What's the go with Chinese surfboard adverts on Swaylocks??

?? Is this how it ends??  All the old boys are gone and $180 import surfboards being advertised on the site?

 

You can’t really discriminate against who puts surfboard advertisments on the website but it’s a kick in the goolies for the spirt of Sways? no??

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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 talk as if  the Chinese are an un skilled, un intelligent  race that recently surfaced on the planet.

Placed on Earth to distribute cheap low quality products.

 You talk about history and culture. ha.ha,    The Chinese did so  many things first,   I’m sure they  also know how to do it right.

They only sell the crap to the lazy masses and save the critical high end for themselves,

Sound familiar?

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.

 

China ,unfortunately,  has you all by the balls.      What you gonna’ do about it ??

 

    I get the logic:      A rediculous   $180  a board and an equally rediculous    $4000  a  board…

Based  strictly on a  material / labor / cost basis,   both  extremes are totally out to lunch…

VH.

…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…

Can’t get your logic at all in that bb30…the Greg Noll has nothing left to prove…

I want the board with excellent broken wind…

 

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.

You guys are funny.

Those are not pop-up ads that are based on where you’ve been on the internet.

Those are adds that a member has actually put up, they are in the Swaylocks Surfshop.

It’s happened before, it’ll happen again.

Not sure which ad to be offended with? The chinese distributor or the greg noll gun for $4,000.00 

The chinese board you can use at least and the greg noll 4K investment piece is laughable not to mention the 4 other “vintage” boards for sale.

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

Fongss ducks and runs…:slight_smile:

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.

Great Stuff Barry S.....saw some kids riding your boards in Carlsbad......When I master breaking water I'll let you know

Ray

IMO they’re paying so we don’t have to.    The way to get even with them is to click early and click often.  

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??

I’ll match anything Marsh donates.

Who is in???

Bottom of the page little box with keep sways alive :slight_smile: