YOLO ALERTS

[kool-aid]

We all know the erBB has been absolutely showing up this summer with some huge, risky new board YOLOs. Here's a thread to celebrate the fact that YOLO and surfboards are transient.

To start things off, here's my most recent YOLO. Saw this sick IF15 pop up on Timmy Patterson's site. I don't really have HPSB that I love right now (at least not a newish one) and I've always wanted to try one of these. Arrived in the mail earlier this week. It's fondle approved. Can't wait to light this one up.

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Fineprint: YOLOs are required to contribute to this thread.

 

[enframed]

I forget, do customs count as YOLOs?

Also, that looks pretty good.

 

[kool-aid]

I forget, do customs count as YOLOs?

Also, that looks pretty good.

Good question. Absolutely!

 

[oeste858]

Good question. Absolutely!

stoke boar. Instant gratification only.

 

[enframed]

stoke boar. Instant gratification only.

Yeah, I kinda figured it's gotta be an impulse buy.

 

[kool-aid]

Ok that's fine too. If the custom was an impulse buy... I kind of think it still counts but up to you all.

 

[oeste858]

Ok that's fine too. If the custom was an impulse buy... I kind of think it still counts but up to you all.

Maybe if you don’t consult the shaper for dims and it’s ordered online late at night. LOL
I believe @racer1 started this so is the authority

that TP looks sick!

 

[000]

yo-lo
yo-lo
a pirates life for me

 

[JDJ]

To me YOLO is a sliding scale that depends on a number of factors.

The less interaction with the shaper and the less input on dims, the higher the YOLO. Also construction and price is a factor. The more exotic and expensive, the higher the YOLO. Also the wait counts. A poly from Pavel counts as a YOLO regardless of price.

The biggest YOLOs posted are carbon type builds in stock dims from a hipster shaper.

But basically any out of the norm purchase on a whim counts.

 

[racer1]

To me YOLO is a sliding scale that depends on a number of factors.

The less interaction with the shaper and the less input on dims, the higher the YOLO. Also construction and price is a factor. The more exotic and expensive, the higher the YOLO. Also the wait counts. A poly from Pavel counts as a YOLO regardless of price.

The biggest YOLOs posted are carbon type builds in stock dims from a hipster shaper.

But basically any out of the norm purchase on a whim counts.

This.

Custom can be yolo, but a low scale yolo, considering you talked to the shaper and less chance of a dud.

An online purchase, at night, without talking to shaper, is peak yolo cause that sh!t could be a dog and you just spent around a $1,000 on a carbon fiber or resin swirly turd.

Mid scale yolo I'd say is custom with a wild resin swirly or asym fins/tail. Similarly mid scale yolo is off the rack / online, clear PU.

Also buying an additional board when picking up a board is peak peak YOLO.

 

[kool-aid]

This.

Custom can be yolo, but a low scale yolo, considering you talked to the shaper and less chance of a dud.

An online purchase, at night, without talking to shaper, is peak yolo cause that sh!t could be a dog and you just spent around a $1,000 on a carbon fiber or resin swirly turd.

Ok, I'm good with this. But like, the point of this thread was to show off YOLOs. Not debate the criteria. Let's go bros. Show us some sweet shred sticks.

 

[racer1]

Also, wanting to be YOLO is not YOLO.

 

[racer1]

That IF-15 looks like some preggar t!ts. Love that outline.

 

[kool-aid]

I have another YOLO for you all coming up later this evening so stay tuned.

 

[bluemarlin04]

This.

Custom can be yolo, but a low scale yolo, considering you talked to the shaper and less chance of a dud.

An online purchase, at night, without talking to shaper, is peak yolo cause that sh!t could be a dog and you just spent around a $1,000 on a carbon fiber or resin swirly turd.

Mid scale yolo I'd say is custom with a wild resin swirly or asym fins/tail. Similarly mid scale yolo is off the rack / online, clear PU.

Also buying an additional board when picking up a board is peak peak YOLO.

Yolod for a Stretch 2Win fish once.

Board looked nice but for some reason it surfed terrible. I dunno what it was.

I have 7 Stretch boards and all work phenomenal. The one I yolod off the online store on their site was the bad one. All my customs good.

 

[JDJ]

Yolod for a Stretch 2Win fish once.

Board looked nice but for some reason it surfed terrible. I dunno what it was.

I have 7 Stretch boards and all work phenomenal. The one I yolod off the online store on their site was the bad one. All my customs good.

Live by the YOLO, die by the YOLO

 

[oeste858]

That’s definitely part of the adrenaline rush of the YOLO.

 

[teeroi]

Been driving by this truck the last few weeks going to the house we’re working on. Every time I pass it I think of the YOLO virus on here and how contagious it is.

I follow some of you on the gram and know you guys know the proper way to pickle cabbage. Haha

 

[racer1]

That’s definitely part of the adrenaline rush of the YOLO.

One of the most nerve racking surfs of my life (it was head high) was the first session on the Varial Twinsman ($950).
Paddling out was peak anxiety. I was already doing the math in my head before I caught a wave, "Ok if it's a dog, do I think I could get $750 on Craigslist? $650? Okay, so I spent $300 to ride it a few times."

 

[JDJ]

So relatable. I wanted to YOLO a board once and @retodd told me I could do that or I could just hand him $300 and have him kick me in the nuts