the racks in my garage are now sagging because of the boards on them. Basically, I have about 8 boards total, about 4 shaped and glassed personally, 3 of them bought before I started the addiction, and another that was just given to me. I personally don’t like having tons of unridden boards just hanging around, I’d rather have a fully functional quiver of 4 boards at the most to choose from. So my dilemma is this: My 9’8" Cooperfish Nose Devil will be with me until I die or it deteriorates(sp?), no if’s and’s or but’s. The 9’7" I shaped is an awesome board and I will keep it too. My 6’0" South Coast egg is all time and I’ll keep it. But what do I do with the 3 or 4 boards that I shaped that I only occassionally ride and don’t perform how I wanted them too? I’m not confident enough with my skills to go and try and sell them at some shop, but at the same time I don’t really have the room to store them. I want to move them on to somebody who can use them at maybe a super cheap price and try my hand at refining a couple of those shapes again. Hmmm…
Sell the boards at a garage sale for cheap they’ll most likely get sold if they’re priced low
OR
just give them away
if you don’t really care about making a buck, give 'em away to some little kid that’s just learning…or sell it cheap to someone older who’s still in the learning phases and wants to ride something newer without shelling out hundreds of dollars.
You’ll become some kids favorite person in the world if you give them one…
it’s what my father did about 30 years ago. he had his old board sittin’ in the garage and a neighborhood kid walked by, saw the board, and loved it. he said “WOW…YOU’VE GOT A SURFBOARD!!!”. my dad said “ya want it?”. and off the kid went with his new (well…new to him, at least) surfboard. i’m curious to know if he stuck with it and ever got decent…but one can only speculate. regardless, for at least a short while, i can guarantee that my father was his favorite person in the world. hmmm…if the kid did stick with it, i wonder if he ever tells his kids (assuming he’s got some) the story of how he got his first surfboard. that’s a nice thought…it’s got me feelin’ all warm and fuzzy inside…or maybe that’s the crown and coke…yeah, that’s it.
If you really need the money, sell them, maybe cheap to friends or whoever.
If you want really good karma, give them individually to people you think need them, and in time they may pass it on…
I swear by the latter suggestion, and have been repayed many times over.
Tenover,
Bryan Lamb who post on this site might have some ideas. Give them to a thrift shop that raises money for charity. Mike
I’m not in “need” of the $$, although it would justify the hours spent to my wife a little! But yeah, I’m all about giving them away to some kids. Maybe I’ll hold onto them until this summer when we have 3 weeks worth of sites at San Elijo and Carlasbad State beaches already reserved, take them down to the beach with me, and hand them over to some little groms. Good idea, thanks.
Thats the coolest karma shot ever… see some grom with the “man!, I gotta get a surfboard” look in their eyes and feed their spirit with the gift of a lifetime. Pure.
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Ten,
I sell the boards I don’t want that I shaped for the cost of materials… that way both parties ( Shaper & buyer) win.
I get shaping experience and express to the shop owner & customer that they are buying an inexpensive board, allowing me to learn and the consumer gets a good deal on something different. I also ask for feedback… I was thinking about putting my email address in my lams for that… if they don’t like it you could work out a deal that if they buy one, they can trade it in for another one of your attempts… or pay the difference of the upgrade…
I don’t like to profit from my beginning boards… I just tell people that if they like it and are satisfied they can hook me up with a “thank you” of their choosing. so far I have gotten a shapers square, posca pens, t shirts and towel from Pipeline Masters, videos, fins, rides to secret spots and a bunch of happy friends out of the deal… I feel you are right trying not to profit…just share the stoke and you gain experience and feedback…
one surf trip last year, our truck was temporarily out of service at the beach, so we all had to cram into a tiny plymouth. I left one of my favorite boards that i shaped in the back of a truck parked in a yard with boards out front, with a napkin that had my telephone number on it. I got a call the next day saying I had hammock to sleep in any time I’d like… great feeling.