Dale Chapman not just only for his Race boards but his Sup Surf boards as well , I rode his 9-0 at Noosa and it ripped. Dale is the only local shaper I know with a CNC machine so you can go in with an idea and design your board on the computer screen.
this makes it very easy for the average punter to see his board before it's made and know what it's going to look like.
This is a very timely thread as designs are changing faster than the production board shapes , Supping is going high performance , look at all the sub 9-6 boards that are now available that weren’t last year from the major manufacturers. Its big tooling cost to put out new shapes from the big boys, that’s why they are slow to update.
Sup shops like the new Greenline store can see this trend coming and that’s why he not only stocks the major brands but boards from 3 local shapers as well.
There will always be a big place for production boards as they are the ones that have done the expensive R&D shaping and testing 20 or so boards before they settle on a new model, that’s the advantage of buying a production board will get a board that will suit most people in most conditions....but you might not be one of those people.
I already own 2 production boards and love them but my 3rd will be a custom from Dale.
Rob
Dane, Woogie & Keahi
.. what board do you have?
Rodriguez.
