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isobars
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| cgoudie1 wrote: | | I wouldn't buy a board based on my ability to sell the thing. |
My point wasn't clear. My point was that old gear is worth plenty of green to me if it's rare and outperforms the newer stuff. I'd pay $500 for some 1999-2004 boards before I would pay $100 for many 2017 boards of the same general purpose. I looked for a couple of specific boards for years before finding them, and couldn't get the money out of my pocket fast enough when I found them. No dickering, no waiting past 7:00, sure as HELL no waiting 'til the swap meets closed to save $50; just thrust a wad of cash at the seller and ask, "Is this enough?" Some old boards are that damned superior by my criteria (I sail VERY differently than you, so YMMV).
| cgoudie1 wrote: | | If I like the board, I usually ride it into the ground, if I don't like it, it's sold by the next season. |
With the best ones, I buy spares if I can find them. The others get sold soon to buyers better suited to the board's strong points. Win/win ... and still I have at least 15 (who's counting?) superior boards I'm simply not going to sell -- well, some backups, maybe -- until the fat lady sings.
| cgoudie1 wrote: | Late model boards on the other hand tend
to sell reasonably easily and at least have some monetary value. |
Virtually all I care about is the performance. I'm just lucky that the best boards for me are not "cool", thus cost peanuts even if rare. |
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windoggi
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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My favorite board was free and lightly used. The donor said it was too fast! I buy new masts, new booms, new wetsuits and new universals. The boards and sails I like are cheap, older and still plentiful. As the Grateful Dead say "one man gathers what another man spills"
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isobars
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| windoggie wrote: | | My favorite board was free and lightly used. The donor said it was too fast! " |
I knew the Nelson custom wave board I found at a swap meet was meant for me when the guy it was shaped for, a Maui and Gorge expert, said it was too turny for him. I got it for about the price of its paint job. |
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joethewindsufa
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Location: Montréal
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 6:16 am Post subject: |
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"one man's garbage is another man's treasure"
and it all depends what you are into
as I like longboarding ...
my Mistral Equipes One and 2 at under $300 were a treasure
local fellow is selling a D2 at $400 - too much for me even as a longboarder
Auzzies say they would clamour for it !!
due to current location, if someone gave me a wave board, i would not know what to do with it  |
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cgoudie1
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Location: Killer Sturgeon Cove
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:30 am Post subject: |
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Not sure I'd know what to do with a centerboard, maybe bolt a uni and skeg
to it and ride it like a wave board ;*)
It is sweet to be able to procure a ride you love for peanuts. Just think
about buying those Mistrals when they were manufactured, not inexpensive!
-Craig
| joethewindsufa wrote: | "one man's garbage is another man's treasure"
and it all depends what you are into
as I like longboarding ...
my Mistral Equipes One and 2 at under $300 were a treasure
local fellow is selling a D2 at $400 - too much for me even as a longboarder
Auzzies say they would clamour for it !!
due to current location, if someone gave me a wave board, i would not know what to do with it |
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cgoudie1
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Location: Killer Sturgeon Cove
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:40 am Post subject: |
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Me too amigo, (though I have to admit to enjoying good board artwork
also), but whether the board I'm riding is 30 years old or brand
new, it's cool with me on it. ;*) Sails too.
-Craig
| isobars wrote: | | Virtually all I care about is the performance. I'm just lucky that the best boards for me are not "cool", thus cost peanuts even if rare. |
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GURGLETROUSERS
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah. At the height of the Turkish Slipper nose craze I thought the ironing board would make a handy little wave rider. I got a whack on the head with the frying pan (figuratively speaking, of course) for my sarcasm.
Perhaps it was a good job she mistakenly thought I was only joking!! |
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isobars
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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| cgoudie1 wrote: | I have to admit to enjoying good board artwork
also) |
It WAS the graphics that caught my eye the frst three times I saw the only new boards I've wanted to buy this century. They remain the most gorgeous boards I've ever seen, but I didn't buy them until finding out a LOT more about how they sailed and getting a satisfaction guarantee (it turned out to be unnecessary). OTOH, I have a mid-1990's board that matches them turn for turn and cost me $112. (I'd pay Lee Brittain $2,000 to recreate that $112 board if it ever failed, as it's the only one on the planet.) |
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isobars
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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| joethewindsufa wrote: | | due to current location, if someone gave me a wave board, i would not know what to do with it |
Montreal? Is Lake Ontario too far away to sail, or does the St. Lawrence not get any swell? All I need to be at the edge of heaven's gate is thigh-high swell, a powered-up 5.2, and a wave board. |
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KGB-NP
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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| isobars wrote: | | joethewindsufa wrote: | | due to current location, if someone gave me a wave board, i would not know what to do with it |
Montreal? Is Lake Ontario too far away to sail, or does the St. Lawrence not get any swell? All I need to be at the edge of heaven's gate is thigh-high swell, a powered-up 5.2, and a wave board. |
All the MTL guys I sail with are amazing wave sailors. No excuses.....
St. Lawrence is like the Gorge on good days. Plattsburgh is close by too. |
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