hi guys im doing some research on the possibility of manufacturing surfboards in the phils with local materials if possible.

actually im trying to prepare a proposal and plan to establish a local surfboard factory, and if theres anyone out there who is willing to help me out with figures, experience, the economics of the industry or other possible info on the matter i assure you that your assistance will be very appreciated.

dont worry about me stealing your ideas i assure you that if this thing will push through youll get back more than what you put in.

please email me if you want to help. thanks in advance.

PS.

Onats-hey can you send me a SMS or email me? i lost your contact number. thanks man.

Send more details al agnes

Have you thought of the cost invovled to set up a project like this al. We have friends here in aust invovled in board manafacture how might be interested in looking at this.Email me with more details and will pass it on .Agnes

i can help and support you with promoting this project of yours...i can be ure slave when u need help with proo and awareness materials...like print and dezine requirements....and even board or ure logo dezine..whatever..hehehe...go push it dude!

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How is it going dudes,,ive been shaping my boards and got everthing i need here locally,made my surfboard,kiteboards,skimboards,stitch n glue wood kayak n paddles,all are using epoxy resins technology. Its not hard once you got the hang of it, keep up with your plan and share ideas for your first board. Surf up........Cebu City

dandan..
that's great man!
can u show us some pics of your works, do you have a website?
more power!

Soon Jim,
Once i got them pictured then ill post it.Web site? Someday dude,soon, ill post em so you guys check what i got cause im selling them too.Im really more than glad to help you in making your boards or any questions/problems you guys might encounter in shaping your boards....

thanks man! we'll be looking forward to that!

i admire ur dream dude! that's a good proposal! i cud design surfboard prints and designz 4 u..i been keepin some sketches of board prints, ill see if i can send it 2 u thru email.

on February 25th, 2004, 1:43am, dandan wrote:How is it going dudes,,ive been shaping my boards and got everthing i need here locally,made my surfboard,kiteboards,skimboards,stitch n glue wood kayak n paddles,all are using epoxy resins technology. Its not hard once you got the hang of it, keep up with your plan and share ideas for your first board. Surf up........Cebu City

Hi, al,

I saw this posting of yours just a few minutes ago, and I realize it's been 9 months since you put it on the boards. Anyway, I hope the dream is still alive with you, as I myself had this idea of manufacturign surfboards locally in the Philippines. Being addicted to the stoke, I can't help but think that unless we can manufacture our own blanks to encourage the shapers out there, we'll forever be condemned as surfers forever wiping out on pricey imported boards and never making it out of the barrel of this developing economy.
I have some ideas, not very well flushed out, but ideas of how the company could grow. I can't help you with statistics and cost figures for shaping, but like you, am extremely eager to find out more. I'd like to talk story with you on your ideas, maybe we can put our heads together and see if this is something we can do here. PLus, the given service we can do by establishing permanent jobs in the economy tyhrough manufacturing. I think there's a market out there, both local and export, that we can totally get a slice out of.
On a side note, have you shaped before? I'm seriously inspired to try and shape my own board now, but am looking for information on material availability, techniques and just gaining experience. Personally, I failed shop class and am a clutz with a grinder, but am eager to learn. And, I think it would be best for us to try and shape our own boards first before we think about surf factories in the Philippines. PErhaps getting Dandan to give us some insight on the trials and tribulations of shaping (I hear that all shapers cry when they do their first board...that difficult, or so a friend told me). Anyway, if you still reply to this, hit me back. I'm in Manila, so if you're in town, feel free to communicate with me. If I can't surf regularly because of my 9-5, then I'll bring the experience to me through grinders, resins and whatnot. Peace.

-JPO

i havent shaped my own board ever, the dream is there but im not plannin on realizin it anytime soon, i know a couple of shapers myself, if u want to get in touch with them just let me know

Sweet. Thanks al, I'd love to hook up with some shapers out here, just to get an idea of what I may be getting myself into. If you could intro me to some of them, I'd appreciate it much.

Keep hold of the dream. I know it's a long ways away, even for me, but it never hurts to start doing little plans. I know they're making blanks in Indonesia and Thailand now (according to some friends of mine, that'sv where a lot of the Hawaiian shapers are getting their blanks from), and I'm sure we can get a piece of this. If you ever want to talk story and bounce ideas off someone, let me know. Just interested in your thoughts on surfboard manufacturing. Personally, I think the nitty gritty will not be graphics, ads and designs, but the actual mfg process of it. Good talking to you, and give me a shoutout when you want to talk. Peace!

-JPO

hey all,

just want to let you guys know that a dude in bagasbas beach in daet made 2 boards (longboard) using materials found locally. im not sure if he's still up to it, but if you guys pass by daet you can ask him about the process of making a surfboard.
thanks and stay stoked!
mau

yup, mau is right, u can check it out in daet, we can make things possible if we are all sincere in what we are doing. and i hope we are.... actually the only problem is the right material to create blanks, and i hope we can help each other to find this chemical...

thank's dude,

Yeah..

I think it was Alvin who shaped the boards.  I believe I was able to use the long board once.

Alvin is really very easy to find if you are in Bagasbas, he own's a pizza house just in front of the beach.

yeah, alvin's the one who made the longboards. i hope he is still shaping boards so that surfers have an alternative. the imported ones the way too expensive for the commun surfers. i also wish that we can manufacture our own bodyboards.

Hey guys check out this site.
http://www.fivefortysurfco.com/aboutus.htm