Stamp…not in the brains trust,so no info from me …but I cane remember when they were the go to brand in the day,with young Keahi ,Geoff Breen ,Piros ect ripping on them .

I had a surf pro plus a couple of years back and they were really difficult company to communicate with. Conjecture only but in line with Colas thoughts that sup surfboards are taking a back seat with JP.
BTW the board blistered in a weird way-from a few layers down on the bottom deck-lost big money on it cos moved it on pronto. I look after my boards pretty well too

stamp said..
I have had a few JP surf pros and had no build quality issues. Maybe the plus is a different construction.

I have no idea of what JP is doing, but in these times where there is a huge price increase of the cost of materials, some brands may be tempted to save some bucks on the board construction of latest models rather than raise their prices too much. There are even words for this, Skimpflation or Cheapflation.