GG comes to mind.
It's like the line from Rocky..."I could have been a contender!"
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Ryan Burch Surfboards
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It's like the line from Rocky..."I could have been a contender!"
Yeah, so I guess my point is that it's not just "Marketing FTW". He makes great boards that are unique and fully functional, and he proves the concept by shredding in the occasional edit, getting great word-of-mouth reviews, having other shapers chase after his boards and proving his skills by winning the Boardroom Shape Off multiple times. You don't have to be old to be good at shaping boards.
Well put. I hope to find a used board that fits my (admittedly average) abilities to try out some day.
Marketing is defined as the act of advertising or promoting a product. I think it can be safely said that ALL shapers market their own products. Talking about a board or riding a board could easily be considered marketing.
Having said that, I personally think the popularity of Ryan's boards are due to the allure of how strange they look. I think they challenge a persons curiosity. Especially due to the "buzz" around his boards and of course seeing him ride them so well.
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That may pique people’s curiosity at first, but if the boars didn’t surf better than most, people wouldn’t pay the premium price and wait a year for a custom order. I’m sure you can appreciate that as a Tomo superfan. Not everyone is gonna love any shaper’s boars… but I’ve heard nothing but positive feedback from guys who have ridden Burch’s boars. In fact, most get hooked and start ordering more.
I would love to try one
I would love to try one
Yeah, I like how weird they look, but the surprising thing about them is how smooth and easy they surf. They're intuitive.
Is your shaper also a model?
Winning over Tim Patterson handshaping that Rawson shape just taking a few glances at it is Very impressive .
I'd love to see actual footage of that. Thought TBH I imagine it'd look like every other MF clip, not that's a bad thing. Maybe he should do the next acid test, I think it would pretty entertaining.
Me too. I am imagine its mick surfing like mick... but cool to see the difference in his surfing.
Footage already exists.
He was riding one in that DHD twin fin vid where Mick said he brought the board to DH to figure out why it worked so good.
He was riding one in that DHD twin fin vid where Mick said he brought the board to DH to figure out why it worked so good.
I think the sharp tips on those picklfork boards might stab me. lol