Is anyone else getting real, real, real sick and tired of seeing people advertise Jacks boards as 'Dale Chapman' boards?? I have been visiting gumtree a bit lately looking for new board and many say dale chapman, which I understand he has something to do with it... but come on!!

(i have also edited my message but I should also point out some second hand Jacks are also over priced in my opinion)

i am a supporter of the local shapers. but i reckon the jacks boards are good for what they are. pretty darn good quality for a board at $300. that type of money wouldn't even cover the materials so I presume they do it just to get people in the shop?

from what i hear dale chapman is involved to some degree - it says so on his website

true - pretty rude to charge more than they paid!

some of the jacks fish boards look nice I reckon.
problem is the only seem to make fun boards and 80's style thrusters or fish.

my wife has a jacks fun board and it rides sweet

there are some guys out there buy up all the cheap ones really fast then sell them again for a profit. I missed out on one for 50, saw it again for 170, then again for 300. All on the same website same board

birdman89 said...

surferstu said...

there are some guys out there buy up all the cheap ones really fast then sell them again for a profit. I missed out on one for 50, saw it again for 170, then again for 300. All on the same website same board

Yeah ive seen that happen a few times on gumtree, the b*stard who does it lives on marine parade as well...

makes it sound like hes cleaning out old boards from his garage. cuts and pastes the generic ad "turns like a short board, paddles like a long board, perfect for beginners thru to expert" for all the boards for sale.

Well....my delta UFO sat on seabreeze for sale for months and I only had it for 250 bucks (brand new condition). Couldn't believe how long it took to shift - ended up selling for 200 on weekend which is a bargain.

newguy said...

I know hey, even a simple thing like this will turn alotta people away from the sport. People these days are so $$ driven and selfish. Bring back the good ole days. Less problems back then. Now back to scouring for a 6.0ish board...

Ive got a twin fish thing in 6.0 if you want to have a look.

Check my profile for the ad, pice is neg

A newguy on a 5'6!! I don't reckon that's the easiest board to ride. Might be changing that name to 'halfdecentguy' in a bit. Maybe you're talking yourself down mate!

I back the newguy but that name is short lived

On Jacks which were made back in the day for that filthy
mega surf fashion which was founded in WA,the man who
pumped out a massive amount of boards to make the shops
look like a surf shop blah blah,the shop lost 6 bucks on every
board sold BUT the marketing idea was to stitch the punters up
with all the other sh-t you need,cover,leggie,deck pads and so
on,made for the newguy lasted a few surfs and sh-t themselves
the guy who mass produced them is a sh-t hot shaper just had to
make them for a price point

mac who

So there's a sudden influx of firewire boards I've noticed for sale. Anybody know the reason why in maybe bad models? If I can get a good price, I'm almost tempted to get a particular one with 5 fin plugs so I can finally try out a quad fin!