oh i'm not saying it's bad business for the shaper, i'm saying i'd rather save $20 on my board (or $100 in albums case).
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Album Surfboards
- Thread starter Aruka
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Brah you heard what STAB mag said - shapers don't pay surfers to ride their boards (lol).
A lot of people can't tell a shitty board from a good board.
And marketing can get you really far. Look at JS for instance - do you think he got where he is by making boards that are 100x better than your local shaper?
Marketing is a huge part of it - way more important than the boards.
Image, good surfers, and cool looking surfboards - that is what sells.
Everything Josh Kerr touches turns to gold...he knows a good business opportunity when he sees it. This was predictable.
one of the most legitimizing things Parker/Kerr did for the rippers was put Josh on albums for his victory lap on the CT and after party as an air-show commissioner.
Imo, rippers would not have followed if not for that. They’d still be a midlength brand with a couple fish and twins. I think josh’s boards didn’t move the needle much, however, it was AP walking in with his work with DHD that blew things up.
imo, Parker boards got more interesting once working with AP.
With rare exceptions, first thing I notice about people moving to twins is they lose the full wrap roundhouse cutback- especially backside.
rotational force on the hull from two fins doesn't favour that turn.
rotational force on the hull from two fins doesn't favour that turn.
Two of the biggest selling brands do!
I would think the hypto krypto guy pays his riders too.
This is the only thing I struggled with when transitioning to twins. Fixed it with improved technique but every once in a while the ol' muscle memory kicks and I push a bit too hard on the fins instead of the rail and the board disengages and I do a weird half turn slidey thingy. No bueno.
I disagree. I think a good twin fin aids in a full wrap roundhouse. I think a proper roundhouse out on the face engages more rail than fin. It also has a faster pivot when moving up the face. So speed out on the face, nice deep carve on the shoulder back towards the pocket, to a nice rebound off the whitewater. Boom!
One of the reasons why I love my S wings...the roundhouse cutbacks both forehand and backhand.
BS roundhouse is basically a FS bottom turn.
The thing that used to get me on a good wave is squaring up on a bottom turn. On a thruster you can get so square cause you’re pivoting off the fins during the last part when you’re transitioning to go vert up the face. If I drift even just a tad on the twin I lose momentum and end up just going up and over the wave. The third fin helps that both fs and bs.
The thing that used to get me on a good wave is squaring up on a bottom turn. On a thruster you can get so square cause you’re pivoting off the fins during the last part when you’re transitioning to go vert up the face. If I drift even just a tad on the twin I lose momentum and end up just going up and over the wave. The third fin helps that both fs and bs.
Likely.
Most of the top brands are cutting their riders some sort of paycheck.
What would be neat is a reveal of the guys that are riding their paid board sponsor's lam with another shaper's boards under their feet.
I think everyone knows the Noa Deane/Rusty thing and I heard Barton Lynch mention he was doing it in the 80s. I was given the impression this was not uncommon in the 80s/90s I'm curious if it still happens regularly.
So old mate is taking a $1000 bath on his custom Twinsman.
Though he should be ok if he can swap it for one of the boards he listed. That should cover him for what the Twinsman doesn't do...I assume going slow out on the flats is his preference, from what he said!
Sad pads?
Though he should be ok if he can swap it for one of the boards he listed. That should cover him for what the Twinsman doesn't do...I assume going slow out on the flats is his preference, from what he said!
Sad pads?
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full deck grip looks gross.
looks like a syphilitic cock (allegedly).
looks like a syphilitic cock (allegedly).
at least another $100aud in grips as well, no?
Why is the front grip so far back