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| 215717 | 10983 | Have boards got even more expensive in the past couple months? | 16 | MASErides | Aug 5, 2021 | 2021-08-04T22:19:07-0400 | InI said: Seems like it, the daydream example above is a great one. Just got a board off the rack and it was 1500 before tax. Which I am not excited to pay, but I will for a hand shaped board. I understand it a lot of time to make not much money. But I think there is an issue when shapers/companies charge top dollar bringing the ruse that they are hand shaped, but really they are cnc then hand finished. I will not pay top dollar for a CNC. Had a chat with Ryan Lovelace about this, according to him there are a lot of boutique brands doing this. Charging top dollar and people think they are hand shaped, but really CNC them hand finished. The used market seems to be pretty picked over at all times and priced pretty high. But then again, a surfboard is only worth as much as someone will pay. I bet when we sell boards we want as much as we can get too. Click to expand... I'd be interested to know who some of these shapers are? Who say hand shaped but are CNC, then hand finished. Could also see shapers turning to this to deal with their backlog of orders. BUT I 100 percent agree boards take a lot of time, skill, and knowledge to make, they are still pretty cheap considering that. |