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SP > 9 months ago, 21 Jul 2014

SP

10982 posts

21 Jul 2014 11:41am

Roy has sold one...

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11295826

You only ever get 1 Alan bond in your life and Roy just found his.

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Well done Roy. Good reward for doing your own thing.

Maybe GSI might get on board now ?

Hats off to him. Bit of a double edged sword though - you need to tell everyone that you sold it so it can help stimulate more discussion and demand but the downside is that the taxman now knows about your thriving business

Great work Roy. I wish you all the success - can not wait to see how the Realsurf community takes this news. Should make for some riveting reading

jbshack

6913 posts

21 Jul 2014 1:00pm

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Ted the Kiwi said..
Hats off to him. Bit of a double edged sword though - you need to tell everyone that you sold it so it can help stimulate more discussion and demand but the downside is that the taxman now knows about your thriving business

Great work Roy. I wish you all the success - can not wait to see how the Realsurf community takes this news. Should make for some riveting reading

Lets hope it doesn't push the price of regular boards up

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

21 Jul 2014 3:12pm

So do you think Roy will hang out with us poor buggers

jbshack

6913 posts

21 Jul 2014 2:08pm

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Macaha said..
So do you think Roy will hang out with us poor buggers

He can afford a hair cut now

Ctngoodvibes

1404 posts

21 Jul 2014 2:30pm

Fark and I though MCT were expensive

surfbroker

NSW

1489 posts

21 Jul 2014 5:29pm

^^^^^^^^

That's Gold Vibes..

Ted the Kiwi

NSW

14256 posts

21 Jul 2014 5:35pm

what do you think will happen to the value of this board - will it depreciate 30% as soon as it leaves the showroom floor (workshop

) and is ridden or will it appreciate nicely like a poorly made MP single fin? I wonder how much his home n contents policy will go up by

So many questions. Where are you Roy????

thePup

13831 posts

21 Jul 2014 3:52pm

^^^^^
Monte Carlo

SP

10982 posts

21 Jul 2014 4:03pm

Imagine how bad you'd feel putting the first dent it scratch in it.

Surely you couldn't ride it? Not for that price

Hope it doesn't come with a swallow tail

thePup

13831 posts

21 Jul 2014 4:18pm

Mate if you had 1.5 million crackers spare to snap one up , good chance the answer is yes

bit like buying a Maranello Ferrari , it wouldn't sit in the garage for a long time , well not mine anyway

mmmmmmm Maranello

MickPC

8266 posts

21 Jul 2014 4:31pm

I'd love to know if the guy who bought the anti "flapping" guys board plans to surf or display the board as art. I'm thinking the later or maybe use it as a canoe lolz

...but congratz to the guy, sometimes persistence pays off

SP

10982 posts

21 Jul 2014 4:40pm

Great quote...

Stuart said he was not surprised by the reaction to Rampant. "It's a crazy world with crazy-rich people. They all want something the other guy can't have. Look at it like a wealth-redistribution programme, all that money would just be sitting in a bank account otherwise."

www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/10285815/Surfboard-ride-worth-a-million

Theres actually a bit about the board in this one.

Ted the Kiwi

NSW

14256 posts

21 Jul 2014 6:51pm

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MickPC said..
I'd love to know if the guy who bought the anti "flapping" guys board plans to surf or display the board as art. I'm thinking the later or maybe use it as a canoe lolz

...but congratz to the guy, sometimes persistence pays off

The board Stuart is customising has some special features. "We're using laser-cut titanium in the design and adjusting the thickness of the board for their bodyweight."

Not that a board that is that huge really needs adjustment for body weight unless the bloke is 50kg dripping wet or 200kg plus I reckon

MickPC

8266 posts

21 Jul 2014 4:53pm

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Ted the Kiwi said..

MickPC said..
I'd love to know if the guy who bought the anti "flapping" guys board plans to surf or display the board as art. I'm thinking the later or maybe use it as a canoe lolz

...but congratz to the guy, sometimes persistence pays off

The board Stuart is customising has some special features. "We're using laser-cut titanium in the design and adjusting the thickness of the board for their bodyweight."

Yes & gold inlay...possibly $1.499 million worth

Ted the Kiwi

NSW

14256 posts

21 Jul 2014 6:55pm

what about this one

"In Hawaii, surfing was the sport of kings. If designer handbags and iPads can sell for millions of dollars, how is an expensive surfboard unreasonable?"

We have 3 iPads at home. Does this mean I could sell them and retire? Anyone got any idea where I could find a buyer? I would be willing to cut you a decent percentage

One is there original 64GB Cellular version - brought in their first week of release - surely that is a collectable in waiting

I still have the original box in mint condition

thePup

13831 posts

21 Jul 2014 4:58pm

hmmmmmm the Department of Greenroom Finance considered flogging the Prez's farm to invest in one ..... sadly it translated to owning 3/4 of a fin

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

21 Jul 2014 7:01pm

1.5 mill for a board the guy must have rocks in his head,was drunk, just too much money.

jbshack

6913 posts

21 Jul 2014 5:01pm

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SP said..
Great quote...

Stuart said he was not surprised by the reaction to Rampant. "It's a crazy world with crazy-rich people. They all want something the other guy can't have. Look at it like a wealth-redistribution programme, all that money would just be sitting in a bank account otherwise."

www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/10285815/Surfboard-ride-worth-a-million

Theres actually a bit about the board in this one.

What that its full of cocane

jbshack

6913 posts

21 Jul 2014 5:02pm

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Macaha said..
1.5 mill for a board the guy must have rocks in his head,was drunk, just too much money.

I meet a guy in Perth who on a overseas surfing trip with his buddies, too many drinks and he bought a Surfboard Import business..

Ctngoodvibes

1404 posts

21 Jul 2014 5:39pm

^^^^
What about that smoker on "what really happens in Bali". Treats women like ****, has no idea what he is doing and can barely string a sentence together, yet still manages to pull of buying a charter boat and renting it to Jim banks for 100k a year!

weiry

QLD

5396 posts

21 Jul 2014 10:36pm

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Ctngoodvibes said..
Fark and I though MCT were expensive

you can't put a price on perfection

weiry

QLD

5396 posts

21 Jul 2014 10:38pm

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Ctngoodvibes said..
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What about that smoker on "what really happens in Bali". Treats women like ****, has no idea what he is doing and can barely string a sentence together, yet still manages to pull of buying a charter boat and renting it to Jim banks for 100k a year!

Ummm ask his mum where he gets his cashola

Tux

VIC

3829 posts

22 Jul 2014 8:57am

Good luck to him...****ing nut bar that he is....his functional surfing entasil doing to poo man in a straight line in perhaps the worlds ugliest wetsuit...give me Baddy Trelour at Anga...Lopez at Pipe...or Dorian at Jaws any day

SP

10982 posts

22 Jul 2014 10:05am

Reckon he accepts paypal?
Or maybe credit card then you get the points..

damo666

NSW

160 posts

22 Jul 2014 10:02pm

This is from the guy that was annoucing he won "surfboard of the year" from his own website?.........and he wont tell anyone who the buyer is?........and I am betting the newspaper contacted him to run the story.....

Self promotion at its best.
I believe him, really, I do...

weiry

QLD

5396 posts

22 Jul 2014 10:28pm

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damo666 said..
This is from the guy that was annoucing he won "surfboard of the year" from his own website?.........and he wont tell anyone who the buyer is?........and I am betting the newspaper contacted him to run the story.....

Self promotion at its best.
I believe him, really, I do...

+1

but I'm just a sceptic anyway

Ctngoodvibes

1404 posts

22 Jul 2014 8:44pm

I liked this oxymoron statement
"His boards and designs are often copied by the worlds largest board shapers"
Then literally the next sentance;
"International board makers have been handicapped for the last century, because the continue to stick with inefficient designs"
WTF?

Tux

VIC

3829 posts

24 Jul 2014 10:13am

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Ctngoodvibes said..
I liked this oxymoron statement
"His boards and designs are often copied by the worlds largest board shapers"
Then literally the next sentance;
"International board makers have been handicapped for the last century, because the continue to stick with inefficient designs"
WTF?

Obviously the buyer didn't see this video..cant't turn...too much rocker...fins like a keel...who wood of guessed a 50kg wooden board rocked like a bananna would be such a piece of **** to ride

Ted the Kiwi

NSW

14256 posts

24 Jul 2014 10:25am

Great find Tux - had never seen that vid. I loved the 'just turn it and hope for the best' comment - yes that rocker kills the board speed as you could see in the footage. The thing that really surprised me was how many waves RR dropped in on someone else. Nice to see what being a legend allows you to do

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