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Keith wants a board

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foodisfun
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Well having just been using my friends board for a while, im hooked, and now i wanna try to get my own if i ever get money. im guessing a longboard would be the best choice for first board prob, but i still don't know what to get. anyone know any good links to surf forums or something like the NS of surfing. o yea and i'm 5'10" east coast (long island) in case that helps. thanks.
May 28 2006 1:43PM
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PimpDaddySkier
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look around some shops for some used boards, thats probably the best bet for something cheap, but if you want somethign expensive and good look at the following companies:

channel islands
local motion
hobie-good longboards
rusty
town n country
wrv
May 29 2006 7:11PM
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Bees_Knees
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Also Hawain Island Cretion (HIC)
Jun 4 2006 2:25PM
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MissMontana
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Im going to reccomend Surftec. theyre pop-mold boards (they pop out of a pre-cast mold designed by a specific shaper), mass produced, light (epoxy), and pretty durable. theyre almost indestructable on rocks and stuff. i reccomend them for a beginner, especally the Doug Haut shapes. because of the recent Clark foam shut-down, theyre readily available everywhere and the prices range from dirt cheap to bank (for the old shapes and the "balsa" boards). theyre the perfect beginner board for anyone.
have fun!
Jun 4 2006 2:34PM
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foodisfun
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thanks a lot for the help, i think im gonna go try to take a little trip to a couple surf shops and see what they reccomend, and see if i can pick up something
Jun 4 2006 4:38PM
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PimpDaddySkier
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pre molded boards suck, some have big problems with them, some tc boards are really messsed up cause they werent hand shaped
Jun 4 2006 5:20PM
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MissMontana
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true. thats why i reccomend the Haut ones, because I have surfed those a ton of times and I trust them. pre molded boards are good for a beginner, especially right now because foam is so expensive (thanks to Clark, again). but i agree, factory boards are less than the best.
I've been lucky enough to work with (basically apprentice) some shapers here in California and Hawaii and theres just that something extra about a hand shaped board, especially one you helped make. more personal abnd streamlined, you know?
Jun 4 2006 9:13PM
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cab_D
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don't get a longboard. You'll want to punt and do snaps and shit once you get better and you'll find it almost impossible to do on a longboard.
Jun 4 2006 10:49PM
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foodisfun
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bump. is anyone here selling, or know any sites with classifieds or people selling?
Jun 15 2006 4:29PM
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t-man152
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ebay. I just got an Al Merrick's board (Channel Island) from there for 113 dollars plus S&H the group that sentit to me has a huge wearhouse and sell tons of boards. it had a couple of dings and stuff that they fixed before shipping. but I got a $750 board for 113 its in almost perfect condition it only has one long discolored area because of thee epoxy they used to fix it. im gonna put a nice paint job over the whole board, personalize it a little and itl be as good as new
Jul 11 2006 1:09PM
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foodisfun
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yea i was looking at ebay cause a lot of people are selling used boards but shipping is such a killer.  it's over $75 for every auction i've seen
Jul 11 2006 3:27PM
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t-man152
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where do you live? im lucky to be living in Southern California where most of the sellers are so I could have done a pick up. unfortunatly the board I got was in North Carolina so I had to get it shipped. but the total was still under $200
Jul 11 2006 5:10PM
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foodisfun
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yea unfortunately i live on long island and almost every board is in cali so shipping is always around $75 or more.  im prob gonna go look around some shops and try to find something.
Jul 11 2006 8:26PM
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twintipteles
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use craigslist, you can get some killer deals if you look around. Plus, no shipping, and you can inspect the board in person before buying.
Jul 12 2006 4:10PM
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Bees_Knees
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there are surf shops on long island
Jul 13 2006 9:46PM
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foodisfun
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yea i know but i was just saying that almost every board on ebay or other sites is usually from california.  hopefully i'm going tomorrow to visit a few shops.
Jul 13 2006 10:49PM
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dozerr
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bummer man, i just traded in my old ron jon 6-10 board so i could get my new shortboard. i could have sold it to you for like 250. it would have been perfect for learnign
Jul 14 2006 7:47PM
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manabadman
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NAISH sick boards
Jul 19 2006 11:36AM
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