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For you Aussie guys, check out Diverse and Josh Dowling down in Victoria - http://www.joshdowlingshape.com/techthree/techthree.html

No need to import a Coil from halfway around the world, those guys can do similar tech. No idea what the pricing is, but there's ton of other advantages with getting boards more locally produced. I've ridden Coils, stringerless EPS, bamboo and cork skinned boards. The advantage with the tech is the durability and liveliness throughout the boards life. The key is still getting a shape that works for you.

For the California guys look into Nine Lights - http://www.ninelightssurfboards.com

Shapers will build whatever you pay them to make. If you've got a shaper you've worked with for a while (and you should), have them shape the blank and ask the guys who have the tech dialed to contract glass the board for you with their tech. Not many guys are going to turn down money. It's not like building surfboards is a cash-cow.

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FYI Dynocore start at $899 (delivery cost free or a 5 hr round trip to collect) and Josh Dowling $1200 (delivery about $100 to airport on plane or 4 day round trip to collect).
Coil $600 (delivery $200 and 2 hr round trip to collect from airport or fugg it I really don't want to go that far to collect it in person).
DMS are also doing bamboo skinned eps on the Gold coast which are $1000 plus (PU mini simmons is $975 - I've had one).
If you're like me and seen a bunch of people you know ripping on a sweet potato in small waves while you're struggling to even get across the same waves on your custom, locally shaped, high volume groveller and have a chance to demo one and suddenly your ripping too it's a hard one.
Resale value has to be mentioned.
If you don't like a Firewire sweet potato and sell it straight away you can lose $100-200 off the new price and sell it easily and for example: keep the Futures controller fins which cost $175 rrp here.
Local shop will also sell a board or two to help fund purchase from them for no consignment fee because you're buying a board from them.
Unfortunately selling off boards from the other three board makers will mean you lose $400-600 off the new price and cost $50 consignment fee in a shop.
Been there, done that.
My Dynocore I demoed before ordering a custom and it's a keeper so no worries about resale.
I've got a guaranteed 50% trade in for it within 12 months from Diverse if I wanted to trade it in for a new one.
If I lived on the Gold coast (5 hr minimum round trip away) I'd no doubt have some great Dynocores and DMS bamboo/eps boards in my garage.
I'd also be broke and my wife would have killed me and be dancing around on my grave singing Hallejuah!

Dick Van Straalen boards have much better resale...but Dick is going to shape you what Dick wants to shape you...if you get my drift.

What this says to me is Coil's are too cheap.


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Edited by Retropete (04/08/12 04:16 PM)

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