Blair SUP - WaveRod - Honesty and Ethics?

[southwesterly]

   They had a traveling road show at Northern Californian Costco's this summer.
    This is Jeremy's younger brother manning the booth.

[JimK]

I was just wondering what happened to WaveRod SUP's and our "old Buddy" Jeremy. There were a few back here in NJ a few years ago but the "disappeared" from the shelves about the starting time of this thread

now you guys are (showing pictures) of his brother selling "dubious no name" SUP's in a Costco in Nor Cali.

Does that mean
a) Costco bought said boards (and needs to be enlightened)?
b) Costco "rents out space" to questionable business men to sell under their roof?

[paddlejones]

http://honolulu.craigslist.org/mau/spo/2663820589.html

looks like could be the same stuff

[southwesterly]

Does that mean
a) Costco bought said boards (and needs to be enlightened)?
b) Costco "rents out space" to questionable business men to sell under their roof?

B.

[Tom]

My friends wife does merchandising for Costco and is currently working with Starboard for them to be selling their boards there.

[southwesterly]

My friends wife does merchandising for Costco and is currently working with Starboard for them to be selling their boards there.

Do you have to buy four of them shrink wrapped together?

[pdxmike]

Starboard and Costco could be a good fit--a high-volume retailer, and high-volume boards.

[bts]

Kinda ironic.  No way would I buy a no-name board at Costco, mostly because I doubt it would perform.  OTOH, this guy gives Blair a few bucks per board for the use of his shapes and name and I'd buy a couple.

I bet the publicity ends up benifiting this jerk.  If you've got no scuples, you can pick up a first rate shape at a bargain bin price. 

[mik911]

So are those Blair boards at the Costco pictured above and in the Craigslist link (Wailuku)?

[southwesterly]

   "Hey Joe
   Where you going with that gun in your hand?
   Hey Joe
   Now tell me where you going with that gun in your hand."

[bts]

So are those Blair boards at the Costco pictured above and in the Craigslist link (Wailuku)?

No.  Unauthorized clones.

[Carlsbad Rich]

Saw some at the carlsbad lagoon, and showed Joe the pics, he says this batch is not an "exact" copy, the rocker, rails and tail have changed, even though they still "look like" a Blair...with these changes they sure won't work like one though, wish Costco had the real thing in the beginning!

[Easy Rider]

edit - never mind