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| 222995 | 11440 | Molded, Reverse Engineered, Handshaped by One Only...WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU? | 25 | Planktom | Oct 11, 2021 | 2021-10-11T07:01:34-0400 | stopchewingplease said: Surfing started as a counterculture. As it becomes mainstreamed it is sure to develop a new counterculture. The original attraction is still there. Be free in belief, but do not believe freely in anything which comes your way without critique. Click to expand... I agree, I don't think this is an overly-optimistic statement at all. There are some golden threads to surfing as a culture and I believe that the ability to talk to another surfer who has developed enough skill to make a really good custom surfboard to meet my needs/imagination is really worth something. I have been concerned that the sea of hyped-up, 'proprietary' tech (cough, splutter...) boards may pull people away from this relationship to the point of that culture being eroded, but maybe I'm worried about nothing. The Emperor's clothes will always go out of fashion some day. |