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New Broad Pawn
- Thread starter frontsidegrab
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This is Otis
Eric Arakawa apparently gave his glass shop up to Otis - the one in this video .
Otis now has 2 shops I guess , Sanding is the best I've seen from his shop and worker . He's had some good ones but things change often
This is Otis
Eric Arakawa apparently gave his glass shop up to Otis - the one in this video .
Otis now has 2 shops I guess , Sanding is the best I've seen from his shop and worker . He's had some good ones but things change often
EA's old shop ?
I saw that, but Kelly was riding Akila's at Keramas back in May with the SD logo and I was hoping for a release soon after that, but along came the No Brainer in June.
Yeah I was wondering if one was going to come out.
kind of hate that slater has to stamp his logo and company on it.
Me too. Dislike that tell-tale black stripe (but I appreciate it's smart branding for SD). At least the Tomos only have his logo on the deck and not even a FW one. Surprised Machado doesn't have that same deal.
If Keramas was the first time Slater really rode Aipa's board, I wouldn't hold your breath for a launch until Spring 20. I'm sure they're (Slater, Dorian, Robb) still testing different tails, fin setups, etc. This board's tail looks pretty different to the original one in Keramas.
Keramas is definitely not the first time he’s surfed an Aipa. Fairly certain they have been friends for some time and he’s gotten Boards from him throughout. Theres a video somewhere of slater on an aipa single fin I think at the super bank.
oh, for sure. I just meant recently, and (as owner of FW) in front of the world surf media. Once he does that and rides it in contests, speculation begins as a possible SD model. And Slater's no dummy... I'm sure he knew Aipa's orders would go through the roof after that if he surfed well on it. Even if FW never releases a model, it sounds like Aipa's stoked on the exposure, given he was able to scale up his production on Oahu. By all accounts, the boards work insane, so everyone wins!
Personally, I want one of those little groveler fishes with the battail. It looked so fast on SurfnShow.
Personally, I want one of those little groveler fishes with the battail. It looked so fast on SurfnShow.
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The yellowing is going to hinder repeat business. That's one of my main worries about buying a Firewire. I've seen some pretty new Helium techs on CL that are either uniformly yellow or have splotchy yellow patches.
I'm surprised they haven't done white resin tint at this point. Use it for all boards. It's not expensive and doesn't hinder work flow if every board uses it.