Tell me again why your boards start at $700

They don't, and eventually the board is ruined and they come on the internet to complain about how much a new one is.

 

i see the phrase authorized firewire repairmen advertized online so i figured they must need lots of repairs .
not yours of course but someones

 

Well thats why i asked you about a firewire cuz i dont have one of those chinese boards yet

 

Yknow Bert left Firewire,started sunova

 

Bert did say there is an art to peeling the foil off the construction grade foam he started out using

 

I don’t have one either.

 

I do have a pu board i got in 1979 that im still ridin ,on its 3rd glass job which i did change over to epoxy

 

Wow, that’s pretty cool actually.

 

sounds like i gots ta get me a firewire

 

Walmart will start sellin em soon or maybe sams club and costco,stack em right next to the wavestorms

 

I think every shaper/surfer relationship is unique, every shop sells different boards at different prices.

The shaper tipping was because the boards were underpriced and it was beer.

I do tip the glasser/sander/ding repair guys. Cash they need.
I get polished gloss/channel bottom/double-wing swallow/glass ons.

 

One of the guys i know works at boatyard ,he saved the castoffs from foam they would pour for floatation
He cut the pieces into strips and made a blank with them ,glassed it with polyester
when i asked him how much it cost him to build it he said like 38 dollars

 

Id do work for beer

 

Plus i got my respirator on

 

Yeah? bet its not a firewire!

 

Good beer is always a well-received gratuity. For anything...

 

Yeah, don’t be dropping off no 6 pack of Miller Light piss water!

 

Negra Modelo, por favor

 

Ive repaired a lot of boards over the years but never a firewire
Maybe when folks ask me if i will fix their firewires i shouldnt go into a long rant about them being indonesian pos

 

Lol Yeah you should, it’s always a good reminder. Although you should pick a country and stick with it. You’ve called them Chinese and Indonesian all in the same conversation.