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1). Firewire tried to build our boards in the San Diego when we first started but they are simply too labor intensive and they would have had to retail for $1,000 for us to stay in business. For example, we build our own blanks - taking almost rectangular blocks of EPS foam and building a blank that includes a lightweight foam core, hi-density deck skins, and the balsa rails attached. There is no comparison to the time and effort required to do that versus machine shaping a traditional PU, center stringer blank.

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funny, the coil guyz use space age tech in florida that surpasses firewire tech for prices on par w/ standard pu/pe. most eps board makers buy blocks of eps foam and cut their own blanks. don't try to sell some misinformation. the goal of moving production to asia WAS to increase profit margins period. Explains why you can sell boards to retailers on consignment when others can't. you have to have huge profit margins to do that. Nice try at a PC answer though, I think many on here see right through your spiel.

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I would venture to guess Coil tech is also much easier to manufacture than Firewire. Isn't it just stringerless EPS + complicated glass job?

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Yep, just that.

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