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Album Surfboards
- Thread starter Aruka
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Haha - to add confusion based on @Aruka and @racer1 reply. Take my thoughts with a grain of salt, I would trust them over me.
I mostly have surfed it as a quad or twin plus trailer
I find the Album NVS quads are a good middle of the pack, and a good starting point
And as I recall the fronts are sized somewhere between the AM1s and AM2s with a little more pivot, the rears are a bit smaller and shifted rearward than most, and have speed generating foil
I do like the Rasta Twin plus trailer with the Insanity for goofing around frees the board up a bit, and I believe the AMTs would work well
There are times, I prefer more drive and really like AM2 fronts, NVS quad rears - I have used this set-up on a few boards.
Have fun with the new board!
I mostly have surfed it as a quad or twin plus trailer
I find the Album NVS quads are a good middle of the pack, and a good starting point
And as I recall the fronts are sized somewhere between the AM1s and AM2s with a little more pivot, the rears are a bit smaller and shifted rearward than most, and have speed generating foil
I do like the Rasta Twin plus trailer with the Insanity for goofing around frees the board up a bit, and I believe the AMTs would work well
There are times, I prefer more drive and really like AM2 fronts, NVS quad rears - I have used this set-up on a few boards.
Have fun with the new board!
Finally put a session in on my Twinbender today - definitely a keeper (finally!). So fast and drivey with Album/NVS twins.
Now up to $1300 for a PU shortboard? Who the fck is buying these boards and WTF do they do for a living?
I make pretty good income, no kids thank Christ, my mortgage is about 1/4 of the average rent, I have no bills, and between saving for retirement and general living expenses I don't see how the hell the average avid surfer can afford this sort of sh!t.
Odds on when he's charging 2k for a PU? lol
I like how he charges $500 more for an OTR XTR than XTR charges for a custom.
I make pretty good income, no kids thank Christ, my mortgage is about 1/4 of the average rent, I have no bills, and between saving for retirement and general living expenses I don't see how the hell the average avid surfer can afford this sort of sh!t.
Odds on when he's charging 2k for a PU? lol
I like how he charges $500 more for an OTR XTR than XTR charges for a custom.
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i mean, im not buying them - but 1300 for something you love, ride all the time and get a couple years/seasons out of doesnt seem like a bad deal to me. there only worth what someone will pay for them and people are stoked on them and obviously paying.
I pay probably at least 2x maybe more what you do for your mortgage in rent, have a big car payment, and lots of othr bills, hobbies and addictions and could easily justify 1300 a year on a surfboard.
yea $1300 is for the ones with fancy swirly resin color. $900 for a clear PU.
definitely strange that an XTR on album site costs more than a custom XTR
definitely strange that an XTR on album site costs more than a custom XTR
when you consider the showroom *premium*, it makes sense
Boars are underpriced. Good on Album for charging what his customers are willing to pay.
For $1300-$1400 on Oahu, you can get 2 retail priced Jones Surfboars. 2 regular priced Tokoros, 2 hand shaped Minamis, 2 Arakawas, 1 3/4 Pyzel’s. Pu/PE clear. The list goes on. For $200 more the pair could be EPS/Epoxy.
Daniel gave me uncle pricing on my Rick Cane twin. I paid him retail and gave the glasser 2 8- packs of sparkling water.
For $1300-$1400 on Oahu, you can get 2 retail priced Jones Surfboars. 2 regular priced Tokoros, 2 hand shaped Minamis, 2 Arakawas, 1 3/4 Pyzel’s. Pu/PE clear. The list goes on. For $200 more the pair could be EPS/Epoxy.
Daniel gave me uncle pricing on my Rick Cane twin. I paid him retail and gave the glasser 2 8- packs of sparkling water.
What was the glassers reaction when you handed him the Bud light?
Haha.
I told Braden sorry I should’ve brought you guys beer. Then asked if he drinks sparkling water I have a couple of packs. He said shoots so I threw it in their fridge. He was grateful.
I usually bring food or snacks to the Tokoros when I pick up boars. It was the first time I been to Daniel’s factory.
I’ll tell you a story about being nice to the glasser. Last year Wade’s glasser Steve had a health issue and Wade set up a go fund me. When I ordered a boar I gave Wade some cash and told him to give it to Steve rather than go online. Steve didn’t glass that boar. Brian Ping not King did. But the 6’0 I ordered at the start of last winter Steve glassed. Got that boar in less than 2 weeks.
Minamis were $475 when I ordered a couple years ago. Painfully underpriced. I told him you should charge at least $575 and he said nah.
My custom from Arakawa was worth every penny. Class act operation
Jeannie tells him the same thing. She recently told me how much Glen charges and it’s not much more than he charged you a couple years ago. A bunch of groms that are doing the contest thing ride Minamis. My theory is if they are still paying for boars the parents are buying Minamis cause of its affordability .
He probably charged you more for a long/mid length with a triple stringer but less than $1300.00.
I’m friends with Ryan the guy that runs Arakawa’s cnc machine. He’s the son of Tokoro’s glasser Steve, that I mentioned before.
I’ve ordered a handful of boars from Eric. And test rode for HIC a bunch more. Arakawa boars are well designed, fun and functional.
Sorry got you mixed up with the poster on the south shore daily driver thread. Eric made me a fish he called the Wombat. Double wing swallow, EPS/Epoxy, thruster. That boar flew on high tide soft waves, made surfing gravel days fun. When Eric shaped for HIC.