Just had a look at the goodies on offer in the "buy and sell" section. Pretty amazing really 182 ads, wow 182 second hand boards,and some seem to have been there since before white settlement. I'm surprised there are so many, and I guess this follows on from the "buy Australian" thread but are the second hand boards too expensive. There seem to be quite a few boards that the "gear junkies" might consider last years model or a bit "old school". But I'm just thinking if we can now buy a PSH with a new paddle for 1300 bucks how the hell can we expect to get 8 or 9 hundred for an old bonga or a Mistral? are these first and second generation boards going to become like the windsurf boards that gather dust under the beach shack or like the cathode ray tube TV's you see on hard garbage nights with a "It Works" sticker on. Hell, I'm not complaining about the price of SUP's going down but what was it? 2 or 3 years ago the bonga board was the weapon of choice and let's face it, it would still out perform most surfers on this site(Myself included).

I agree log man, it will definately be the same as windsurf gear, because its growing at an incredible rate and because people progress very quickly they want that better and better board, this leaves us with a glutt of second hand boards. Trouble is you think it is worth as much as you paid for it.
To get rid of something you dont want you need to ask yourself, why would anyone else want it? answer Its cheap or an absolute bargain.

I bought my 1st Sup in early Feb this year. A cheap 2nd hand 11ft something for $500. When I got the hang of it (flat water paddling only-no surf) I then purchased a brand new C4 12ft soft top. Then I purchased on Seabreeze a 14ft Laird Coastrunner for $1500 which retails for around $2300. I saved $800 off retail and the board was in excellent condition. In a few months I plan on buying a 14ft Glide and by summer a Sup for the surf. That will be 5 boards in less then 9 months. Point 1: Sup is addictive. Point 2: a board will sell if it is priced to sell. point 3: Sup is addictive. "Hi my name is Scotty and I'm addicted to Sup". "Hi Scotty". Not AA but Sup anonymous.

I'm just wondering whats wrong with Lahui Kai boards? They are cheap yet no one wants to buy one.

I was wondering the same...There seems to be an unatural ratio of Lahui Kai 14s for sale..Do they still have a reputation for being tippy or was that just bull..?

CM****hanks for the reply...would you consider the LK orca more suited to river or ocean??

cheers

It's a versatile board, it goes well everywhere you take it.

I'm selling mine (I need to revise the pricing...) but to share my experience I've used it every week at training in the creek at Currumbin and I've taken it in the ocean for a few races or just cruising. I even used it for ins and outs for a while but that's probably stretching its "enveloppe" a bit too far.
It's a solid board, maybe a bit tippy at first but nothing one can't get use to in a very short time. If it tips one side, it will go down and then stop going further down, once you get your head around that and stop over-compensating you'll be flying. From experience a board like the Javelin (which I'm using at the moment) is more tippy in the flat.
I've had the missus on it, a 120kg rugbyman as well and they all enjoyed the glide it offers in comparison to a stock sup. It's a good all all-rounder really.

i think all the info on the net has a big influence on secondhand prices on various boards, when you find comments like, surfed one of those , hated it , no drive, tippy, or alternatively consistently good feedback it makes a big difference to whether you would want to buy a certain board, even if it is really cheap. I know the answer is to demo and buy what feels good to you but lots of us don,t get that opportunity so finding out other peoples opinion is the best available option sometimes. The big boards suitable for learners will probably always sell if the price is right, smaller boards without a good reputation may be hard to shift. I am thinking about a cheap uber fish but the things I can find about them are not that encouraging, so maybe if its cheap enough I will just take a punt and see if it works for me. The risk is that i end up having spent nearly 2 k on 3 boards that don,t really suit me and my beginner status when i could have got one really good one first up. still at least if you buy cheap you can sell cheap later on and hopefully lose less than you would on a new board?

It has also been pretty slow since March. Timing is critical when selling used boards.

I agree about the L.Kai 14' Orca (and the 12'6), they are perfectly suited for what they were designed for and that type of customer probably wont come on line until Spring. There are very few boards as versatile and as tough as these boards.

a 9 month old starboard drive just sold at auction here on trademe for over 1700 nz , certain boards will still get a good price especially at auction as the reserve was only 1250 but there was 2 keen bidders.