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Surprised to see this here! But awesome. I’m in a parallel, but much smaller industry of canoe building. I’ve made a few boards for fun and I’m honestly so impr
by keizo 4y ago
Surprised to see this here! But awesome. I’m in a parallel, but much smaller industry of canoe building. I’ve made a few boards for fun and I’m honestly so impressed with anyone that makes a living building boards. It’s a skilled craft, super dependent on builder skill, and yet requires decent volume to make a business out of it. Hard dirty work. Some is automated, but not to the extent possible. I have probably the most advanced private composites shop in Hawaii, sometimes think about making boards, as there may be room to on shore some production. And who wouldn’t want to make surfboards. But also can’t imagine not loosing money and canoe building already does that well.
- m-ee 4y agoAn oddity of the market that surprised me when I got into it is the relatively low price of a hand shaped board. They’re described in the article as high end, and they can be, but odds are a local shaper can make you something custom for around the same price or less than mass manufactured boards like FireWire, Lost etc. Only issue is you’ll have to wait for it to be made.
- keizo 4y agoYeah exactly, I don’t know how people do it. Other than doing it has a hobby or 2nd job, very hard to make a business out of it.