Don't be so racist macca, if you look deeper you will see plenty of us are getting/have had pure blood aussie babies also. I thought you were adopting a Thai Naish from the cobra factory today? What happened?

Business is business & business must grow,
regardless of crummies in tummies you know.

Hey guy's i've manufactured Australian made products for 20 odd years only to be blown out of the water buy cheap labour countries!Thats why i dont understand why Australians dont support local (Oliver is safe)
sorry for the rant guy's,Just blowing steam off,way better than at the local pub on a Friday night!Cheers

mac

lol Oliver,thanks I really mean no trouble!
Give me some slack!

macvery funny with the link Oliver btw
how is the head ,when is the cotton coming
out?

guess 62mac everyone is after a bargain , thats why stores like Bunnings and Crazy,s ect flourish.It would be nice to buy only Aussie made product,s but i guess if we all done that the other countries would not buy our quality products.Whats the old saying you cant get the best product , with the best performance for the lowest price.Something like that anyways.

I like boobies I dont want to go to heaven anymore Mac you need to give rod from boardbumps a call, he is in Australia

Hey Piros,What about guy's like Dale and Bob.dont you think they are on the game?
Maybe a year old in Australia but both the above have been around?
mac

Piros, you too are headed for purgatory.

You are right in a sense in that those guys have been doing years of R&D designing boards for Hawaiian conditions.

Where I surf the waves don't look anything like they do over there - they are even measured differently (unless your name is brooko).

I looked at what the Stonker guys were doing locally and these guys sup, surf, sail, kite themselves and they know their own boards and our conditions better than some foreigner who greets you with an "aloha" - I'm sure Rod is the same. I've also had a bit of experience myself and together with DJ we let them know what I wanted for my board, based on what they were already doing - 2 plug leashes in the deck for carrying the board, extra layer of fiberglass in the sweet spot for added strength, thinned out nose and tail, two tone wood for aesthetics and added strength, width, length height dimensions etc.

There is really something special about a board, hand built, to your specifications, that a mass produced board can never match - and cost wise there is no difference to a mass produced board.

And GregW those chicks look way too moody for me - I don't think they would be that much fun to be around for too long - probably nag you all the time. Trust me give Stonker a call for your next birth.

And baldrick - your appearances here are rare but worthwhile.... pfffft

Piros,I spoke with Dale in Noosa a couple of years ago,without dought he is leading the way on the GC!If i had Dales talents,i would take the importers on,i mean head on!
He knows his stuff,who else can offer a custom made SUP (that works) on the GC?
No one!
PS what about MACCA ron house? are you mates with him?
mac

I don't know why you guys are asking me, I am the biggest fence sitter eva. I shaped my own board out of a block of styrofoam that started out 300 x 2900 long. Wasted 40% of that foam on the shapers floor, made what I think is a sick board which had a ripper review from Casso, its a local product as I employed a local glasser (even though it was a contra deal for some spaki work i did for him) but this year I bought 3 x JP windsurfing boards and a quiver of cheap sails from china.

I will burn in hell but maybe get a sneak look at a virgin on the way......

62mac said...

Shame, Why are all the new births made in China and are wrapped in the same old cardboard?We have some of the BEST shapers in the world right here in Australia!
But i guess the labour content inflates the market!
What we have to pay our staff hourly,the poor overseas factory people get paid monthly if they are lucky!

Proud Australian

mac

I have owned numerous malibu's made by reputable Australian shapers.
My latest board is a product of thailand. I have had it for over 18 months and would never return to a custom board again. It is that superior to the Australian produced boards I have owned

Way back in the days when the grass was still green
and the pond was still wet
and the clouds were still clean....



Look guys we are all riding on things made of toxic chemicals wether it's made in NZ, AUS or China - doesn't change the fact it's a toxic product with a limited life-span.

Those molded boards are still originally designed by renowned shapers on the Rock (Hawaii).

The local shapers in NZ, AUS,Hawaii etc. can take advantage of this mass-production by focussing on innovation while their mass produced boards provide a bread-&-butter line of income.

I have a Sam Egan 6'3" Resin8 that was Australian designed - Chinese made.

If you want to get all purist I would suggest you build yourself Wooden Alaia boards from your backyard - but you might have to ditch the SUP idea , looks like it's an acheivment to even get to your feet on an Alaia - let alone ride a wave with some style.

So be cool guys, this is one of the first threads on this SUPforum that has been a bit of a ****-fight

I offer the choice of a custom board at the shop but i think most people aren't ready for customs and with so much to be worked out still in shape and rockers no one wants to to pay 2 grand to be a Ginny pig. As the sport get older there will be a trend towards custom boards when people know exactly what they want in a board but a the moment most people are happy to trust the pop out boards that have had a lot of testing and are going to work.

Jacko

stuey c said...

As someone who has lived and unfortunately breathed, (as Baldrick pointed out so well) building Aussie surfboards since the age of 12 (that's right, 35 years in the pit), all I can be bothered saying is that I find a lot of the crap that has gone down in this thread totally offensive! For those of you without the initiative to seek out some true homegrown quality, go ahead, keep buying your mass-produced popouts, that's all you probably deserve........

P.S. A custom board handbuilt by someone WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING will outperform these things any day in any conditions !!!!!!!

He said It Im quite willing and even excited to get an Aussie board custom made from Rod, I should get it after christmas, and when I do I will compare it with my massed produced 9 6" naish ( which I like) and put a review on here for you all. Dont get me wrong I love the look of the psh boards and think they would rip. Just think I can get as good product right here in Aus off a guy who sups and knows what his talking about. The other thing is all these desighns everyones getting just now are over 6 months old, my desighn is the latest 1 day old

WOW fella's, I'd just be happy to not have to drive 2 and a half hours just to see a board wether it be a pop out or custom