PU construction is not worth $600+ USD.
Quality shapes and designs are priceless tho.
Quality shapes and designs are priceless tho.
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JS warehouse Oceanside retaliation
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WTF!?!
California Real Estate/Rent makes it unviable. Put the industry at arms length?
Even Bed Bath and Beyond is getting rid of coupons/discounts...don’t ask me how I know.
so locals getting mad bout js when fireturd is undermining their entire industry lol
combination of rent, OSHA, taxes, make it more expensive for JS to manufacture boards here. Not to mention a quality control nightmare for them. As I said previously they have their own facility in australia where they already sunk the cost.
I am not saying that it is unviable for JS to make boards or unviable for local builders to build boards here, but it is likely around 20% cheaper for JS to build boards in australia. 20% when you do the volume that JS does is a huge amount of money.
If JS wanted to they could easily make all their boards wherever they wanted. I don't see this working in reverse where an american shaper send a board to australia, why? because it's way too expensive when the exchange rate is factored in
thanks for providing some real content SlicedFeet. Beachgrit couldn't even give us the name of the tagger.WTF!?!
California Real Estate/Rent makes it unviable. Put the industry at arms length?
Even Bed Bath and Beyond is getting rid of coupons/discounts...don’t ask me how I know.
So what news can we generate today? Here is a start:
OSHA regulations forcing Bed Bath and Beyond out of California.
Hawaiian market tainted by Chronic's undercutting business model force Pyzel to set up California operations.
Lost to launch WTO anti dumping appeal against JS unloading aussie made UD$900 surfboards on to the US market at $620 retail.
I've gotten about 4 chronics in the past two years and I rarely see others around. I doubt he's making a (pressure) dent.
I see A LOT of Pyzel, Mayhem, Firewire and Tokoros. Then probably Pang, Schaper, JS and Arakawas. All of those are $650+.
The saga continues:
beachgrit.com
Spirited Oceanside locals keep up brave guerrilla front against Australia-based surfboard behemoth JS: "STØP THE TRACTOR!"
What a time to be alive and to be a surfer. Hurley finally making the products we deserve, Lemoore snagging the title Douche Capital of the World from longtime holder Menlo Park, a professional surfing fantasy league that finally makes sense and an olde-school blue collar vs...
beachgrit.com
What's most interesting about this is Firewire never got this kind of treatment and this is all occurring while the industry is so busy some shapers have stopped taking orders.
That should give you pause.
That should give you pause.
C.I. brought the first version of regular business to the industry .
Lots of small builders not happy with that .
Lots of small builders not happy with that .
Whenever I meet Australians in Ca, I'm always interested in how they got here.
I like hearing the accent too so I can practice mine.
G'die. I recken . . . .
I like hearing the accent too so I can practice mine.
G'die. I recken . . . .
The guy who has the gripe should confront the Aussie board maker directly.
What a waste of energy.
Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
Now, if you will excuse me, I must return to the politics section to fuss and fight with Squildy and TMZ's trolls.
What a waste of energy.
Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
Now, if you will excuse me, I must return to the politics section to fuss and fight with Squildy and TMZ's trolls.
Firewire dodges this heat cause they don't have a brick and mortar and they setup sweetheart deals with longstanding retailers in the community. They also flow tons of boards to B/C level pros. Both are the sweet, sweet benefits of having bigger margins than any competitors, even better margins than Wavestorm.
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To be fair, domestic surfboard manufacturers have been shitting on FW since they popped out.
Firewire started in San Diego. They only went overseas after the company took a dive and needed to be restructured. Their technology is what makes them unique... and their unconventional shapes.
As i mentioned before, an FST board is vacuum bagged twice and takes a lot a work to assemble/make... and its very durable and stays white longer than any other PU or Epoxy board. That type of board construction would cost a pretty penny to be constructed here in the USA.
Firewire is very different than JS and what JS is trying to set up.
As i mentioned before, an FST board is vacuum bagged twice and takes a lot a work to assemble/make... and its very durable and stays white longer than any other PU or Epoxy board. That type of board construction would cost a pretty penny to be constructed here in the USA.
Firewire is very different than JS and what JS is trying to set up.