Bryon Olson best shaper in the world!...?

[AJR]

I keep saying - it's not the equipment that causes the problems - it's the operator...  Judge the person!!

[Fog City Rider]

A 12'6 race board for $895?! 

This is a perfect board for the guy who started the "why do sups cost so much" thread

Can't wait 'till a SoCal zoner demos it & reports back... Kinda curious.

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[gtcali]

He's only renowned now!

I was actually going to get a board shaped by him in May or June...until I found an old civic wagon which took the place of my lifted 4x4 Suburban as my surfmobile (needed to save gas).  Anyway, my buddies introduced me to him.  Never heard of him before.  His resume is pretty impressive though.  My buddies were telling me he as shaped for some big names and some big companies.  I still want to see some of his shapes and talk about his theory on shapes (He said a lot of the things I thought were innovative are gimicky).

....i've had dealings with olson before and it's olson (who will be the first to tell you he's the best shaper in the world) that i have a problem with...

Which is actually how he came across to me a bit.  But there is something to be said about confidence.

[SlatchJim]

From the press release it sounds like the Tower CEO hired a guy he thought was a solid guy, and gave him some corporate props saying we got a good one.  There are a lot of really good shapers out there and each one of them is influenced by the road they've traveled.  I didn't read anything into the release that was too flowery.

GT,
Those civics last a lifetime.  I used to work for the company that did the groundwater monitoring out at American Honda in Torrance.  They had a slew of long term test cars out there, and these two 1991 awd civic wagons with a mere 5000 miles on them.  I must have asked 10 times for them to sell me one.  They were pristine...argh.  No sale, but not for the lack of effort.  Sold my 4-runner half a year ago, and put racks on my wife's new mazda 3.  Even with wind resistance, we still get 32-34 schlepping two boards down the fwy.  You've made a wise move (all the wiser with +$4/gal. gas).

[gtcali]

1990 RT4WD

[PonoBill]

Tower and/or their affiliates still seem to be spamming up Craigslist.  Some of their listings fall into the misleading category.  Doesn't look like the practice has been curbed based on a quick search.

Good God!  They're not claiming that's PonoBill, are they?

Obviously not, I have much bigger hooters.

I saw one of those Tower inflatables today. Yikes--they're so very ugly. Might make a nice camping bed though. The guy who owned it was quickly blown up against the far shore at Nichols. He's probably still there. They look a little better when they're at least 200 yards away.

[Bean]

Uff, I thought that was the Tower version of a Thule cargo box.

[pdxmike]

Tower and/or their affiliates still seem to be spamming up Craigslist.  Some of their listings fall into the misleading category.  Doesn't look like the practice has been curbed based on a quick search.

Good God!  They're not claiming that's PonoBill, are they?

Obviously not, I have much bigger hooters.

I saw one of those Tower inflatables today. Yikes--they're so very ugly. Might make a nice camping bed though. The guy who owned it was quickly blown up against the far shore at Nichols. He's probably still there. They look a little better when they're at least 200 yards away.

You're wrong about them being ugly.  According to the Tower website:

Not only is the Tower Adventurer inflatable stand up paddle board one of, if not THE, best looking inflatable SUP on the market, at 6" thick, it represents a giant leap forward in inflatable SUP rigidity, which makes all the difference in the world.

Plus on one of, if not THE, last lines in the description, it has a list price--therefore an actual value--of $1000, or 70% more than what it costs to buy.

[TallDude]

I thought that was an inflatable party roof for a jeep?
With two of them you might even be able to float the jeep across a river?