...Lil' Johnny's dad skimped on getting him a real surfboard and opted for the "ricky schroder", "Just like the one that Matt Damon Ben Affleck ride" he told Lil' Johnny. "It's soft and safe so you don't get hurt, because we love you Johnny and we want you to write fabulous movie scripts and date J-Lo one day too. You know J-Lo's song "Fulfill all your weeshes with my taco flavored keeses, taco taco, burrito burrito!""
...well Lil' Johnny's "ricky schroder" has the equivalent of razor blades for fins and there's a good chance he'll never live long enough to do any of those wonderful things. What kind of a parent are you?
Monday, September 17, 2007
the soft,safe foam "ricky schroder"...
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Cartman: There, that's three more songs we've written already! You're style of music is so easy, it doesn't require any thought at all!
Jennifer Lopez Puppet: Oh, si, si, si.
Baby, let's make a run for the border,
I've got a hunger only tacos can stop.
I know exactly what I'll order
three tacos, two tostadas, and a soda pop.
I need to make a run for the border.
If you pay, I'll take off my top.
Do you remember what I want to order?
Three tacos, two tostadas, and a soda pop.
Yea-ah, and don't forget the hot sauce, chulo.
Liquid Shredder has over 10 different fin options from 3" dull leading edge up to 7" fiberglass. What exactly does a "real" surfboard have? Dull fins? FCS and Future make 90% of "real" fins....seen any dull ones? You imply a "real" surfboard is safe..Show me the fins. LS is also NOT a POP OUT. Every board is hand shaped in Peru. Where suring was invented. By Surfers and for Surfers. So lil Johnny's Dad should pay $600 to cut him to bits, right? He could have spent $200.
Ok, I never said the liquid shredder was a pop-out. My point is that if you are going to buy your kid a soft, safe and cheap surfboard (cost is their biggest selling point behind safety) you should at least have the common sense to make sure the board remains safe. Letting the kid surf with two razor sharp broken fins defeats the purpose of having a "safe" board.
The people that buy from our shop have been educated about their surfboard and the components that go along with the board, as well as proper maintenance such as once a fin breaks you remove the shard and replace it. And there are always Pro-Tech fins available too.
LS has less dangerous fins available. You can buy the board with them or without them, choice is yours. Or, you can buy whatever you want later in the way of fins, including several glass models from 5-7 inch. Does FCS or Future, on "real" surfboards offer any "safe" fins? If they do I've never seen them...So Dad can't buy a "real" board based on your logic. But, he can equip his LS any way he wants too. We really don't push "safe" only less dangerous and less expensive. Surfing ain't safe no matter how you slice it. We make it less dangerous.
"Pro-Tech" fins are safety fins for FCS and Futures and other systems...
http://www.surfcohawaii.com/
So, then you agree, no glass surfboards offer "safe" fins as a standard feature. You nor I have ever seen a CI, Rusty or Lost shipped with David's fins on them standard, sitting in Tim's store, or anywhere else. You have to go third party to Dave (Surfco)after you spent money on FCS or Future. You can't get it standard, right or wrong?. Then, once you pay out the nose for the board add ($50-$70 plus shipping) for the soft fins. Then Dad has a 6ft, 8lb brick with soft fins...how less dangerous is that for his kid? With LS you simply can get exactly what you want when you buy it. Flex, Dull, Hard, Sharp, 3" 5" or 7" glass or plastic. All from one source. AND Made in Peru Where Surfing was Invented.
BTW we're bringing out hand shaped LS Peruvian Epoxy sraight into Port of Charleston by the thousands for 2008. I have samples now. China prices but Peruvian quality and shapes.
THE POINT IS SURFBOARD MAINTAINENCE TO KEEP IT SAFE!!!
You have the option of getting Pro-Tech fins from us when you buy a board too. Your just being ignorant and trying to promote another "boogie-surfboard" that has no redeeming qualities, and lines your pockets with cash in the process:
"BTW we're bringing out hand shaped LS Peruvian Epoxy sraight into Port of Charleston by the thousands for 2008. I have samples now. China prices but Peruvian quality and shapes."
Thousands? Why not millions?
"Then, once you pay out the nose for the board add ($50-$70 plus shipping) for the soft fins."
Shipping for what??? It's all in shop.
Besides, claiming Peru as the origin of surfing is unproven.
Do you wear Crocs?
The whole premise of No-Pop Outs and overpriced handshaped by a "local" shaper is an elitist, ploy(look it up).
Factually, your boards come from some of the biggest corporate wonks in US industry. It is the true Mega Capitalists who sell those Brands on the wall out there.
But there is a more basic, simple reason you argue your point...You simply want to keep the board price too high for the average Dad to be able to put his kids in the water. That way, all the waves are reserved for you, right? No kids to get in your way, no beginners, no "Kooks", the beach to yourself, right?
We are the future of surfing, we are putting thousands of kids in the water every year. We do it for the future of the sport we love, the families and the children. We make it low priced and simple for the average American Mom and Dad to put their kids in the water.
BTW. The founder of Surfrider Foundation, Glenn Hening and Dr. Thor Heyderdal ("Kontiki", look it up) among others have done research and archaeology and think surfing started in Peru. It certainly didn't start in Hawaii. We didn't make it up, we got it from good sources.
We're just local Charleston guys, poor Southern Dirt Farmers, fighting the good fight against the Huge, Heartless West Coast Surf Industry corporate monsters.
You've just been duped into protecting an old outdated business model, like buggy whip makers. Seen any of those companies lately?
Three other points:
THE POINT IS SURFBOARD MAINTAINENCE TO KEEP IT SAFE!!!
1)What do you "maintain"? How does maintaining a "Brick" made it not hurt when it hits you in the head?
2)We'd never promote Epoxy as a less dangerous entry level surfboard. It's a brick just like every board you sell. We'll leave that flawed logic up to you. Brick vs Head...brick wins, every time. No matter how you maintain it, a brick is a brick.
3) Redeeming qualities are in the videos from Peru. I doubt you have the guts to watch our "boogie-surfboards" in real waves http://www.softsurfboards.com/dpics/pro1.wmv and more kids and stuff at http://www.softsurfboards.com/Surfing%20Videos.htm
First of all I didn't bother looking up elitist ploy.
Will Allison, Dave Barnes of Seasoned Surfboards, Matt Calvani of Bing, Bill Johnson of Teqoph and Todd Sutz who shapes our McKevlin's funshapes, to name a few,are hardly "Mega Capitalists." They all fit a niche in board building whether it be one off customs or experimental concaves and fin placements. Sure you can attack CI as a sell-out, whatever, the new merge is going to produce the surfboards of the future with new materials and pushing the performance limits and lifespan of high performance boards.
And yeah we make board prices high to keep kids out of the water. You are beyond ignorant. Why would we deter future surfers unless we wanted to bankrupt the business? Not only that but I teach surf lessons! I think most of us remember we were all kooks once, some for life.
AND SURFING IS NOT A SPORT!
By the way...
Anthropologist Robert C. Suggs included a chapter on "The Kon-Tiki Myth" in his book on Polynesia. He concludes:
"The Kon-Tiki theory is about as plausible as the tales of Atlantis, Mu, and "Children of the Sun." Like most such theories it makes exciting light reading, but as an example of scientific method it fares quite poorly." I concur.
And c'mon with the "We're just local Charleston guys, poor Southern Dirt Farmers, fighting the good fight against the Huge, Heartless West Coast Surf Industry corporate monsters." By importing low cost surfboards from Peru? Again with the ignorance. I guess you were formerly in the housing market...
Duped? Hardly, I've shaped surfboards before and have an enormous amount of respect for the guys and gals that do it well. And they all surf too.
And with the brick analogy? You must've of been riding NSPs. Or maybe the first Peruvian surfboards were made of bricks but they all sank and forming the lost city of Atlantis...
I dared to watch your videos hours ago and with a smile on my face the whole time. Thanks for a chuckle.
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