I don’t always find the board I dream of amongst the major brands.
I always found it interesting to go and see a shaper and expose my ideas. At the end, sometimes, I would have been better off buying a board from a shop but I just find it less exciting.
Now I am talking about a 17’ DW SUP. The main problem is the cost. You just can’t have one made just to see how it works.
I went to see dale and told him my ideas. He was not really convinced so I ended up even less convinced !
But I talked to Travis and he told me it could be the way to go...
At the end I made a deal with dale, since computer shaping allows it, we’ll go exactly trough what I want and we’ll shape a board at a 1/5 scale. If it looks good then I’ll go ahead.
Guess what , it looks real good to me and now I am waiting for the full size
Of course it takes a bit more time and it has a cost, but I will even end up with a little replica board to put on the wall of my office
And the all process is very rewarding since you can try more radical options. We even corrected something after the 1st one came out and made a 2nd one.
That’s what I call service and thanks to dale to cope with everything.