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rastamastakontiki Newbie
Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 32 City: Orlando, Tampa
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Posted: Dec 07, 2005 5:12 pm Post subject: surfers against skateboarding. |
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Are there any surfers here who are upset by the popularity of skateboarding recently? Surfers invented skating as a way to enjoy time off the water but skateboarding has by far exceeded the popularity of surfing now. Many kids are even wearing surf brand clothing and flip flops everyday when theyve never even surfed. They skateboard. Big deal. That doesnt give you the right to think your a surfer. I just wish surfing were still more popular than skating. _________________ It's been a hard day's night.
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Mike.H Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 2205 City: oceanside, ca
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Posted: Dec 07, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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why would you be upset? its not like we can go out in the ocean with our skateboards and take all the waves |
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Jester Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 3297 City: Boston
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Posted: Dec 08, 2005 1:40 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, I definitely wish surfing was more popular. Then we could get charged even MORE for the gear!
You say you wish surfing was more popular, then you complain about people who don't surf wearing surf gear. Lemme tell you something, companies like Quiksilver and Billabong wouldn't exist if only surfers bought their stuff. Ask Kelly Slater how bummed he is on kids who don't surf wearing his signature boardshorts. Oh wait, I think Quiksilver sponsors skaters too though. There's this guy....Tony Hawk. Do you know him? Quik is one of his sponsors. Maybe that's why all the skater kids are wearing it.
Surfing is an inherently esoteric sport, if you live in Kentucky you're not really gonna feel the stoke of getting shacked in a 6-foot barrel. Skating, on the other hand, is completely accessible and available to all so it has more mass appeal. You said yourself that you barely surf. Maybe you should earn your stripes before complaining about the state of surfing vs. skating. |
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Wakebrad Ladies Man
Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas
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Posted: Dec 08, 2005 8:41 am Post subject: |
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rastamastakontiki Newbie
Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 32 City: Orlando, Tampa
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Posted: Dec 08, 2005 10:58 am Post subject: |
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well lets see, i didnt ever actually say anything about quicksilver or billabong. im talking more along the lines of rusty, local motion, electric, wrv, ripcurl, and oneill. Also i did not say i barely surf. I said i barely get a chance to surf. Because im in school right now and i dont get my liscence until next year. I could have worded the title better. Im not actually against skateboarding i just wish that people would stop acting like its a better sport when it wouldnt be here without surfers. And your right that they would raise prices and things like that. But im NOT complaining. Im starting an open ended discussion. Now i would of liked to see all of your opinions but you guys were just rude. I would never reply to such a broad topic with "boo ****ing Hoo". The fact that you live in Kentucky means skating is a great thing for you man. But i live in Florida. So.........please just try to be a bit more open minded to what im saying dudes. And try not to take it the wrong way. Forums- _________________ It's been a hard day's night.
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rastamastakontiki Newbie
Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 32 City: Orlando, Tampa
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Posted: Dec 08, 2005 11:39 am Post subject: |
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oh yeah and btw..........
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Jester Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 3297 City: Boston
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Posted: Dec 09, 2005 2:20 am Post subject: |
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Let's dissect your first post. You talk about how much it sucks that skateboarding is more popular than surfing. Then you say you hate it when kids who don't surf (ie; they skateboard) wear flip flops and surf brand clothing. This, you claim, doesn't make you a surfer. But you're not complaining.
A) That certainly wasn't a witty enuff retort to claim you owned someone.
B) In case you weren't aware, Rusty, Local Motion, Rip Curl, & O'Neill are also corporate superpowers just like Quik & Billabong. They're not mom & pop shops surviving on the loyal hometown contingent.
C) Yeah, it's kind of annoying when people who don't know anything about surfing say it sucks. It's definitely annoying when skaters don't recognize the importance of surfing to their sport. Is it worth getting worked up over? Not really.
When I started surfing in the mid-90's it was a fairly quiet sport. It wasn't underground or renegade like skateboarding was, but it definitely wasn't anywhere near the media circus it is now. Back then only surfers knew who Laird Hamilton was. I remember a top-of-the-line wetsuit cost me $200. Quiksilver boardshorts were $20, and those were the expensive ones. You could find other brands like MCD and Volcom for less, and if you hit a sale you'd get the Quiks for $10. Now I'm lucky to find wetsuits for less than $300 (some of 'em are up to $600) and boardshorts are between $50-60.
Oh, and do we really need to talk about how crowded the lineup got after MTV and Hollywood got their hands on surfing? Suddenly the entire coastal female population are wearing a white rashguards and have their hair tied up in a bun while they try to learn how to ride Pipeline like Anne-Marie.
Bottom line, there's good and bad to both sides of the story. I like uncrowded breaks, but I also like the new technologies that can be explored because of the extra income the industry is making. Titanium super-stretch wetsuits blow DOORS on my old neoprene/smoothie 3/2.
Incidentally, if you're unhappy with the state of surfing now you're about to be VERY disappointed in the next few months. Clark Foam shut doors on its factory so all shapers nationwide are losing 90% of the blanks they use to make boards. The cost of boards (and pretty much everything else surf related) is expected to increase accordingly. All those giggly teenage girls are gonna hafta drop some serious coin if they wanna learn to ride the big Kahuna. More than likely surfing is going underground for a spell 'til this whole thing gets figured out. Epoxy boards don't have enuff of a stronghold to overtake the demand for foam. |
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J-Ro PityDaFool Who Posts This Much
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 5662 City: Rocklin
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Posted: Dec 09, 2005 9:48 am Post subject: |
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Jester, Once again....solid post.
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justflyguy Newbie
Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 10 City: hot springs
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Posted: Jan 22, 2006 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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sounds like somebody sucks at skating....... |
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cwaker4 Soul Rider
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 465 City: Gilroy
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Posted: Jan 22, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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rastamastakontiki- you are a whiner, and did not even burn wakebrad hard enough to claim ownage.
as far as the whole thing about non surfers wearing surf swag, you could say the same thing about skateboarding ten fold. now i surf, but i am not what you would call a surfer, yet i wear billabong, quiksilver and sandals all the time. not because i am a surf poser but because these companies support wakeboarding and snowboarding, the other sports i particiapate in. btw, jester just owned you. |
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8824 Ladies Man
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 15136 City: Wilmington, Delaware
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Posted: Jan 30, 2006 11:18 am Post subject: |
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Jester,
will you see an increase in the tufflite boards now? they seem pretty tight to begin with. _________________ www.integrity-wake.com |
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Jester Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 3297 City: Boston
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Posted: Feb 02, 2006 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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I have no idea. I expect all alternate technologies like epoxy and carbon-fiber boards to increase somewhat, but I haven't met anyone yet that sez they're switching. All the guys I know that ride fiberglass/foam are still going to and probably will 'til they die. |
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8824 Ladies Man
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 15136 City: Wilmington, Delaware
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Posted: Feb 04, 2006 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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Jester,
I just got my surfer mag, the sign "only one board per customer". Are people freakin yet?
I still need to read the article but to me, The Clark Company seems completely irresponsible. If they did come back, I am not sure I would buy from them. I really need to read the article. Then I am sure my conviction will be reinforced or retracted. _________________ www.integrity-wake.com |
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Jester Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 3297 City: Boston
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Posted: Feb 04, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, that rule's been in force since the initial shutdown here. Nobody's been allowed to buy more than 2 boards at the shops. My brother said Channel Islands boards are going for $900 in Santa Barbara.
I don't think anybody's really freaked out yet, but I anticipate panic in the coming months. There's tons of guys in the industry trying to keep things afloat and for the most part they're doing a good job, but I can't imagine there won't be at least a little backlash from this.
Obviously Clark did not handle this responsibly. If they got a notice from the EPA years ago about the chemicals they're using then you gotta handle that. Unfortunately he just decided to keep going 'til they forced him to shutdown. Now the industry is left to pick up the pieces. Like I said, they're doing a good job, but you can only do so much when the factory that produces 90% of your product goes under. It'd be like Nike being forced to stop using overseas labor on their shoes. |
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Nor*Cal Ladies Man
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac
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Posted: Feb 04, 2006 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Jester, I hear from a friend in the industry that his company will be recieving foam shipments from South Africa and China and the supply cost will not increase much. _________________ If I agreed with you we would both be wrong. |
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8824 Ladies Man
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 15136 City: Wilmington, Delaware
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Posted: Feb 05, 2006 7:03 am Post subject: |
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I play hockey like you guys surf. And in hockey, the switch started (not due to EPA or anything) from wooden sticks to aluminum to graphite. Some people refused to make the switch but eventually they did. There are few people left with wood, but not many and the are harder to find. Now the new one piece composites are like 210 and I use a graphite shaft with a wood replacement blade. That fact shows that an entire industry will change when forced to. And hockey players are just as convicted and surfers. But forget that, whats wrong with the tuff-lite? I would bite the bullet and say f you.
If Clark new that there were health issues and avoided the notices even more, I really have no respect and the only article I need to read is what will replace foam.
Especially from an industry that seems extremely sensitive to environment.
Now NC is stating they will come from China and Africa. That's even more IRRESPONSIBLE. And the people that will continue to buy are just as bad.
Being from the midwest, I am not tied into the community like you guys. But I am in awe.
My final thought is. Perfect time to take over. The environment is perfect for a small company or two to do the right thing.
If you know any editors and want to get that published for me, let me know. |
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Nor*Cal Ladies Man
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac
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Posted: Feb 05, 2006 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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muckmeister, the problem might have something to do with the EPA. They often regulate industry to the point it is no longer feasible for small companies to continue working in the USA. All it takes is for some bureaucrats to decide some chemical in the resin must be handled in a certain fashion and a whole industry is shut down within our borders. _________________ If I agreed with you we would both be wrong. |
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8824 Ladies Man
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 15136 City: Wilmington, Delaware
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Posted: Feb 06, 2006 9:02 am Post subject: |
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Nor*Cal wrote: | muckmeister, the problem might have something to do with the EPA. They often regulate industry to the point it is no longer feasible for small companies to continue working in the USA. All it takes is for some bureaucrats to decide some chemical in the resin must be handled in a certain fashion and a whole industry is shut down within our borders. |
True dat. |
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redhededstepchild Criminal
Joined: 15 May 2003 Posts: 52 City: Austin
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Posted: Feb 18, 2006 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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not to sound like a tree-hugger, but if they've been ignoring warnings for so long that they actually got SHUT DOWN over whatever infractions they were being accused of, it doesn't sound like it's a matter of handling a chemical in a particular fashion. maybe the disposal of a chemical a certain way.
i definitely agree that the EPA can go WAY overboard, but there's also the chance that the Clark Co is decimating the enviroment as well as seriously endangering the people that work for them (and their kids, family, community etc.). if they outsource to another country under the same conditions, nothing has changed, in which case i would see this as a good solution.
These guys probably have more money than god and were just waiting for the end once the warning started rolling in..."we're not gonna spend millions of dollars to renovate/update/make safe this process just to retire, lets ride the wave as long as it lasts then let someone else pick up the pieces." _________________ well aw-right, awr-ight - wooderson |
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Ian_82 Addict
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 803 City: Longview, WA
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Posted: Apr 25, 2006 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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rastamastakontiki,
how do you know these people do not surf? obviously a large majority dont, but when you walk down the beach and see kids riding a skateboard wearing a "surf related" t shirt, dont automatically assume he doesnt surf, and is only "posing".
remember YOU SURFERS started skateboarding. which means a lot of surfers skate. as im sure a lot also snowboard, and a lot also wakeboard. thats the beauty of boardsports. on a hot day you can go surfing or skating if its too windy to wakeboard, or if its winter you can surf or snowboard, or skate if its dry. or maybe thats just here in the NW. an hour to the ocean, a bit over an hour to Hood, and plenty of mountain lakes and rivers in the summer to wake, and plenty of skateparks all over. nice concrete ones.
we should be a brotherhood. not factions. |
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spinmistro Newbie
Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 11 City: Baltimore
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Posted: Jul 07, 2006 10:56 am Post subject: |
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First Off sorry for bringing this thread back from the dead.
Secondly, How can you pissed about a sport that has done so much for surfing becoming popular? You sound worse then the complaining skaters that are whining because surfers "are stealing their tricks" Who the **** cares. Just give props to those who rip, go big, and do it for the love of the sport and the board sport community will be better for it. _________________ I ollie six mile an hour bouy's. |
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TDott04 Newbie
Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 2
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Posted: Aug 28, 2006 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Man its a good thing surfing is on the backburner
It just means a lot less snakin and a lot more barrel |
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jlaws Addict
Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 832 City: NC
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Posted: Sep 28, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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LOL, the original skateboarding was made when surfers couldnt surf during the winter months, so they made longboard skateboards, the people that rode thes downhill mostly (not doing trick we see today) were often "carving" back and forth down hills, these people were known as street surfers. yes the skateboarding industry has gotten out of hand, and there are tons of posers that wear surf gear, but hey what can you say... keeps the economy up lol |
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J-Ro PityDaFool Who Posts This Much
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 5662 City: Rocklin
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Posted: Sep 29, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: |
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Note to newbies:
1) Please don't bring back stupid threads from a year ago. Note that the last three revival posts have been by newbies.
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cezza Addict
Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 549 City: Hamilton, New Zealand
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Posted: May 22, 2007 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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J-Ro, who are you? mr post police?!?!?- who cares man
i dont care if surfing or skating is more popular than the other...just as long as i dont hear the word "rugby" haha _________________ eNMesh clothing
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