it's made in Asia, and I benefit from the cheap labour, same as surfboards.Beerfan wrote:steve shearer wrote:thats what cheap asian labour gets you
Do you know where your fishing stuff is made? Or your wetsuit?? Or half the stuff in your house?
Guns.
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I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes
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I gave the 7' Easyrider a run this morning. Talk about twitchy! If I didn't know better I would have attributed it to the fact that it was a tuflite, but the main feature of that board is the squarish rails, the radius on the lower edge wouldnt be bigger than a 5c coin at the midpoint, and it gets way tighter well before the it goes square at the fins, makes it very sensitive imo, probably nice in a fiercely fast drop, could always bury an edge I reckon. It was good once I got used to itmarauding mullet wrote:Scroll down through Gravelle's FB page for some nice guns. His standard short boards are around $650, not bad for a custom these days.
https://www.facebook.com/gravellesurboards/?fref=ts
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That's pretty much how I found it too cranked. The rails combined with the characteristic Tuflite flightiness may limit it to very clean waves
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Ross?Cranked wrote:Local shaper has a good business model. He'll trade just about anything: half his sales would be good second hand boards. He stocks GSI, TSA and more exotic brands, and will shape whatever you want, and is a great guy to boot. I must have bought 100 odd boards, including customs, off him over 20 odd years
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I bought mine for $400 when they were selling out the last of them.Cranked wrote:They made a 7'2 but production stopped about a year ago. They were a bargain: solid glass, resin tint, cut lap and polished for $630. No-one else would supply that for less than $1000Beerfan wrote:Do they make a 7'0?
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Thats the one. I haven't bought a board from anyone else (excluding Gumtree) for 20 years.channels wrote:Ross?Cranked wrote:Local shaper has a good business model. He'll trade just about anything: half his sales would be good second hand boards. He stocks GSI, TSA and more exotic brands, and will shape whatever you want, and is a great guy to boot. I must have bought 100 odd boards, including customs, off him over 20 odd years
Great bloke.
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coughCranked wrote:Thats the one. I haven't bought a board from anyone else (excluding Gumtree) for 20 years.channels wrote:Ross?Cranked wrote:Local shaper has a good business model. He'll trade just about anything: half his sales would be good second hand boards. He stocks GSI, TSA and more exotic brands, and will shape whatever you want, and is a great guy to boot. I must have bought 100 odd boards, including customs, off him over 20 odd years
Great bloke.
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Have you ever been a part of the WW group based out of his shop? I was a member many years ago...
I used hang out there a bit in the late 90's/ early 00's..bought numerous boards off him. My user name comes from a particularly awesome 6'10" channel bottom he shaped me.
I used hang out there a bit in the late 90's/ early 00's..bought numerous boards off him. My user name comes from a particularly awesome 6'10" channel bottom he shaped me.
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Oh, and the Mullet, but you're not really a shopmarauding mullet wrote:coughCranked wrote:Thats the one. I haven't bought a board from anyone else (excluding Gumtree) for 20 years.channels wrote:Ross?Cranked wrote:Local shaper has a good business model. He'll trade just about anything: half his sales would be good second hand boards. He stocks GSI, TSA and more exotic brands, and will shape whatever you want, and is a great guy to boot. I must have bought 100 odd boards, including customs, off him over 20 odd years
Great bloke.
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WW! Had to think for a minute: Wave Walkers. No I wasnt.channels wrote:Have you ever been a part of the WW group based out of his shop? I was a member many years ago...
I used hang out there a bit in the late 90's/ early 00's..bought numerous boards off him. My user name comes from a particularly awesome 6'10" channel bottom he shaped me.
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7' 3" single fin.
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The concept that buying a product from Asia is beneficial , is debatable at best .....the more people that buy Australian-made the more genuine benefit there is . Every country should support it's own manufacturing , before supporting the manufacturing of another country. The biggest benefit is that everyone in Australia , and the Australian economy in general , benefits far more from having low unemployment , and a strong productive manufacturing sector....not just in the surfboard industry , but every industry.......another benefit , is that the quality of Australian-made is generally far higher than an imported product , and far better value in real terms......on a more personal level , surrounding yourself with el-cheapo sub-standard junk , will erode your quality of life in general , and lower your personal standards . There are so many top quality Australian made products that are no longer available , since people became convinced (by media campaigns) , to buy imported trash , instead of good quality Australian-made products . Go to your local tip , and check out the mountains of imported junk , that doesn't last because of its poor quality......not buying Australian-made , to save a few short term $$$'s is the economy of nincompoops.steve shearer wrote: it's made in Asia, and I benefit from the cheap labour, same as surfboards.
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Surfed it last weekend at Golf course just to see how handles, quite easy to turn and did I mention it is a paddling machine!
It's made for medium/ large point break surf, but should also be good for the reefbreaks I surf at home being able to paddle in early
Loving this south coast sunshine.
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