Author Topic: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble  (Read 17840 times)

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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #15 on: April 15, 2015, 01:20:24 PM »
The board's being made. The question is, who's paying for the Kickstarter boards?


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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #16 on: April 15, 2015, 02:27:18 PM »
This is all pretty baffling and too bad. Corran is a great shaper to work with. From sitting down at his kitchen table and coming up with a custom design to hitting the water with it was a 4 week turn around for me.  He pumped out a 7'7" by 27" that is by far the best board I have ever ridden. 12#s but also bullet proof. Thought about getting him to make me another one as a back up before he leaves for Canada. Great guy, great shaper, awesome surfer.
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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2015, 06:26:20 PM »
Wow, I'm surprised and disappointed to hear, and read what I am about the situation.  I've know Corran for several years now, and have always had great times when with him surfing or just hanging out him and his family on the beach.  His personalization of boards for me has led me to some of the best boards I've ever surfed, and look forward to the one in production with another boardmaker that Corran also had input on with that shaper.

That said, I hope that he works his butt off to get all those who supported his Kickstarter program the "rewards" as promised, and in a timely manner (meaning, "NOW!")...and will speak to him about such if I happen to see him before he heads to parts north.

Wishing all the best to all of those involved....
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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #18 on: April 27, 2015, 01:31:02 PM »
Well I think Corran is finally heading north. I saw his van with trailer all loaded up. I've talked to him about motorcycles in the past, and I know he's pretty into it. The new graphic on his van says something about a motor racing team. Looks like he's changing industries.

https://www.designcorse.com/news/Page-2.html 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9o4Iy47ey4
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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #19 on: April 27, 2015, 01:59:58 PM »
That is what I have heard..

Back to Canada...

Quite a Character....

He will be missed around these parts...
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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #20 on: April 27, 2015, 02:05:21 PM »
Oh...Canada?

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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #21 on: April 27, 2015, 02:12:32 PM »
 Eh?

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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #22 on: April 27, 2015, 02:15:24 PM »
I corresponded with him over Facebook last week. He was nice enough, and I suggested that maybe he ought to just take care of his initial investors, negotiating this later with Kayak Distribution. That's when he said that he couldn't comment on this anymore on the advice of his lawyer.

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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #23 on: April 27, 2015, 08:41:47 PM »
Say goodbye.

Motorcycle racing isn't how you make money, it's how you spend money. Especially racing a bike like an MV Agusta. I have one, they're beautiful, and I love mine, but it's not a developed racing bike even at an amateur level and won't be competitive against bikes that are unless someone drops a few million into development. And watching Corran's video I'd say he's a decent street rider, but a long, long way from the precision and control level of a serious racer. "All traffic laws were obeyed". Really. On Ortega? Na.
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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #24 on: April 27, 2015, 08:57:55 PM »
You drop your knee to many times on Ortega Hwy, and you end up dead.

http://patch.com/california/lakeelsinore-wildomar/ortega-highway-one-of-californias-bloodiest
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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #25 on: April 27, 2015, 11:41:01 PM »
All those roads headed east are fun for lunatics like me. I used to meet up with my bike nut friends in San Diego each year to go play in the twisties. Unfortunately they're all dead now. Not all from bikes, but mostly. More good luck than good management that I'm not. Oregon has lots of places to play too, but mostly I do it on race tracks these days. Most of us are going the same way and no one is texting or drunk.
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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #26 on: September 19, 2015, 07:29:16 AM »
Since that other Kickstarter is up, there are a few updates to this one. The latest one by Corran is that he is suing Kayak Distribution and that he has no timeframe for a resolution. The second is that the Hydra board is going to be manufactured — it was recently shown.

http://www.rapidmedia.com/adventurekayak/categories/news/5917-first-look-corran-s-3-piece-hydra-sup.html

The other update, and this is really weird, is that Corran is now working for kayak Distribution, the very people he sold his company to and was suing! This isn't a rumor; it's an official press release:

https://kayakdistribution.com/kayak-distribution-acquires-corran-sup/

I have no idea where this is going to end. I just want my board.
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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #27 on: September 19, 2015, 07:39:01 AM »
Not going to happen Ich. Corran seems talented, but...  From having read his holier than thou pronouncements on Facebook I suspect he would dismiss your getting screwed as a product of your small-minded insistence on archaic commerce ethics.
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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #28 on: September 19, 2015, 07:47:07 AM »
Not going to happen Ich. Corran seems talented, but...  From having read his holier than thou pronouncements on Facebook I suspect he would dismiss your getting screwed as a product of your small-minded insistence on archaic commerce ethics.

I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone so full of themself,,,,goes to a bizarre level sometimes.
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Re: Corran Addison SUP Kickstarter in Trouble
« Reply #29 on: September 19, 2015, 08:04:28 AM »
Kick starter sounds like it's all too easy to walk away from financial obligation.

Bummer. I feel for those who have backed this and others. It is to easy to walk away from obligation... (Not my way of life at all)

 


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