Pyzel Precious

sozzle

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5'6'' x 18.75 x 2.17 x 26.60 (keep in mind that the concave deck makes the thickness seem very thin for the volume you get)
how tall is Taro and is that a lot of volume for him compared to his normal daily boards? just trying to gauge off of him and Jai to get a sense of where to go dims wise.
are you riding one of these also? you've said before you like a bit narrower than your stock dims for your personals.
sorry for all the questions...:oops:
 

CCKeith

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order by volume has me on smethin real small? way smaller than nornal board 5’9 26L so this puts me on 5’4
 

One-Off

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Had never heard of Taro. Solid surfing. Maybe it was the title of this video but he reminded of Andy Irons. Is he from Japan, Hawaii or California?

 
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how tall is Taro and is that a lot of volume for him compared to his normal daily boards? just trying to gauge off of him and Jai to get a sense of where to go dims wise.
are you riding one of these also? you've said before you like a bit narrower than your stock dims for your personals.
sorry for all the questions...:oops:
Taro's short boards are 5-9 x 18.63 x 2.38 and 26.5 liters. I made his Precious same volume as his normal boards. I have not made myself one yet, but I will soon, not sure of the dims I will go with. I have been embracing my age a bit more lately (55) and adding a bit of width and thickness to help me out some!!
 

Maz

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Went into Byron yesterday and they said 2 weeks or so until they have them in the rack.

but $1200 for an OTR shortboard........oooofff.

Probably priced me out of the game.
Time for a Pyzel design/test writeup. Sweet talk Stu into it.
 
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Maz

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Taro's short boards are 5-9 x 18.63 x 2.38 and 26.5 liters. I made his Precious same volume as his normal boards. I have not made myself one yet, but I will soon, not sure of the dims I will go with. I have been embracing my age a bit more lately (55) and adding a bit of width and thickness to help me out some!!
You're a much better surfer than me, I'm guessing, but I thought age was nothing at 50. Different story mid and late 50s - and 60 does you no favours.
 
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casa_mugrienta

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Went into Byron yesterday and they said 2 weeks or so until they have them in the rack.

but $1200 for an OTR shortboard........oooofff.

Probably priced me out of the game.
I feel ya. It's a sign of things to come.

COL getting higher so the price of boards is going up.

End result is going to be people buying less surfboards (or no surfboards i.e. quitting) and/or the barrier to entry will be just too high for noobs to get in the game.

Reminds of of the ski industry - created/driven by an older generation with not enough young people replacing them as they age out - because it's too expensive

The shapers like Burch who operate on the DeBeers scarcity model of sky high prices and limited production will be OK.

The rest of the industry is going to have to figure out how to keep afloat with rising production and labor costs amidst declining sales, which I doubt ends well.
 

Havoc

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I feel ya. It's a sign of things to come.

COL getting higher so the price of boards is going up.

End result is going to be people buying less surfboards (or no surfboards i.e. quitting) and/or the barrier to entry will be just too high for noobs to get in the game.

Reminds of of the ski industry - created/driven by an older generation with not enough young people replacing them as they age out - because it's too expensive

The shapers like Burch who operate on the DeBeers scarcity model of sky high prices and limited production will be OK.

The rest of the industry is going to have to figure out how to keep afloat with rising production and labor costs amidst declining sales, which I doubt ends well.
you must be really fun at parties
 

Retropete

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I feel ya. It's a sign of things to come.

COL getting higher so the price of boards is going up.

End result is going to be people buying less surfboards (or no surfboards i.e. quitting) and/or the barrier to entry will be just too high for noobs to get in the game.

Reminds of of the ski industry - created/driven by an older generation with not enough young people replacing them as they age out - because it's too expensive

The shapers like Burch who operate on the DeBeers scarcity model of sky high prices and limited production will be OK.

The rest of the industry is going to have to figure out how to keep afloat with rising production and labor costs amidst declining sales, which I doubt ends well.
Could use a few less peeps in the water.
 
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