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| 9954 | 132 | Tyler Mini Zeke | 34 | pierpont-scott | Jul 24, 2007 | 2007-07-24T03:22:18-0400 | flowrider you have no idea what it cost to make a surfboard do you? blank 150 dollars on the low end for the stringer combos tyler uses, thats for the blank, then there is the cost to shape the blank, and all the tools used to shape it , then it is off to glasser, the 150 dollars might have been in materials not labor so the glass job probably runs close to $500 for the cost of tylers high end work, then there is the cost of the factory in which he runs his operation. then after that is all considered tyler has to figure out how many board he can realistically make a week and still keep quality at top levels that is all figured into cost of a board. then at the end of that the guy has few employees he has to pay, and lets not forget he needs to pay himself! Its not a label beacuse there are boards out there that perform better than the average turd and it is pretty evident from the moment you ride them. |