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SP said...
Geez the tracker is nice... 
its 8'9 long, bloody huge
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BigSpazz said...
SP said...
Geez the tracker is nice...
its 8'9 long, bloody huge
That could be your Indo board Spazz 
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Yeah bit long for my 70kg, think I'd have to chop a foot atleast off it.
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Mac should get an 8'9 Tracker.
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its 8'9 long, bloody huge
That could be your Indo board Spazz
hahaha it could replace my 9'6 short board
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Simondo said...
Mac should get an 8'9 Tracker.
You should get one... . They'd be great down your way.... 
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geez there's some mighty impressive stuff happening in there of late Spazz  cheers! |
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just went through this thread from the beginning....again big spazz, thanks heaps for going to the trouble and time to post all the goodness for us mate 
now we need to start a thread on cool boards that we see when we are out and about. either at the beach or off the rack. hey big spazz im a kook asian.....but im a ****ing good ninja....beware |
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BigSpazz said...
62mac said...
Are these custom or stock boards bigspazz
stock
The four colour rail looks labour intensive!
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this is why i love the long room, great job big spazz  |
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factory on holidays or what bigspazz |
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Greetings. Please forgive me if I put a downer on what is a refreshingly positive thread, I just thought it was a good time to ask what is probably a stupid question.
Why would a company that produces such a high qualilty product such as Mactavish put its name to the rubbish pumped out of the GSI factory.
I got caught a couple of years ago when I walked out of surf shop with a nice new  under my arm. It disintegrated due to the poor quality of its materials. I had never heard of GSI at the time and thought that a MacT was a MacT.
Surely any profit made from mass production licencing is not worth the damage to the brand name. |
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Cheers bigspazz how good is that rabbit board Scottie's custom.
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How big is that D fin. |
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Gwendy said...
Greetings. Please forgive me if I put a downer on what is a refreshingly positive thread, I just thought it was a good time to ask what is probably a stupid question.
Why would a company that produces such a high qualilty product such as Mactavish put its name to the rubbish pumped out of the GSI factory.
I got caught a couple of years ago when I walked out of surf shop with a nice new under my arm. It disintegrated due to the poor quality of its materials. I had never heard of GSI at the time and thought that a MacT was a MacT.
Surely any profit made from mass production licencing is not worth the damage to the brand name.
I hope someone can answer your question Gwendy, because it does appear to be a peculiar dichotomy.
On the one hand we're told that you're not a true surfer unless you support the local industry and our struggling shapers, glassers & retailers.Then we see so many shapers and surfers that are very happy to put their names to an asian board for a nice bit of superannuation. Money that I suspect they will not need to divy up with their workers back in Oz.
If I were a cynical person, or the devils advocate I could say that the biggest complaint that the small local board makers have, is that they don't have their name on an asian popout.
If I were to exercise a goodly amount of empathy, if could also say that an asian popout of a design is a good way for the masses in less fortunate, or less local places to get to enjoy a good design.
As always, I sit upon a fence and wonder why my hemorrhoids are playing up again.
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obct said...
Gwendy said...
Greetings. Please forgive me if I put a downer on what is a refreshingly positive thread, I just thought it was a good time to ask what is probably a stupid question.
Why would a company that produces such a high qualilty product such as Mactavish put its name to the rubbish pumped out of the GSI factory.
I got caught a couple of years ago when I walked out of surf shop with a nice new under my arm. It disintegrated due to the poor quality of its materials. I had never heard of GSI at the time and thought that a MacT was a MacT.
Surely any profit made from mass production licencing is not worth the damage to the brand name.
I hope someone can answer your question Gwendy, because it does appear to be a peculiar dichotomy.
On the one hand we're told that you're not a true surfer unless you support the local industry and our struggling shapers, glassers & retailers.Then we see so many shapers and surfers that are very happy to put their names to an asian board for a nice bit of superannuation. Money that I suspect they will not need to divy up with their workers back in Oz.
If I were a cynical person, or the devils advocate I could say that the biggest complaint that the small local board makers have, is that they don't have their name on an asian popout.
If I were to exercise a goodly amount of empathy, if could also say that an asian popout of a design is a good way for the masses in less fortunate, or less local places to get to enjoy a good design.
As always, I sit upon a fence and wonder why my hemorrhoids are playing up again.
I could be very wrong here (Mac will confirm) but I'm sure I read a thread in here that Bob turned some of the business over or it was a corporate decision made to expand the empire so to speak  a few years back.
Now I am just a new to this but that was the reason I steered away from GSI ..... and I only support Oz shapers.
Mac, enlighten us all mate, please
Love those multi coloured rails
The only rabbits I like are those you can shoot
BTW Gwendy, cool avatar mate
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GSI is a funny thing... Mostly I think it is about getting your shapes into new markets...
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Talk us through this one Spazz, and Pup.
I'm a fan of the EvoII
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I've seen a guy out with a rabbit board with number 9 on it,red and green bands all 6inches over the deck and bottom,big unit this guy as well as charging.
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Sorry guys, i bought a 9'6" GSI fireball and love it, $895 on special. It allows someone like me to surf a good board on a small budget. It may not last 10 years, so what. I would probably want a change in a few years anyhow. I reckon I've already had about 500 bucks fun on it, only 395 to go!
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As dotcom mentioned,go to the site and click on the staff profile,it will give you an idea.
McT is a massive brand world wide who employ the best of the best craftsmen.There is no way a smallish team could ever keep up with demand so to meet the world wide demand they hooked up with GSI, which allows the average punter to ride a fantastic designed board model.GSI are just as good if not better than any other pop out board although they did have some shaping issues at the beginning,one of the first GSI fireballs I saw had a different tail shape to the Byron made board.This issue has been addressed some time back.
Each to there own on this one,no I'm not a GSI fan but can see why others would purchase them tho.Remember living in Australia we are spoilt for choice when it come to surfboard shapers,we have the best in the world unlike so many other countries.
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So of my two scenarios, the latter (good boards for the masses) may be the most appropriate.
No matter how good they are, I'm hopeful that I wil live out my days without the need to give Mr McTavish any of my hard earned.
The reason for that will never be discussed on this forum, but perhaps around a camp fire over a cup of tea would be a more appropriate forum.
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^ whatever billboard told you is BS |
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Yep never heard of that one
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Sounds messy!
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