Chinese advertise here because they can, but if anyone says something true, but offensive they will get edited, by people who don't really understand who they serve. Bow down to your masters.
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Right on GR. Surfboards are just things and nothing more. What makes the greg noll board at $4,000 special is beyond me. What makes a Chinese inexpensive board unspecial also makes me wonder. I personally don't care.
There was some past thread that Bill Barnfield wrote about surfboards in business terms as a "matured product" or something of that nature. He compared it to a fork. I finally got it and have come to grips with it.
Making a board special for a consumer can be by price, history, technology or if Elvis touched it or not. It's is just a thing to make and ride/sell or whatever. I like it but will never be bowing down to the things or the people who hype the things..............................Unless it is made with CORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
…not at all VH…the same problem can come from anywhere…cut enough corners of a square of quality and you end up with a small circle of nothingness…it’s not that uncommon for someone to “cut a loss” ,in the hope that their competition will dissappear altogether , leaving them with the whole market to themselves…just never been done on a global scale before…China has skilled people so there’s no excuse…
Chinese advertise here because they can, but if anyone says something true, but offensive they will get edited, by people who don’t really understand who they serve. Bow down to your masters.
Just a note: if the discussion in this thread continues to move away from the recent ads, to discussing the manufacturing of surfboards in China (an industry issue), I will place the thread in the Industry Talk forum, where the conversation may be continued. - Huck
You forgot to add history and culture to the equation…and a product that will never end up as land-fill…bought a new kettle on the weekend for the lunchroom…a cheap chinese one…coffee tastes like plastic , and its already stopped working…its in the trash already after 1 day…now destined for the growing mountain of “chinese qualitiy goods” at the Tugan dump…re-assess the value you get for your dollar , with a liberal dose of reality.
It's like a lot of other "products", and sad to say, there are people out there who have latched onto surfboards/surfing as a product. You will always have people bringing out cheap crap, knowing full well its cheap crap. BUt to them it doesn't matter, once they have the cash, they don't give a fugg. Marketing can be a very powerfull tool as well. Sell the dream etc. Fact of life that has turned its attention to surfing now.
…a surfboard is one item…at what point does a country take positive action to protect its industries , and the jobs and security of its citizens ? …how do we define fairness in the market? …things are much the same here in Aus…at $180 a board , is anyone having a win anywhere in the supply chain ?..when you deduct freight costs ,materials and labor cost ,I don’t think so…it seems China is using economics as a weapon of war…
But really – it’s an ad rotator. It reads your cookies and tries to appeal to your interests. If you clear out your cookies, you will get really random ads.
Embrace it…competion is a good thing in all workplaces…the same surfer who can only afford there rubbish will be the same surfer who happily pays double that price to get a decent board made one day
P.s mine u…you got come australia get a really good board, we make the best
I PMed Mr Rongschlong because I really NEED to know how to shape excellent broken water into my boards. When he reveals his technique, I will share with all.
I think it advertises what you have googled recently also. My wife and I share this computer and the pop ups for me are mostly penis reduction clinics and legal zoom change your name paper work to “Hugh Jardon”?
I personally don’t remember ever donating to this site. Is it possible somehow??