Surfboard Margins
Just buy Australian mate and you can't go wrong well most of the time anyways.
I would expect there would be bit of a difference between those cheap boards made in china and local made product, i haven't personally seen a good board from china.
I dont think your average local shaper even shop makes that much on boards, unlike clothes and wetsuits and other surfing products.
I even think boards are now under priced as the average price standard PU is about $750 while in the 90's it was about $600 or bit less, while every other cost, labour, materials, electricty, disposal of rubbish(foam etc) etc has gone up heaps.
Ive recently jumped on firewires, okay i know many guys dont like them, cause made in Asia, but im stoked on the technology of the FST models, go like a PU board but last much much longer and less chance of snapping, but it sucks when i look online at what they pay in USA for FW's and see they pay few hundred bucks less. (same old story for us in Australia)
Hi Guys,
I was wondering if anyone knows how much a board costs to make here in Australia? Or what do the shops pay for wholesale surfboards? I read an interesting article the other day on the margins and now people bringing boards in from China. Personally i think you pay for quality and if you get a cheaper board its likely to perform as such. Anyway would be very interested to know how much your typical boards cost here for wholesale? Anyone know?
Thanks