Hey Todd,

First I’d like to say that i’m as stoked as ever on the proxy g4e,

i rode it last saturday in head high and clean conditions, and the sandbars were perfect so it was great.

Thing is it’s amazing in about chest up and bigger,

especially head high to just overhead range,

but i guess the dims are more suited for better surf and it bogs and sinks in the real crappy stuff. Since summer’s coming up i was thinking about a nice groveler (maybe a quad).

……I really love the custom epoxy…..

(the board is like indestructible,

i went over the falls once on a really big day last fall

and nailed the deck with my knee and there was no mark),

but i don’t think i can afford the 735 or whatever plus shipping. i was wondering if i could get a first generation proxy board for a cheaper price. just curious and thanks for your time.

Robert

Hi Robert,

Sweet….great to hear from you….we’ve had some good sandbars around here too!!
Unfortunately, we don’t do the first generation flexible epoxy anymore, but it would run the same price anyway….

The Proxy uses the best combination of materials

you can put into a surfboard;

and since they are high grade, they cost me a lot,

or I would charge less for the boards…..

I actually make almost the same on a Proxy board as I do on a polyester board, but I find that when you get a good board and it last three to five times longer than the typical poly board, that there is value in that…..and that you actually save money by not having to purchase three times as many boards. …just a thought…

I do off a super high quality poly board that you might be interested in. The starting price is $585.00 which includes fin system and fins. The neat part is the resin and glass upgrades you can get…..

Y2Kuv resin is the strongest polyester resin made;

hardly anyone uses this resin because since it is higher grade is costs more, but it is amazingly strong for poly resin and will yield you a board stronger than any other poly board out there…. it is $20.00 for the y2kuv upgrade. The other upgrade is called direct or “D”- size glass – this is a high grade fiberglass that does not weigh anything more, but is significantly stronger than the standard “E” glass used predominantly in the surfboard industry…..again, very few companies use this glass because it costs more. The upgrade to this cloth is also $20.00. So, in a nutshell a couple low cost upgrades will get you a poly stronger than any other poly board out there; not as strong as the Proxy, but as good as you can get if you want to get the price down.
Hope that helps. Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have.
Aloha,

Todd

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Hey Todd,

Thinking about what you said is actually so true. Before I got your board last summer I was riding a CI Flyer II (poly), and it was coming up on around 3 years, and to tell the truth it was in crappy condition. Just everyday use beat it up pretty bad, pressure dings all over the place, some taking water, patchy ding repair jobs, you know how it is.

I mean it felt terrible to ride even after just like half a year.

Your Proxy board, though, is coming up on a year

at the beginning of the summer, and it still feels great,

not even one pressure ding, and like I said it rides great.

I definitely dig the poly upgrades and I might go for that, but I’m close to the amount I need for the Proxy (w/ shipping its like just under $850 right?). Normally I’d definitely go for the poly upgrades but after riding the Proxy for about a year I love it, rides great and tough as nails. I’ll see if I can get the extra dough soon enough though. Then there’s the task of convincing my folks to shell out for another board, but if I have the money it shouldn’t be too tough. Thanks agian for your time and help.

Robert

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