“…The bottom line is that you are trading away a tradition of small, local business for big, offshore business. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want my surfboard to be made like an athletic shoe or a Hula Hoop. In the last decade or so surfing has been under siege from some pretty scary, intersecting trends. With all the commercialism and heritage-plundering now prevalent throughout our beloved lifestyle, I want to embrace all the more one of the last really neat and unique things about surfing: the custom surfboard industry. Don’t believe what the ads and the magazine hype tell you. The truth is there – you just have to dig for it.”
I’d rather buy a board from an unknown shaper or make it myself(yikes!) than a pop out.Riding waves is an individual pursuit.Lets keep our boards individual as well.Small business’s need individual support to stem the tide of mega-stores.Can’t let surfboard manufacturers go that same route. Support our shapers.Nothing like getting a board,made for you.May be a magic one…