HYPOTHETICAL CONTEST

jim richardson · Post by **jim richardson** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:57 am

Hey Ler, was'nt that you driving the promo goody loaded Hurley work truck last week?

Tom Linn · Post by **Tom Linn** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:53 pm

I'm happy to surf perfect empty waves, travel paid by the sponsor, make big bucks and score hot chicks (if I wasn't married) if all I have to do is rip on a mass produced board. This is no different than sailboat races, NASCAR and many other sports where uniform equipment is the norm. You guys can be all cool and stay home. I'll go and have a great time.

dua anjing · Post by **dua anjing** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:53 pm

Seems to have drifted a bit from what was originally asked (if I read it correctly, what sort of board, if I didn't read it correctly then just put this down to bored ramblings). If somenone wants to pay me to ride primo waves then as far as I'm concerned Bring it On! I would much rather ride a bright pink and flouro green soft foam 5ft , 3 inch thick 7 fin multi flyer swallow (and get paid for it) than spend that week at my normal 9 - 5. And after the contest is finished win loose or draw, then I can happily go back to being me, warm in the knowledge that somebody actually paid me to have fun.

Headwax. · Post by **Headwax.** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:36 pm

[img]1979
Simon Anderson and kneeboarder Peter Crawford introduce molded plastic boards...
New Look Plastic Surfboards
Despite the failure of earlier mass-produced surfboards; two new models recently appeared on the Australian market. Both are made by the same process, but they are produced and marketed by different companies.
"The Slab," a kneeboard designed by Peter Crawford, is made by the Windsurfer company, while a Simon Anderson-designed board is sold under the Power label.
The boards are made of. a rigid plastic exterior filled with low-density foam.
Performance reports have been good for both models.
Peter Crawford was seen ripping Dee Why Point on a prototype slab, and several Narrabeen locals put the Power model through its paces.
The boards are selling at aroundd $130 (Australian), $60 cheaper than most custom boards -something of a bargain, since they appear to be relatively indestructible.
The extent to which surfers are willing to sacrifice their individuality to simple economics, however, has yet to be determined.
Surfing Magazine: At Random Volume 15 Number 3. May 1979. , Page 35. [/img]

surf research quote. I have a full page add somewhere in tracks for "The Slab"

what could be fairer to ride for your imaginary contest?

DYdamo · Post by **DYdamo** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:05 pm

I used to own one...(I think bruce has it?)
Damn thing smacked me fair between the eye's
A huge egg shaped lump on my forehead and two black eye's to match.
Damn it hurt.....
The board was rideable but........
conventional slabs of the time were far better.
But PC could ride a door AND get it on it's rail

Smokin Rock · Post by **Smokin Rock** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:19 am

remember it's all about the glory Damo

brownvaliant · Post by **brownvaliant** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:06 am

brownvaliant · Post by **brownvaliant** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:17 am

surfhorn · Post by **surfhorn** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:44 pm

I would think that going on a boat trip then having everyone on the trip ride the same board on the same wave and film it. Simon........

Headwax. · Post by **Headwax.** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:23 pm

Dydamo wwrote

used to own one...(I think bruce has it?)
Damn thing smacked me fair between the eye's
A huge egg shaped lump on my forehead and two black eye's to match.
Damn it hurt.....
The board was rideable but........
conventional slabs of the time were far better.
But PC could ride a door AND get it on it's

ahh, so they did exist!

budgie · Post by **budgie** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:00 am

Thanks guys

finally getting into the groove of it.

WHAT IF...................that sponsors board was a mould of a Simon Farrer board?

would that entice you

ScottMac · Post by **ScottMac** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:02 am

I'd think that the man who CUSTOM SHAPES Simon's boards
might have a thing or two to say about having his work
ripped off to make pop-offs....

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:36 pm

may-be-so
but I don't think that would stop Liquid Shredder if they thought they could sell more
they would just find a creative way of saying what they don't actually want to say

somewhere alone the line it would require the champ to sign on the dotted line ... otherwise they could not use his or her name

perhaps they could get the shaper to sign on the dotted line ...

you never know
money can talk

I'm cheap -

budgie · Post by **budgie** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:13 pm

thanks Kev

thank god someone knows what Im taking about

some people are a little too serious

And why would you promote a contest riding SF popout shapes and not have asked permission or paid THE SHAPER and THE SURFER for the priv.

Oxford English dictionary

HYPOTHETICAL
/hipthettik’l/

• adjective 1 of, based on, or serving as a hypothesis. 2 supposed but not necessarily real or true.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:21 pm

" ... some people are a little too serious ... "
ahhh you get that

I think this sort of stuff happen with Skate Boarding where the Team would all ride the same board
as the team broke up
each rider was bought and developed a Signature board with the rival manufacturer that enticed them away
...
then there were Sony Playstation Games