So i'm just throwing ideas here - if we find some cheaper way to verify people have the skills/knowledge (maybe some sort of a test) and they can signify that in some way - surfers will accept them ?
I think the person you are replying to is correct but the emphasis is rarely on the board someone rides alone. Is just a way a lot of people are going to judge a person before they are out on the water. I will judge the hell out of someone I see walking on the beach with a super shitty board shape, but if they paddle out and rip then my predisposition obviously lead to an incorrect assumption. The most apt comparison I can come up with is a musician judging someone based on the quality of someone else's instrument.
I guess my point is there really is not a problem to be solved by making a cheaper board (other then the economic/business reasons obv). The simple fact of the matter is very few regular surfers will own these boards, and mostly kooks will buy them. However, that is not to say either set of skill levels of surfers, and which boards they own, are mutually exclusive.
I guess my point is there really is not a problem to be solved by making a cheaper board (other then the economic/business reasons obv). The simple fact of the matter is very few regular surfers will own these boards, and mostly kooks will buy them. However, that is not to say either set of skill levels of surfers, and which boards they own, are mutually exclusive.