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Surfboards are expensive
You got that right! Globally the market varies. I can speak for Cali because this is where I work and play.
There are several agents at work which have the greatest impact on surfboard prices here.
For the most part it comes down to California's regulation of small business. The, cost of raw materials and supplies needed by surfboard manufacturers and fixed costs of doing business here in California are at formidable barriers for your local shapers to hurdle.
- Costs associated with employing worker's is a prohibited factor due to cost of Workman's Compensation, liability, fire and health insurance.
The climate in California for making surfboards is not like it used to be. That said, it it not all for the detriment, we have produced a greener approach to manufacturing surfboards in the USA, improved surfboard design while maintaining our artisianship.
Other contributing factors to price of surfboards which have affected surfboard prices are:
- Closing of Clark Foam
- Importation of surfboards from just about everywhere
- The advent of the "machine."
We could go on all night but the bottom line is you, the surfer, need and want to buy the best quality surfboard possible. You should, as much as possible, buy your surfboards from local area shapers and local, reputable surfboard shops and local reputable on-line surf companies.
If you are looking to purchase a locally made surfboard, I can point in the right direction if you simply send me a note and give me some basic information about yourself.
- Where you live (zip code if you wish)
- Where you will be surfing (type of wave to be ridden)
- What type of surfing you will be doing (Longboard, shortboard, fish) etc.
Mahalo,
Tim "Steamer" O'Toole
Local HB Surfer
We all must begin somewhere.
Surfing is no different
Enjoy this sport of friendship and adventure.
We are aimed at getting you past any surfing hurdle you may come across.
mahalo,
Steamer
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Steamer OToole
Huntington Beach aka Surf City
Age: 53
Birthday: 4/1
Gender: Male
Orientation:
Status: Married
Children: Proud Father
# of Kids: 2
Body Type: Athletic
Height: 6'0"
Religion: Other
Ethnicity: Pacific Islander
About Me: Jack of all Trades Master of One! One at a Time Please!
Music: Morrissey, Pil, Tull, Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Al Hirt, Sanborn, Al Green, Earth, Wind & Fire, Idol, 60&70 Surf Bands, Devo, most types of music with rythmn ... oh, any artist except Barbara Streisand :(
Movies: Dark Star, Midway, Perfect Stranger, Beautiful Mind, Ronin, The Saint, Run Silent Run deep, Lawrence of Arabia, Few good men, Ironman
TV: Hogan's Heroe's, I dream of Jeanne, Gilligan's Island, Mad men, Lost in Space, Star Trek,
Books: Save the Males, Warriors
Likes: Honesty, integrity, silence, mountain air, treking outside the US, When you leave, while out and about, each person picking up one extra piece of trash to take with you when you leave and placing it responsibly ;)
Dislikes: Litter, Leaving a trace when out on the trail, not packing your trash!
Hobbies: Photography, surfing, Internet businesses, mentoring, coaching
Vices: Cigars, cocktails with friends
Virtues: Forthright, respectful of others, reasonable, tightwad
Heroes: Tim Russert, Joe Leiberman, Every politicians, Teachers and Newscasters who tell the truth even in the face of adversity, and admit openly,publicly to their audiences when they get it wrong! Eddie Aiku, Hillary Clinton, Ann Coulter, Lewis and Clark, Colin Powell, Jackie Robinson, Abraham Lincoln, John Kennedy, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Newt Gingich, Ted Nugent, Sarah Palin, Barak Obama, John McCain, Duke Kahanamoku, kids who stay in school and try their best and of course my Dad