surfer. As long as the person(s) involved in this phase of construction was adept at what he is doing, Id have no preference whether he surfed or not.
Surfing mags. 2003 surfboard design issue Jan. features an inside look at > the Cobra factory. “people say,'how can you make surfboards without a > surfing culture?'We have a manufacturiing culture.”-Kym Thompson. > 2,400 employees. 180,400 sq.ft. 50,000 new surfboards a year… and more, > any comments… For so many American artisans, all I can see in the future is: U N E M P L O Y M E N T. Very sad.
For so many American artisans, all I can see in the future is: U N E M P L > O Y M E N T. Very sad. As the new industries develop, people need to increase their skills. All spot welding in cars used to be done by people. Now it’s machines. The people have to constantly keep educated (it’s a life-long process). Imagine a kid 150 years ago who worked so hard to be the best telegraph operator in his morse code class. Then Alexander Graham Bell came along and invented the phone. Unemployed telegraph operators almost overnight. But that’s progress. If you fight it, then you lose. The key is to make it yourself. Be the one to make progress happen, or at least keep up with it, and no problems…no unemployment. As long as you aren’t trashing the environment or hurting people then it’s okay. Yeah, cars pollute, but what they don’t tell you is all the disease spread by flies when thousands of horses walked (and pooped in) the streets of Boston. But it’s hard to tell a guy who makes saddles in the late 1800’s that a man named Henry Ford was about to…oh, you get the idea. Embrace progress, or it’ll squeeze you out.
It seems like the question is…should all involved with surfboard > manufacturing be surfers? Yes and no. Yes, I would like the person shaping > my board to be a surfer for sure. How else could one describe what kind of > feeling youre looking for when ordering a board? No, the glasser, sander, > polisher would not necessarily need to be a surfer. As long as the > person(s) involved in this phase of construction was adept at what he is > doing, Id have no preference whether he surfed or not. Best Sander I’ve ever had to deal with was a Mexican man probably 48-50 yr. old. Shakes your hand and compliments your shaping, never complains, hard worker, 7th grade education but more life skills than the average white boy will ever have. He is a joy to work with.