True, fortunately I got mine earlier this year when he was in Oz and he shaped itNatho wrote:That was something pretty smart that Hayden did to generate cash flow. Get the punter to pay upfront and then guarantee a shorter turnaround. His ghost shapers can have a board pumped out pretty quick while he is on the other side of the world in USA, and then it's the glassing that takes a bit more time. The whole operation is run fairly tight, under the one roof I think from machine to glassing.
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Davros: "But it felt a bit long and stiff"
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A ghost shaped one will still be good. Most big name boards are ghost shaped these days.
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What dims is yours Jam?JaM71 wrote:It is possible, I ordered a custom hypto from hayden shapes which took 13 days to arrive at my door.....in perfect condition and the exact dimensions that i had ordered.Natho wrote:C'mon guys its the surf industry, what do you expect.....customer service or to get your sh!t on time ?
Dont get me started on shapers who disregard requested dimensions coz they know better, arrogant feckers
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Been happening for ever.Natho wrote:A ghost shaped one will still be good. Most big name boards are ghost shaped these days.
Probably happens less these days as board manufacturers downsize.
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Hey damo,damo666 wrote:What dims is yours Jam?JaM71 wrote:It is possible, I ordered a custom hypto from hayden shapes which took 13 days to arrive at my door.....in perfect condition and the exact dimensions that i had ordered.Natho wrote:C'mon guys its the surf industry, what do you expect.....customer service or to get your sh!t on time ?
Dont get me started on shapers who disregard requested dimensions coz they know better, arrogant feckers
It's 5'10x20.25x2.5, I use it for anything steep and fast chest high or above.
I am really enjoying it. How is the spud?
Davros: "But it felt a bit long and stiff"
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ghost scraping right, aren't the boards run through a machine?
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yep.
tbh I think there's more secret sauce in the glassing and sanding.
tbh I think there's more secret sauce in the glassing and sanding.
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Yeah. But Fong's given the shaper the dimensions for her board and, surprise, surprise, They're just the right dims for him. And when she finds it doesn't suit her.......Legion wrote:It might be good advertising for the shaper via her Surfinstruction business.fongss wrote:I gave (SurfieC) the shapers mobile and she's txt him asking if she can meet him in a few hours at burleigh
So let me get this straight - she's a raw beginner from a (for all intents and purposes) waveless, landlocked country here on a working holiday. She's not athletic and too old to ever be able to surf properly. She's hoping to get a board from possibly one of the better shapers in the country, an underground guy who doesn't even shape boards for money and knows more about shaping than most people will ever know. You don't choose him, he chooses if he wants to shape for you. And she's going to get a board from him? The world's not fair.
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I still don't buy the "official" narrative about 9/11. Oh sure, it happened, fcuk yeah. But who and why and how I'm, not convinced it was what we've been told.
You aren’t the room Yuke You are just a wonky cafe table with a missing rubber pad on the end of one leg.
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I still don't buy the "official" narrative about 9/11. Oh sure, it happened, fcuk yeah. But who and why and how I'm, not convinced it was what we've been told.
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Just picked mine up after only 5 weeks. Sweet.
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This fcuken low giving us unseasonable S Easters should mean you've taken posession during good conditions? Unless, of course, it's not yet cured. Apologies for being the devils adv
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1 year wait. On the dot the board was delivered.
Of course it was a Steve Lis fish so it was worth the wait
Of course it was a Steve Lis fish so it was worth the wait
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Yeah, that and all the other shit that gets in the way of getting in the water. For example, by the time I could go last Sunday, wind had gone east. I fcuking went in anyway and it was shit. Hopefully, get the new board out this weekend.swvic wrote:This fcuken low giving us unseasonable S Easters should mean you've taken posession during good conditions? Unless, of course, it's not yet cured. Apologies for being the devils adv
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