15-16 months for a MOTE during covid and when he used to hand shape them all from scratch. Great board and worth the wait.
Now you can get a SJ Design board much faster.
Now you can get a SJ Design board much faster.
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Longest you have waited for a custom order?
- Thread starter dk1973
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35 weeks for a Lost.
I had a board on order during the Clark Foam shutdown, so things got crazy and I was understanding. After checking in a few times, I was told the board was ....Lost. They gave me a couple options for a re-order and I chose a Chili with Eskimo foam.
Come to find out later my original order was shaped but given to a team rider because of the blank shortage. To top it off, my Chili broke in half after a couple of months.
Never again Lost
I had a board on order during the Clark Foam shutdown, so things got crazy and I was understanding. After checking in a few times, I was told the board was ....Lost. They gave me a couple options for a re-order and I chose a Chili with Eskimo foam.
Come to find out later my original order was shaped but given to a team rider because of the blank shortage. To top it off, my Chili broke in half after a couple of months.
Never again Lost
welcome to the …lost board ordering experience!35 weeks for a Lost.
I had a board on order during the Clark Foam shutdown, so things got crazy and I was understanding. After checking in a few times, I was told the board was ....Lost. They gave me a couple options for a re-order and I chose a Chili with Eskimo foam.
Come to find out later my original order was shaped but given to a team rider because of the blank shortage. To top it off, my Chili broke in half after a couple of months.
Never again Lost
I don't know how some of these guys stay in business.
As much as I like to hate on the big production "pop out" firewire type brands - at least they have boards available in a reasonable time frame (often instant with the way shops love to stock them). I totally understand why a beginner would go with that as opposed to some flakey you never know when or what you're going to get local shaper / glasser.
I've had boards I waited months for turn out to be nothing like what I thought I asked for. Stuff like that makes OTR really appealing.
I've also had lots of great experience with shapers too, ftr.
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Apologies if that was Rob. I help when I can between other gigs. He might miss seeing and answering one or two himself when I'm not available. I go back and look for those he missed that got buried between invoices and misc correspondence. He's not on email all the time like us in the corpo world. He tends to prioritize emails after family, surfing and shaping.
I'd guess other shapers might be that way, too unless they aren't quite as busy or have more help. For any of your favorite shapers, whether big or small, I'd give them a phone call if you haven't heard from them after a few days of waiting on a reply. That may be the fastest way to get info and you might find getting a board done quickly is no problem.
Sorry your email asking to spend like a thousand dollars got ignored for weeks. It’s because you know, family, surfing, making boards (not yours), more important things going on. We’re super busy over here, maybe try contacting us more. (that’ll help 
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“i don’t know how any of these guys stay in business”
)“i don’t know how any of these guys stay in business”
4-5 months but was in no rush and it was a bit of a “dream board”. Shaper was up front about it and was what I expected.
the pavel stories are insane, I thoroughly don’t understand it.
the pavel stories are insane, I thoroughly don’t understand it.
Yeah what happened to that guy - he made great boards - the quad was a breakthrough board for me - I was victim in the 00's.
Lost could care less about customs for the regular joe.35 weeks for a Lost.
I had a board on order during the Clark Foam shutdown, so things got crazy and I was understanding. After checking in a few times, I was told the board was ....Lost. They gave me a couple options for a re-order and I chose a Chili with Eskimo foam.
Come to find out later my original order was shaped but given to a team rider because of the blank shortage. To top it off, my Chili broke in half after a couple of months.
Never again Lost
Had a mid shaped by a Local guy, came out great and done in 3 weeks. Tried to order another board, never got back to me so just grabbed one off the rack. Never understand chasing someone to give them money.
Is he shaping high enough volume to make it his sole income even at top dollar? I never got the impression these multi year timeframes were because it’s a high volume production.
Remember the thread full of Pavel horror stories?
Perhaps he doesn't need money hence his business reputation.
I'm surprised no one ever tracked him down and "expressed their frustration" as if I recall some people were rather upset.
The Pavel thing always tripped me out. Surprised no one has handing him a beating if the stories are all true.