How much longer will we have domestic/custom board makers?

[Waterlogged05]

this is an interesting thread to read 10+ years later.

Yall called it on some of the stuff. Although the big 3 seem bigger than ever and are mostly back to domestic.

 

[Waterlogged05]

edit, id argue the big 3 are now

CI
LOST
Firewire

Rusty kinda fell asleep on the online marketing until last few years?
Done wonders for losts business.
This is all baseless speculation from dork in Texas

The modern retro trend might have reignited many a local shapers business? Or just new batches of shapers?

 

[Havoc]

edit, id argue the big 3 are now

CI
LOST
Firewire

Rusty kinda fell asleep on the online marketing until last few years?
Done wonders for losts business.
This is all baseless speculation from dork in Texas

The modern retro trend might have reignited many a local shapers business? Or just new batches of shapers?

CI
Lost
Griffin

Top 3

USA n specially calif r not business frenly

 

[JBerry]

As long as there are retail/wholesale material supply stores ie. FGH, neighborhood glass shops for the public, and even machine shops, there will be domestic board makers. Now, are they making a living? money? that's a different story, to each his own.....

 

[laidback]

USA n specially calif r not business frenly

Gruesome Newsom doesn't understand this, he's a bigger idiot than trump

 

[JBerry]

Another year later, throw in Covid, and seems as though the domestic board makers are thriving!

Chalk that up to Covid shutting down the worlds shipping and manufacturing infrastructure me thinks.

 

[20W-50 and blood]

thriving or whatever...bring beers n burritos for you rshpare,s glassers n sanders!!!

 

[enframed]

Another year later, throw in Covid, and seems as though the domestic board makers are thriving!

Chalk that up to Covid shutting down the worlds shipping and manufacturing infrastructure me thinks.

Which implies Newsom had nothing to do with anything related to surfboard manufacturing.