That's very unusual. An attempt to reconcile sustainable farming with foam and fibreglass and provide an inspirational meeting for boutique handshapers. I don't recognise any of the names, but decided to randomly google one of them - Donald Brink. Quote from the FAQ on his website "
Why are these boards so expensive? " So are these shapers able to charge realistic living wage prices and not work multiple jobs?
The world operates in a sort of equilibrium where good approximately balances evil. Anonymous quote from the Legendary Shaper thread
"The downside to being creative/innovative is boards are extremely expensive as there is much smaller supply ,and demand is up. This is when we get to a point and only rich people can afford the boards , so that becomes available in retail store is just Pop outs. "