{"database": "surfing", "table": "posts", "rows": [["8714", "119", "questioning the process", 12, "little AL", "Apr 25, 2007", "2007-04-25T04:49:04-0400", "I seem to remember reading somewhere that Velzy had 2 or 3 guys ruffing out his boards and then he would finish them up. In the begining these guys did not even get paid for doing this, but as they got better they would make some money off each blank. Guy that went thru this were guys like Yater, Weber, and Noll. So what is the differance between getting someone to ruff out the blank and having a house like KKL do it for you? KKL will take out all of the bad spots and leave you with a nice clean skinned blank that has been trued and is ready to finish off. I have seen blanks that were cut by KKL and they are close but the shaper needs to do his thing to make it a surfboard, I have seen shapers walk over to a cut blank and say I can make you a board out of this, all I need to do is cut in the concave and cut down the tail a little and thin it out for you, thats a little more then finish sanding if you ask me. As long as I as the buyer gets what I ask for why should it matter who or what does the ruffing out? Many shaper in the old days had ghost shapers, and you never knew who was going to be shaping your board.  At least with you Gene I always new that you did the board, not someone else. Your prices are right, and your craftmanship is amoung the best out there, and your boards are killer. Keep up the good work."]], "columns": ["post_id", "thread_id", "thread_title", "post_number", "author_username", "post_date", "post_date_iso", "post_body"], "primary_keys": ["post_id"], "primary_key_values": ["8714"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6413390001398511, "license": "Public Domain"}