JimmyStyks sup

[HeyThatsMyB1ke]

I've got some family in Vancouver right now, had them check out a few of the SUP stores around town. One of the places was really pushing JimmyStyks boards. Ever hear of them? Apparently they are out of Huntington, but pop em out in China.

http://www.jimmystyks.com/

I think I'll stick with Starboard, but looks like the price is right if someone wanted to get their feet wet

[Strand Leper]

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.  So I won't say anything at all.

Tim

[venice mace]

i'll say it then.. i heard he knocked off Jimmy Terell / QB

[corran]

Yes they're made in china not that there is anything wrong with that. Hand cloned boards, cheap glass and resin, painted over to hide defects etc, but they're a good board for the price of course.

Not sure I'd "push em really hard" - more of a "customer is not into paying the cost of a Naish/starboard/one of mine, so sell em a Jimmystick so you don't loose the sale" kinda board lol.

Starboard - good company. Canadian like us ;-)

Corran

[Strand Leper]

Venice,

The cat is out of the bag...  and it is way, way more underhanded than a mere knockoff.

Tim

[laszlo]

Is this the same guy involved in the Sean Ordonez and Joe Blair knockoffs?

[SUP Sports ®]

Is this the same guy involved in the Sean Ordonez and Joe Blair knockoffs?

Hi Laszlo,
Please don't use SO and JB in the same sentence with some fictional bushy bushy blonde hairdo cartoon surfer dood...;-)

For the record...I say that as someone who was directly involved with helping them develop their original brand...and, intellectual property...as it were...;-)

They seem to have some very experienced shapers on board...;-)
Step deck displacement hulls and everything...;-)

"Get on it"...catchy toon...NOT!...;-)



We had one of the principals involved in this, (hmmmmm...knock...knock...what's the word, Tim?)  in our shop last week...BTW, Tim...were not you the farkin' attorney that wasn't gonna say anythang more on the subject...hmmmm...counselor, what do you know and when did you know it?...;-)

Anyways...I had to ask this guy 3 times to turn his camera off and put it away...most people usually get one warning...so, things got pretty heated in the shop, before he was ushered out of the door...I heard him say something about his brand that vaguely resembled "The best price SUP on the market!"..."designed by engineers for "Wally World"...whatevers that means...after all of that, I still received a 14mb marketing infomercial the next day...;-)

If a potential client asked me about them...as this guy did at first, trying to play my shop manager as "Joe Consumer" just looking for a SUP...that was before I interceded...he wasn't asking about a "Jimmy stick"...which is how we refer to Jimmy Lewis' SUP's...things have gotten kinda confusing since the "Big Red" and Big Blue" and JL 11' all around daze...;-)

I'm actually at a loss as to where they would sit in the "Ten-man rule for SUP's" pecking order...muy importante...maybe we should all carry waterproofed "union" cards so we can figure it out...;-)

I really wanna know...who is this "Jimmy Styks" dood? Jimmy Terrell sure doesn't look like a surfer dood...Midwest as a cornfield...although, Lizzy is kinda surfery looking...;-)

[Admin]

We are all for a little intrigue, but 7 posts in and I am still stuck at, "huh?".

If the cat is out of the bag, we need another cat, or at least one that meooows without inuendo.

[Hip]

I have no clue what SUP dude said...

[corran]

I know the factory where they are made and have seen them being made. The deck is CNC cut very roughly into a blank that already has the approximate rocker hot wired into it. They do not bother to finish the CNC cutting. Just the crown. Then its hand shaped by chinese ghost shapers that have templates and little rail templates getting the boards kinda similar from board to board. Faster this way than finishing the Job on the machine. They are hand laminated using cheap epoxy and glass, mistakes are patched and fixed as they go along and then its all hidden under paint.

if you're looking for a generic SUP that says "hello, I'm an unoriginal SUP that's really cheap" they're perfect. Unoriginal and heavy and glassed to be bashed, all for low cost. You get what you pay for.

Generally things like this are not bad. Same goes for my plastic SUP. As a high end user, its a joke, BUT what these do is get people into the sport. Their 2nd buy in 2 years will be a performance board, from a specialty shop.

And as for their image, thats mass markting for you... whether its shoes or T shirts etc... no one want to be told "you're bying a piece of junk"... even "junk" must have groovy marketing, and the dumb cartoon is perfect for the target market. Stinks if you're a real surfer, but for Joe Consumer... its spot on. Its the surfboard version of Blue Crush ;-)

Corran

[supdawg]

FACTS! why dont you guys stop blowing smoke out of your @#$! You all are talking like a bunch of childish School Girls! First Corran is full of @#%! he has his boards manufactured fom the same factory!If you would like to see pictures I will gladdy send them. All Jimmy styks boards are Completly CNC shaped and all materials are only the best! We show everything on our website unlike the ``Big Names`` where they manufacture in Thialand from `Cobras`` factory because labour I cheaper than China! attached is a picture of our clear board and we sell it for the SAME price! Pretty hard to do if its slapped together with filler and paint! All of our designs are comleted with Acu shaper software and are unique to us! When I read posts like this I feel sorry for all you SUCKERS out there that are lining the pockets of `the Big Cos pockets for product that is even cheaper to produce than `Jimmy Styks``Those CEOs a laughing all the way to the bank! And I supose you hyprocrites shop at Costco, Home Depot etc!! Go back to your little world but watch out for the train barreling down the tracks!

[HeyThatsMyB1ke]

Well, this ought to get interesting.

[Caribsurf]

Quite a first post   
I am sure all the forum members are going to be running out the door to buy a Jimmy Styks now.

Supdawg you might want to work on your PR approach

[southwesterly]

FACTS! why dont you guys stop blowing smoke out of your @#$! You all are talking like a bunch of childish School Girls! First Corran is full of @#%! he has his boards manufactured fom the same factory!If you would like to see pictures I will gladdy send them. All Jimmy styks boards are Completly CNC shaped and all materials are only the best! We show everything on our website unlike the ``Big Names`` where they manufacture in Thialand from `Cobras`` factory because labour I cheaper than China! attached is a picture of our clear board and we sell it for the SAME price! Pretty hard to do if its slapped together with filler and paint! All of our designs are comleted with Acu shaper software and are unique to us! When I read posts like this I feel sorry for all you SUCKERS out there that are lining the pockets of `the Big Cos pockets for product that is even cheaper to produce than `Jimmy Styks``Those CEOs a laughing all the way to the bank! And I supose you hyprocrites shop at Costco, Home Depot etc!! Go back to your little world but watch out for the train barreling down the tracks!

The difference being that most of the forum's school girls have spell check.

[supdawg]

Sorry guys, not trying to offend any of the logical thinkers out there and plus PR doest work on that kind of mentality! Brain washing is a hard thing to fix! When you have a high quality product at the best price people WILL run out and buy it, and they are! But in all seriousness I am kinda a nice guy, just hate how the industry and the BIG Co's have got everyone believing in them! Even if they use the most expensive EPS foam, "Bamboo Fibre" glass, epoxy and Agar-wood stringer they are still WHY over priced! And the sad thing is the ones that believe they are getting a better board are the same surfer "Dudes" (not doods like above since spell check is so important) that are typically broke and work at 7-eleven. We are in 2010 its time to take advantage of the advanced technology in manufacturing to pay what you should for the product you buy! We are only here to expose the industry and give the world at we say "the world’s best board at the world’s best price". e-mail us, phone us and ask us what you want to know. We will not only provide you with the answers but we will give you pictures and video of whatever you want to see! Try doing that to the big guys! Ask them where there boards are really made! Go see there factories! If you only believe in the local shapers then go see the high school kid who is paid contract to make the board! Come on boys! Let’s talk FACTS! PS my Name is Kyle call me or e-mail any time!