Gull Wing BLEF fin

Empirical data can be very good, but it has to be collected from a variety of sources over a variety of conditions. Empirical data gains more credibility when backed up by scientific data. When empirical data is limited to only one or two sources with little change in conditions, such data is extremely subjective and needs to be confirmed by opening up the subject model's availability to a wider variety of sources.

With these boards and fins, empirical data is consistently used with little to zero scientific data. As well, an extremely limited number of people are giving their feedback.

Randy Rarick is an extremely knowledgeable surfer with years of experience in all ranges of surf, with extensive experience of shapes and their evolution over the years. Mr. Rarick gave a less-than-stellar review of Mr. Stuart's work.

With $1 million in the bank, giving some other respected surfer/shapers a trial of some of this work would go a long way towards credibility. Maybe Mr. Rarick was wrong? Roy mentioned Mr. McCoy of Australia. How about letting somebody like Wingnut or Tudor take a ride on a V-10?

Or is Roy afraid of continued negative feedback from the world's most respected surfer/shapers?

 

funny how the guy who said something bad is wrong....May be that you are wrong roy?

Anyhow, cj nelson is a respected longboarder. But all he was commenting on was the fin he tried. Not one of the overpriced boards.

 

how great your boards work/ride.

 

And how, exactly, are you right? As previously stated, you have failed to allow anybody of any renown to sample one of your works of art. The only respected one, Mr. Rarick, stated his opinion. I'd would *love* to hear what Greg Noll thinks of your work.

Face it, you'll never let anyone that is respected in the surfing world sample your work, because you can't handle criticism, constructive or otherwise. Your megalomaniacal ego simply couldn't handle it. Instead, you rationalize that everybody else (i.e., The World) is wrong...and the only person that matters in the world (i.e., You) is right.

What an isolated and insecure world you live in.

 

Not angry at all...just asking a very simple question. You seem very evasive, and give extremely vague and opaque answers when you choose to give any answer at all. But your last statement pretty much sums up everything. Thanks for playing!!!

 

I can't afford to buy a new fin, just to test someone's product. Like I said, if you send one to the SE, I would be willing to give it an honest review. You could send to one of the FL guys and they could trade off to the Hilton Head crew. It is just an option to get some real independent reviews. Just a suggestion, take it or leave it. If it were my business, I would send a couple to the east coast and a couple to the west coast.

 

Objective Research and Development... commonality with successful businesses - and part of the reason people seek product/service reviews (Yelp, Travelocity, etc.)

 

I always forget about that one!

 

Don't flatter yourself. Nobody's angry with you, gnome. You are getting boring, though.

You keep bombarding our Forum with your Kiwi pixie-dust planks from fantasy land. You get questioned & criticized for those popsicle sticks that you produce. You can't take that.

The one time that it was given a test surf, your plank didn't measure up. Shoot the messenger, says you, and no more test rides or testing of your products. You just sit there on your island, bleating to your sheep as to how magical your products are.

Oh, wait, sorry. The other time your plank was test surfed it ended up as a pile of kindling in NorCal. Must have been a terrific apres-surf beach bonfire.

There's not one other commercial shaper on the planet who refuses to have his products tested. And you are classified as a commercial shaper because you're trying to sell your product.

 

Stankee is right Roy.... even though you vanish for several weeks at a time.... it never seems like it was long enough when you return...

 

Don't flatter yourself. Nobody's angry with you, gnome. You are getting boring, though.

You keep bombarding our Forum with your Kiwi pixie-dust planks from fantasy land. You get questioned & criticized for those popsicle sticks that you produce. You can't take that.

The one time that it was given a test surf, your plank didn't measure up. Shoot the messenger, says you, and no more test rides or testing of your products. You just sit there on your island, bleating to your sheep as to how magical your products are.

Oh, wait, sorry. The other time your plank was test surfed it ended up as a pile of kindling in NorCal. Must have been a terrific apres-surf beach bonfire.

There's not one other commercial shaper on the planet who refuses to have his products tested. And you are classified as a commercial shaper because you're trying to sell your product.