custom wait times?

[casa_mugrienta]

I live in a condo complex with dumpsters. We actually had to upsize our dumpsters due to all the boxes. Recycles was overflowing every week after the pandemic got real. Insanity.

You're lucky you live in complex.

The alleys around the city are generally overflowing.

Under 30s don't seem to understand
a)how to break down a box
b)dumping your boxes in the alley is littering, which is worse than just putting them in the dumpster with the regular trash

They usually leave their address on the boxes, so we return them to the proper address. Piling them up in front of their door is fun.

 

[Snowtires]

It's also easy to justify compared to alternative activities. New road or mountain bike? New ski gear? Motorsports? They all make new boards seem really reasonable, especially considering the craftsmanship/artistic element of the product.

Granted, I've got an excuse book many pages long on why I need (and will always need) new surf gear, but it's a pretty easy justification for me.

Also, of all the people buying wave storms and soft tops, figure a small but significant percentage have to buy progressing to real boards.

One thing that's lead to more people surfing at my local has actually been a major increase in the number of girls and women taking up surfing. Kind of easy to forget that even with all the crowds, they're still mostly (up until recently, around here) only populated by half the potential population who could be surfing.

To keep things on topic, I just got a custom back in about 4 months, was quoted 3 but given the supply chain issues (I think they had a hard time getting blanks for a bit), it wasn't too bad a turn around.

 

[Havoc]

You're lucky you live in complex.

The alleys around the city are generally overflowing.

Under 30s don't seem to understand
a)how to break down a box
b)dumping your boxes in the alley is littering, which is worse than just putting them in the dumpster with the regular trash

They usually leave their address on the boxes, so we return them to the proper address. Piling them up in front of their door is fun.

i believe u had a thread on this lolZz

 

[racer1]

I been doing runs to the mall down the street, they have a box smashing machine. I throw it on the pile.

We also run a few online stores and try to reuse the boxes as much as possible.

 

[VonMeister]

Album quoted 3-4 months. I’m at 10 weeks and heard nothing. But I am in no hurry
2-3 more months before I can put it in the water.

It's all starting to make sense now.

 

[Mr J]

...
To stop taking orders because you need to catch up, and your glassers need to catch up?
WOW, just WOW. This can't sustain itself. And like that Kazuma instagram post about shapers slowly starting to see a slowdown on orders. Well, shapers better start planning for that scenario too!

I can't see how it is sustainable, I suppose shapers considering this is one of the reasons why prices haven't jumped.

I think the industry workers should get paid more considering the skill and labour needed to put our surfboards together, I would have thought it is a good opportunity to get us the consumer used to paying more. If we paid more then more glassers, sanders etc would be willing to enter the industry and our boards would get built faster, even in normal times a month wait is typical. But I don't understand the surf industry and get confused thinking about it, one of the reasons our boards are so cheap is the amount of shapers willing to enter the industry.

 

[MathDebater]

You're lucky you live in complex.

The alleys around the city are generally overflowing.

Under 30s don't seem to understand
a)how to break down a box
b)dumping your boxes in the alley is littering, which is worse than just putting them in the dumpster with the regular trash

They usually leave their address on the boxes, so we return them to the proper address. Piling them up in front of their door is fun.

I hate to ruin your damn kids moment but my wife and I are the second youngest people in our complex and the younger neighbors aren't the problem, everyone else is over 30. As you said, people leave their addresses on the boxes so I know who it is.

 

[enframed]

If a glass shop has more than 1 months of shapes sitting that can be real bad for those shapes

All foam types?

 

[rts265]

Endless stream of boxes delivered to my house. its mind blowing

 

[Woke AF]

It's all starting to make sense now.

I got the green light from my surgeon today, bitch.

Iwalk crutch, done.
Mobility Boot, gone. Wear a real shoe, fck yeah.
Drive my own car(clutch), yes.
Start physical therapy, today.

3-4 more months and I will be

 

[spjones123]

In March the turnaround on my Surf Rx custom was 11 days...poly, channel bottom, spray. (If I remember correctly they initially estimated 4 weeks.) It was my first board from them, their customer service and communication are great.

How did you initially touch base with them? Their website tool seems to be a black hole. Thx

 

[San Gabriel Valley local]

How did you initially touch base with them? Their website tool seems to be a black hole. Thx

Through the contact form on their website:

Contact

Have a question or looking to order a custom board? Fill out this form with your name, email, phone number and your message. We will get back to you right away!

surfprescriptions.com

Amber (Doc's wife) emailed and texted back within an hour or so and I was talking with Doc about the order a short time later. Everything was by text with Amber after that. You can also text Amber at the 714 number on their IG page to get the ball rolling:

Surf Prescriptions (@jeffdoclausch) • Instagram photos and videos

24K Followers, 1,399 Following, 3,383 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Surf Prescriptions (@jeffdoclausch)

www.instagram.com

 

[spjones123]

Jeez I’m an idiot. Thanks and sorry. Visit their IG at least once a week and never saw the number up top

 

[San Gabriel Valley local]

Jeez I’m an idiot. Thanks and sorry. Visit their IG at least once a week and never saw the number up top

haha no worries. What are you thinking of ordering?

 

[spjones123]

6 weeks for a Surf Prescriptions Varial foam. Awesome!

Sitting at 2 months for CI spinetek, and it’s still waiting in the “mill” line. The tracking numbers are a blessing and a curse. I can see a few order numbers after mine, that are already complete.

 

[Havoc]

6 weeks for a Surf Prescriptions Varial foam. Awesome!

Sitting at 2 months for CI spinetek, and it’s still waiting in the “mill” line. The tracking numbers are a blessing and a curse. I can see a few order numbers after mine, that are already complete.

once its cut it getz finished fast.

 

[Sharky]

anyone check the wait time on a pavel?

lol.

I have a twin fin Pavel abandoned here years ago. Had it scanned, but never bothered to pick up the mother board. I cleaned it up. Not bad except it looks like the glass on fins were moved at one point and one of them is starting to crack/let go. I took it home to fix it, but so far I have only gotten as far as scrapping off the wax and looking at the fin. Kind of a step up swallow tail twin fin. PM me. I really don't want to fix the fin. If anybody is interested, I'll get the dimensions.

 

[Sharky]

Sitting at 2 months for CI spinetek, and it’s still waiting in the “mill” line. The tracking numbers are a blessing and a curse. I can

I can't even believe they sill make them. The guy across the alley was doing them for awhile and I was figuring the costs on the things and IMHO, it really didn't add up. Of course none of them really add up. So nevermind.

 

[rowjimmytour]

once its cut it getz finished fast.

"UL" si but he went spinetech

 

[sdsrfr]

My Varial album w/ infused glass took 9wks.

i think your ci is delayed bc of blank availability not mill time.

order wisely, bros.