Hawaiian Pro Design Model T

[WANDERER]

Paul Hutchinson shapes them up at the Bear Factory doesn't he?

Yes he does, computer shaped to Donalds specs then hand finished.
Tell you one thing the Model T makes noseriding much easier than it is on a normal longboard.

pity that it turns like an excellent noserider.

I used to have one, wish I still did some days, but thats just the thing, its a specialist board, its built soley with noseriding in mind, unfortunately it does just about everything else poorly. It'd be great for crezzo or noosa, even manly or the like if the period was long and the tide high, but for your average shortish period peaky swells that ya get on the southern half of the east coast its just too specialized. Thats not to say I wouldnt have one in my quiver, but I think it'd gather a fair bit of dust between sessions.

[DeeWhyguy]

The board has been sold. Thanks to all.

[WANDERER]

The board has been sold. Thanks to all.

how much did ya end up getting?

[DeeWhyguy]

The board has been sold. Thanks to all.

how much did ya end up getting?

$900, which I thought was a fair price.

[WANDERER]

I sold mine for $700, although it did have some scarring (minor) from the morning I drove off up the street without having tied it on the roof, gotta love a heavy glass job, besides a bit of a shatter on the rail and deck near the rail, it was untouched (lucky it bounced off the road onto the grass of the nature strip) all it needed was a bit of filler to patch it back up.

I liked that board, it was exceptionally aesthetically pleasing, but like I said, besides its ability to noseride it was a fairly useless board.

[sean--]

Yep,
learnt that one the hard way a couple of years ago when I bought a Webber afterburner thinking I was getting a hand shaped stockie.
Wasn't until I was checking out the board at home I noticed a miniscule "Made in Thailand" sticker.
I realise that Simon's boards are computer shaped/hand finished there as well.
Same thing when I was standing next to my parents Rodeo Holden ute. So iconic, so Aussie tough...yada, yada, yada. Notice the Thai writing on the window and of course realise its an Isuzu built in Thailand.
However I don't mind the made in Thailand part. My wife is Thai and our daughters were both born there.
Still wouldn't it be good to know who/what shaped a board?
In the case of the Takayama someone may buy it because they think it has been shaped by Donald himself and looking for a board which will stay in flavour a lot longer than a latest design potato chip.
Monetarily the value of a genuine Takayama hand shape will be considerably more than a ghost shaped Takayama.
Not that I actually care about this too much because I won't be bidding on it.
I'd rather ride a Bic 9'4" and not be worried about dinging something so nice when it goes for a trip across the rocks.

I dont think it matters too much wether Takayama made it or not although getting one off the man himself would be good and I agree that a genuine hand shape would be a keeper and maybe even straight to the pool room.
Like someone else mentioned the boards are machine shaped to Takayama's specs and Paul Hutchison is no mug.
I just got a Dain Thomas noserider and love it for the small days and for a log it turns pretty well and where I live we have perfect waves for boards like these.

[WANDERER]

I know Longy rides those boards occasionally, what does Dain charge for a board??

[sean--]

they're expensive but not as expensive as a Tak model T.
beautiful board though I'd put up a pic if I knew how.

[WANDERER]

they're expensive but not as expensive as a Tak model T.
beautiful board though I'd put up a pic if I knew how.

ya need an account at a hosting site, I use photobucket.

up load the image to the photobucket account, then under the image once its uploaded is four options, click on the one that starts "[img]" it should copy automatically onto your clipboard.

come back to the forum and paste the line in --> bingo! job done.

http://photobucket.com/

[sean--]

No worries and thanks I'll do that when I get home from work.