Hey was just wondering if anybody could share there experiences with ordering custom shapes online. The Good/ bad ugly experiences with shapers. I’ve had great experiences with Roberts in the past but looking to switch it up this year and wanted to see who people recommended. Was thinking Pyzel or maybe Rusty but open to any suggestions. Thanks for any input, this forum is great, glad I finally signed on!
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Best custom order experience
- Thread starter SlowGuy
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Mebbe move to the design forum.
Or put on a hazmat suit cause this is gonna be a shitshow.
Or put on a hazmat suit cause this is gonna be a shitshow.
Great experience with Ron Meeks recently, 6'4" and 6'8". Kirk Bierke in 90's, bigger board.
Or Subway. Just the way you like it.
Or Subway. Just the way you like it.
best was firewire. i asked for tweaked dims, more foiled rail, hair more tail rocker and they freaking delivered! go custom firewire you cant lose!
Surf prescriptions, Doc knocked out a board for me in 1 week. Any questions about my boards I would get a photo reply back at its current stage. His artwork is killer and boards work good.
Zouvi at Sharpeye, Brian Bulkley and the late Midget Smith all made me a return customer with their service.
Gotta say that the shapers that chime in on here like Pyzel, Griff and so on deserve serious cred as well
Gotta say that the shapers that chime in on here like Pyzel, Griff and so on deserve serious cred as well
Kazuma will get you a board in a week. Great pricing and awesome shaper with top notch glassing.
Greg Griffin. Comes with fins made for the board.
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In the last three months, I've ordered boards from both Rusty and Pyzel. Both were done through their websites, with followup conversations via email/text. The Rusty arrived after exactly 8 weeks, the Pyzel was more like 10.. Rusty was EPS with custom dims, glassing and airbrush, while Pyzel was stock dims with custom airbrush. Both boards came out perfectly, exactly what I had ordered with no surprises. I was told both shapers have a huge backlog of orders right now, so your mileage may vary..
I definitely recommend both labels with no hesitation. Good luck!
I've had 2 customs from Rusty - both online via their custom board builder, with follow-up emails from Pedro. Both boards were tweaked from stock & came out exactly how I asked. The first one was done in 3 weeks, it was clear PU, and the second was an e-poly with airbrush and was done in 6 weeks.
IMO the best custom experiences are the outfits that have a robust board builder on their website to allow you to price out/see options/& initially place an order - followed up by quick responsiveness from an actual human at their respective shops, via phone call or email, to make any tweaks or answer questions you might have after the fact. Both Pyzel and Rusty seem like great options.
IMO the best custom experiences are the outfits that have a robust board builder on their website to allow you to price out/see options/& initially place an order - followed up by quick responsiveness from an actual human at their respective shops, via phone call or email, to make any tweaks or answer questions you might have after the fact. Both Pyzel and Rusty seem like great options.
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I've never ordered a board online.
Feels weird.
Maybe I'm a dinosaur.
Mine have always been via talking with a shaper and/or guy that runs the business side of things (who has a symbiotic relationship relationship with the shaper). Sometimes talking to the front end guy works out even better.
Feels weird.
Maybe I'm a dinosaur.
Mine have always been via talking with a shaper and/or guy that runs the business side of things (who has a symbiotic relationship relationship with the shaper). Sometimes talking to the front end guy works out even better.
I just ordered a custom Pyzel Ghost, the initial back and forth was easy. Of course I started to think it was imperative to change two dimensions by a sixteenth (which we all know can make or break a board 
), and the Pyzel team were very accommodating.
), and the Pyzel team were very accommodating.
