couldn't agree more,the local shapers know what our waves are like and can tweak the shapes to suit our needs,nothing wrong with choice and the importers certainly give that and being able to buy a board off the rack is what most of us want,but are we getting the leftover shapes dumped on us,imagine how many obsolete shapes have been made in asia and how long it will take to sell surplus stock before we get new shapes.
IMHO. looks like we will have a huge selection! IMHO. looks like we will have a huge selection!
rod hocker of surfshapes is $1100 gripped with fixed fins,$150 more for plugs and boxes,custom shaped for that money,try that with chinese imports,they should be under a grand with the labour cost in china,yank shapers cashing in on the aussie market with cheap behind the times imports.like i said before,imagine how many obsolete boards are sitting in warehouses
.first off let me apologise if you took offense dj,none was implied and your input into this forum is both entertaining and intelligent,i know both stuey and dale and know how much dedication they put into their race boards,they are both on a different tack and very competitive against each others designs.annie and i surf and paddle aussie customs in both dave boyd and rod hocker boards and use aussie made paddles, have surfed many imports and think they are way too expensive given how much they cost to make and land and i am right in the fact that with the number they have to make in the big factories to get an order the top designers are unwilling to release new shapes until the old stock is sold.if we were getting phs direct from blane or c4 straight from dave it would be a different story(a very expensive one at that)so after that,it may seem pretty obvious that i am passionate about aussie made product and truly believe the asian producers have stuffed all of the surf industry and probably the worlds economy.as far as the lurkers go,well if you reading this get involvedps annie and i are trying to work out how to get to ocean grove fun day on the 13th and bring our surfshapes 8.0 and 9.0
lat camo, and i would reckon your surfshape is in good hands.first off let me apologise if you took offense dj,none was implied and your input into this forum is both entertaining and intelligent,... btw I knew I'd probably cop some flack saying what I said and was about to delete it but I was just trying to say what I thought.rod hocker of surfshapes is $1100 gripped with fixed fins,$150 more for plugs and boxes,custom shaped for that money,try that with chinese imports,they should be under a grand with the labour cost in china,yank shapers cashing in on the aussie market with cheap behind the times imports.like i said before,imagine how many obsolete boards are sitting in warehousespoint taken AA,there has to be room for both simply for the fact that buying off the rack is the major sales in oz,if they could do customs for the rack(sup) that is it would be interesting to see the sales difference.btw i think Blane and dave parmenter have done a great job with their designs but i wonder how their thoughts and designs are right at this moment compared to what is available in oz,if you go to a local shaper nd are prepared to wait for the product you will get that shapers latest thoughts and designs that are proven.great topic of conversation,with good input from all and it will be a conversation piece while the asian companies produce low cost.wholesale.
AAHHHH this is hilarious, all of us here pushing the keys on our chinese made keyboards[}:)][}:)] looking at our chinese made screens[}:)][}:)] and preaching BUY AUSTRALIAN!!
AAHHHH this is hilarious, all of us here pushing the keys on our chinese made keyboards[}:)][}:)] looking at our chinese made screens[}:)][}:)] and preaching BUY AUSTRALIAN!!
