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Old     (imoore)      Join Date: Oct 2010       10-13-2015, 12:59 PM Reply   
Looks like Rusty is following the trend that is wakesurfing and has started making wake specific surf boards! http://www.activewake.com/wake/wakes...nufacturer=628

http://www.activewake.com/rusty-2016...-wakesurf.html

http://www.activewake.com/rusty-2016...-wakesurf.html
Old     (biggator)      Join Date: Jul 2010       10-21-2015, 6:18 AM Reply   
Someone still needs to explain this to me. $900 for a 4'6" wakesurf board.. $650 for a 6'4" actual surfboard by the same manufacturer.
Old     (boardjnky4)      Join Date: Dec 2011       10-21-2015, 12:45 PM Reply   
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Someone still needs to explain this to me. $900 for a 4'6" wakesurf board.. $650 for a 6'4" actual surfboard by the same manufacturer.
this is the most frustrating part of the wakesurfing industry
Old     (you_da_man)      Join Date: Sep 2009       10-21-2015, 6:53 PM Reply   
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Someone still needs to explain this to me. $900 for a 4'6" wakesurf board.. $650 for a 6'4" actual surfboard by the same manufacturer.

Kind of like brakes shoes for a car/truck vs a motorcycle. Price not in relation to the amount of same material.
Old     (Laker1234)      Join Date: Mar 2010       10-21-2015, 7:17 PM Reply   
Probably the labor cost and the new research/design of the boards are calculated in.
Old     (MICAH_HARPER)      Join Date: Apr 2010       10-22-2015, 4:54 AM Reply   
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this is the most frustrating part of the wakesurfing industry
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Old     (wakemitch)      Join Date: Jun 2005       10-22-2015, 9:14 AM Reply   
There are definitely companies taking advantage of boaters willing to spend whatever on a new board. People keep buying expensive boards, so companies are going to try and find the limit.

But I will say that there is increased cost for R&D of a totally different kind of board, traction, and fins (ocean surfboards normally dont come with fins and that can be around $100 for a set). While they look like surfboards or skimboards, the shapes are pretty different in order for them to perform optimally. There are many cases of surfboard builders that tried to get into wakesurfing and started out making really poor riding wakesurf boards
Old     (Chaos)      Join Date: Apr 2010       10-22-2015, 10:12 AM Reply   
It is like Mitch points out, but more than that. A custom surfboard from Rusty built the same as one of these surfskates will cost you just as much in general. Your basic white/clear PU board with basic cheap glassing is $550-$650, EPS/Epoxy is usually a $100 more. Add other reinforcements like carbon or vector net, etc., and the price just goes up. Add graphics, art work or resin tints, price goes up. Add fins, add traction, price goes up. The other side is pricing is designed to include a nut for the dealer (2 tier pricing) or in the case of wakeboard companies and some 'wakesurf' companies you are paying for the manufacturing cost and margin, the distributor/rep cut, and the dealer cut (3 tier pricing).

Thirdly, wakesurfs are technically harder to shape or shape well versus surfboards ATCE. Yes, there are plenty of dumbed down wakesurf boards out there that require no shaping at all. However, the smaller tighter tolerances, require a bit more attention with your tools, and your overall set up (shaping racks, glassing racks, sanding racks, resting racks, hot boxes) need to accommodate a board that may be sub 4', versus your average 6'-9" surfboard and 11-16' SUP.

My custom boards start at $599 and go up to $899 or more depending on the build costs (like custom bamboo, or specialized vacuum bagging or RTM; carbon fibers or ballistic fabrics). That pricing includes the best materials that can be sourced, stringered pressure fused blanks, not blanks cut from insulation billets, high end epoxies, premium fins (that retail for $99-$126) and customized front and rear traction.

Nick

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