While sales of cheap "pop-out" surfboards mass-produced in Asia slow, lines grow for wood surfboards built closer to home
United States of America (Press Release) April 16, 2008 --
Plastic board sales slow. Wood surfboards soar.
As sales of thousands of cheap "pop-out" surfboards being mass-produced by toy factories in Thailand, China and Vietnam stagnate, surfers are standing in long lines for high-end hand-made surfboards made closer to home.
At 42 Surfboards, one of the world's leading builders of traditional chambered wood surfboards, the line for their boards is longer than ever. And it is being supported by customers excited to pay a bit more for one of the finest hand-crafted surfboards in the world. Because, even as the price of oil affects shipping costs and the realization that globalization may not be all it had been promised to be, while many surfers are indeed just looking for the cheapest thrill possible, many surfers really care about who shapes their surfboard. They care about what their surfboard is made of. And they care about how long their surfboard will last.
At www.42surfboards.blogspot.com, you can see some of the world’s finest wood fish, retro rounded pins, diamond tails, single fins, longboards, and big-wave guns. You are welcome into the 42 Surfboards shaping room and you won’t even be showered with wood chips and sawdust.
And at www.42surfboards.blogspot.com, you can see some of Lars Bergstrom's clients' unique wood boards as they make the transition from sustainably harvested log to superbly shaped surfboard.
www.42surfboards.com
www.42surfboards.blogspot.com
As sales of thousands of cheap "pop-out" surfboards being mass-produced by toy factories in Thailand, China and Vietnam stagnate, surfers are standing in long lines for high-end hand-made surfboards made closer to home.
At 42 Surfboards, one of the world's leading builders of traditional chambered wood surfboards, the line for their boards is longer than ever. And it is being supported by customers excited to pay a bit more for one of the finest hand-crafted surfboards in the world. Because, even as the price of oil affects shipping costs and the realization that globalization may not be all it had been promised to be, while many surfers are indeed just looking for the cheapest thrill possible, many surfers really care about who shapes their surfboard. They care about what their surfboard is made of. And they care about how long their surfboard will last.
At www.42surfboards.blogspot.com, you can see some of the world’s finest wood fish, retro rounded pins, diamond tails, single fins, longboards, and big-wave guns. You are welcome into the 42 Surfboards shaping room and you won’t even be showered with wood chips and sawdust.
And at www.42surfboards.blogspot.com, you can see some of Lars Bergstrom's clients' unique wood boards as they make the transition from sustainably harvested log to superbly shaped surfboard.
www.42surfboards.com
www.42surfboards.blogspot.com
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